Growth Metrics

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

Research Frontiers (REFR) has disclosed Return on Sales for 10 consecutive years, with 10.73% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 722.0% to 10.73% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.9% through Dec 2025, down 82.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.9% for FY2025, 82.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 10.73% in Q4 2025 for Research Frontiers, down from 0.85% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.03% in Q3 2021 to a low of 10.73% in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 3.31% across 5 years, with a median of 2.98% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: surged 585bps in 2023 and later tumbled -722bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 3.62% in 2021, then crashed by -74bps to 6.31% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 74bps to 1.62% in 2023, then tumbled by -116bps to 3.5% in 2024, then plummeted by -206bps to 10.73% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for REFR at 10.73% in Q4 2025, 0.85% in Q3 2025, and 6.27% in Q2 2025.