Research Frontiers (REFR) Competitors

Research Frontiers (NASDAQ:REFR) and City Office REIT (NYSE:CIO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, REFR or CIO?

Research Frontiers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than City Office REIT. Research Frontiers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City Office REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Research Frontiers	$1.47M	36.95	-$1.91M	-$0.03	-54.00
City Office REIT	$173.53M	1.26	-$2.68M	-$0.42	-12.98

Is REFR or CIO more profitable?

City Office REIT has a net margin of -5.56% compared to Research Frontiers' net margin of -80.60%. City Office REIT's return on equity of -1.48% beat Research Frontiers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Research Frontiers	-80.60%	-38.15%	-34.44%
City Office REIT	-5.56%	-1.48%	-0.65%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in REFR or CIO?

11.9% of Research Frontiers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.5% of City Office REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Research Frontiers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of City Office REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, REFR or CIO?

Research Frontiers has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City Office REIT has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer REFR or CIO?

In the previous week, City Office REIT had 5 more articles in the media than Research Frontiers. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for City Office REIT and 1 mentions for Research Frontiers. City Office REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Research Frontiers' score of 0.00 indicating that City Office REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Research Frontiers	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
City Office REIT	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer REFR or CIO?

City Office REIT received 142 more outperform votes than Research Frontiers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Research Frontiers an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave City Office REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Research Frontiers	Outperform Votes 145 62.50%	Underperform Votes 87 37.50%
City Office REIT	Outperform Votes 287 59.30%	Underperform Votes 197 40.70%

Summary

City Office REIT beats Research Frontiers on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.