Research Frontiers (REFR) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)
Research Frontiers' Return on Capital Employed history spans 10 years, with the latest figure at 0.42% for Q4 2025.
- For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed changed N/A year-over-year to 0.42%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.42%, changed N/A, while the annual FY2023 figure was 0.47%, 9.0% up from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.42% at Research Frontiers, roughly flat from 0.42% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.4% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 0.65% in Q2 2022.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.49% (2023), against an average of 0.5%.
- The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed dropped -21bps in 2022 before it rose 19bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.4% in 2021, then decreased by -21bps to 0.49% in 2022, then decreased by -10bps to 0.54% in 2023, then increased by 3bps to 0.52% in 2024, then grew by 20bps to 0.42% in 2025.
- Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for REFR's Return on Capital Employed are 0.42% (Q4 2025), 0.42% (Q3 2025), and 0.43% (Q1 2025).