Growth Metrics

Research Frontiers (REFR) Return on Assets (2016 - 2025)

Research Frontiers (REFR) has disclosed Return on Assets for 10 consecutive years, with 0.85% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Assets fell 44.0% to 0.85% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.85% through Dec 2025, down 44.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.68% for FY2025, 31.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Assets hit 0.85% in Q4 2025 for Research Frontiers, down from 0.67% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Assets ranged from a high of 0.31% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.85% in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Assets has averaged 0.49% across 5 years, with a median of 0.46% in 2022.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Return on Assets was 24bps in 2025; the steepest drop was -44bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Assets stood at 0.38% in 2021, then fell by -22bps to 0.46% in 2022, then fell by -9bps to 0.5% in 2023, then rose by 19bps to 0.41% in 2024, then tumbled by -107bps to 0.85% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Assets for REFR at 0.85% in Q4 2025, 0.67% in Q3 2025, and 0.55% in Q2 2025.