Research Frontiers (REFR) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in REFR or FNJN?

11.9% of Research Frontiers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.1% of Finjan shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Research Frontiers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Finjan shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, REFR or FNJN?

Research Frontiers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Finjan. Research Frontiers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finjan, 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	$910K	72.35	-$1.91M	-$0.03	-65.47
Finjan	$13.15M	3.24	-$16.49M	-$0.60	-2.57

Does the media refer more to REFR or FNJN?

In the previous week, Research Frontiers had 1 more articles in the media than Finjan. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Research Frontiers and 0 mentions for Finjan. Research Frontiers' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Finjan's score of 0.00 indicating that Research Frontiers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Research Frontiers	Positive
Finjan	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, REFR or FNJN?

Research Frontiers has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finjan has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in REFR or FNJN?

Finjan received 138 more outperform votes than Research Frontiers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.28% of users gave Finjan an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Research Frontiers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Research Frontiers	Outperform Votes 145 62.50%	Underperform Votes 87 37.50%
Finjan	Outperform Votes 283 74.28%	Underperform Votes 98 25.72%

Is REFR or FNJN more profitable?

Finjan has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Research Frontiers' net margin of -80.60%. Finjan's return on equity of -35.27% beat Research Frontiers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Research Frontiers	-80.60%	-38.15%	-34.44%
Finjan	N/A	-35.27%	-27.02%

Summary

Finjan beats Research Frontiers on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.