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Research Frontiers (REFR) Competitors

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$1.60 -0.06 (-3.61%)
As of 01/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

REFR vs. PRPB, KVAC, ONL, IVCB, SJT, HLXB, CIO, EARN, FSP, and APPS

Should you be buying Research Frontiers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Research Frontiers include CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II (PRPB), Keen Vision Acquisition (KVAC), Orion Office REIT (ONL), Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I (IVCB), San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (SJT), Helix Acquisition Corp. II (HLXB), City Office REIT (CIO), Ellington Credit (EARN), Franklin Street Properties (FSP), and Digital Turbine (APPS). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Research Frontiers vs.

CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II (NYSE:PRPB) and Research Frontiers (NASDAQ:REFR) are both small-cap unclassified companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

In the previous week, CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II had 1 more articles in the media than Research Frontiers. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II and 0 mentions for Research Frontiers. CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Research Frontiers'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II Neutral
Research Frontiers Neutral

Research Frontiers has higher revenue and earnings than CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CC Neuberger Principal Holdings IIN/AN/A-$2.70MN/AN/A
Research Frontiers$910K58.94-$1.91M-$0.03-53.33

11.9% of Research Frontiers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Research Frontiers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Research Frontiers' net margin of -80.60%. CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II's return on equity of 0.00% beat Research Frontiers' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CC Neuberger Principal Holdings IIN/A N/A -1.58%
Research Frontiers -80.60%-38.15%-34.44%

CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Research Frontiers has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Research Frontiers received 144 more outperform votes than CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Research Frontiers an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CC Neuberger Principal Holdings IIOutperform Votes
1
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Research FrontiersOutperform Votes
145
62.50%
Underperform Votes
87
37.50%

Summary

Research Frontiers beats CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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REFR vs. The Competition

MetricResearch FrontiersPatent owners & lessors IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$53.63M$955.60M$26.71B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A6.90%2.74%4.00%
P/E Ratio-53.336.31239.0217.53
Price / Sales58.94289.893,493.95136.91
Price / CashN/A12.3935.9232.90
Price / Book16.003.328.614.69
Net Income-$1.91M-$2.81M$670.02M$224.57M
7 Day Performance-5.04%1.56%2.19%1.69%
1 Month Performance-1.23%12.73%7.06%5.34%
1 Year Performance61.62%3.69%27.47%21.47%

Research Frontiers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
REFR
Research Frontiers
0.0143 of 5 stars
$1.60
-3.6%
N/A+61.9%$53.63M$910,000.00-53.336High Trading Volume
PRPB
CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II
N/A$2.63
flat
N/A-34.2%$217.76MN/A0.004High Trading Volume
KVAC
Keen Vision Acquisition
N/A$11.00
flat
N/A+6.2%$213.03MN/A0.00N/A
ONL
Orion Office REIT
1.0609 of 5 stars
$3.80
-0.3%
N/A-21.1%$212.60M$170.25M-2.4730
IVCB
Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I
N/A$11.59
+0.4%
N/A+4.5%$208.74MN/A0.002,021Positive News
SJT
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust
0.8795 of 5 stars
$4.47
+4.9%
N/A-21.5%$208.35M$10.93M16.562,020News Coverage
HLXB
Helix Acquisition Corp. II
N/A$10.69
+1.8%
N/AN/A$202.14MN/A0.00N/A
CIO
City Office REIT
3.7431 of 5 stars
$5.03
+0.6%
N/A-5.5%$201.98M$173.53M-11.9820Positive News
EARN
Ellington Credit
2.1825 of 5 stars
$6.41
-0.3%
N/A+9.9%$187.03M$29.61M5.72170Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
FSP
Franklin Street Properties
N/A$1.75
-0.6%
N/A-26.5%$181.24M$126.51M-4.4930
APPS
Digital Turbine
2.8695 of 5 stars
$1.73
-4.7%
$2.38
+37.7%
-59.6%$178.93M$491.57M-0.58840Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:REFR) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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