Research Frontiers (REFR) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Research Frontiers' (REFR) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $521382.0 in Q1 2026, down 18.08% year-on-year from $636476.0 in Q1 2025, and up 120.05% quarter-over-quarter from $236934.0 in Q4 2025.

Research Frontiers (REFR) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Research Frontiers has disclosed Operating Expenses across 16 years of filings, most recently posting $521382.0 for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $521382.0, down 18.08% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $2.1 million (down 12.21% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.6 million, up 19.81% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $521382.0 for Q1 2026 at Research Frontiers, up from $236934.0 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.4 million in Q4 2022 to a low of $236934.0 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $636632.0 (2022), against an average of $664786.8.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Expenses reached 62.7% in 2025, while the deepest fall reached 63.11% in 2025.
  • Research Frontiers' Operating Expenses stood at $1.4 million in 2022, then sank by 41.36% to $817621.0 in 2023, then retreated by 21.45% to $642245.0 in 2024, then slumped by 63.11% to $236934.0 in 2025, then surged by 120.05% to $521382.0 in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $521382.0 (Q1 2026), $236934.0 (Q4 2025), and $521642.0 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Amphenol 170.58 Bn 165.55 Bn 2.80 Bn 3.15 Bn
2 Corning 152.19 Bn 150.97 Bn 1.53 Bn 866.00 Mn
3 TE Connectivity 62.31 Bn 61.34 Bn 1.75 Bn 18.00 Mn
4 Flex 56.36 Bn 54.72 Bn 702.00 Mn 337.00 Mn
5 Celestica 42.71 Bn 42.33 Bn 437.20 Mn 158.60 Mn
6 Jabil 37.62 Bn 35.80 Bn 746.00 Mn 341.00 Mn
7 Fabrinet 22.26 Bn 21.31 Bn 144.34 Mn 24.30 Mn
8 Ttm Technologies 17.40 Bn 16.99 Bn 181.18 Mn 108.73 Mn
9 Sanmina 13.70 Bn 12.12 Bn 353.79 Mn 196.78 Mn
10 Research Frontiers 25.21 Mn 23.91 Mn 115,063.00 521,382.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 521,382.00
Dec 31, 2025 236,934.00
Sep 30, 2025 521,642.00
Jun 30, 2025 775,922.00
Mar 31, 2025 636,476.00
Dec 31, 2024 642,245.00
Sep 30, 2024 586,112.00
Jun 30, 2024 476,898.00
Mar 31, 2024 633,387.00
Dec 31, 2023 817,621.00
Sep 30, 2023 542,635.00
Jun 30, 2023 710,304.00
Mar 31, 2023 737,021.00
Dec 31, 2022 1.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 636,632.00
Jun 30, 2022 682,239.00
Mar 31, 2022 749,523.00
Dec 31, 2021 981,948.00
Sep 30, 2021 706,239.00
Jun 30, 2021 642,888.00