Growth Metrics

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

Research Frontiers (REFR) has disclosed Return on Equity for 10 consecutive years, with 1.75% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Equity fell 122.0% to 1.75% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.75% through Dec 2025, down 122.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.21% for FY2025, 73.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity hit 1.75% in Q4 2025 for Research Frontiers, down from 1.2% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.45% in Q3 2021 to a low of 1.75% in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Equity has averaged 0.65% across 5 years, with a median of 0.53% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: rose 23bps in 2023 and later plummeted -122bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity stood at 0.45% in 2021, then fell by -14bps to 0.52% in 2022, then decreased by -7bps to 0.55% in 2023, then increased by 4bps to 0.53% in 2024, then crashed by -230bps to 1.75% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for REFR at 1.75% in Q4 2025, 1.2% in Q3 2025, and 0.9% in Q2 2025.