Research Frontiers Incorporated cash flow to debt ratio of -113.97% indicates that the company cannot generate enough cash to cover its debt over time. This level indicates weak financial health.

Research Frontiers Incorporated's free cash flow has decreased 68.25% from $-790.44K last year to $-1.33M, signaling decreasing performance

Research Frontiers Incorporated's debt to equity ratio is 0.97, which means that the company's assets are unhealthy financed, signaling financial risk.

Research Frontiers Incorporated's debt has increased relative to shareholder equity from 0.50 last year to 0.97 today, signaling weakened financials

Research Frontiers Incorporated has negative EBITDA, making leverage ratio unreliable

Research Frontiers Incorporated earns at least as much interest as it pays. Interest obligations are fully covered.

Research Frontiers Incorporated's profit margin has decreased (250.19%) in the last year from -98.19% to -343.85%, signaling decreasing performance

Research Frontiers Incorporated's short-term assets of $1.14M exceed its short-term liabilities of $297.88K

Research Frontiers Incorporated's return on assets of 0.00% is lower than the 5.00% threshold, indicating inefficient asset utilization

Research Frontiers Incorporated's return on equity of -168.53%, is lower than 15.00%, indicating bad performance

Research Frontiers Incorporated's operating cash flow is lower than its net income, indicating that earnings may not be fully backed by cash generation

Research Frontiers Incorporated had positive net income in only 0 out of 5 years, indicating unstable earnings

Research Frontiers Incorporated has negative free cash flow, indicating the company is burning cash rather than generating it

Research Frontiers Incorporated has negative free cash flow, indicating cash burn

Research Frontiers Incorporated's yearly earnings has decreased 55.99% since last year from $-1.31M to $-2.05M, signaling decreasing performance

Research Frontiers Incorporated's yearly revenue has decreased 16.04% since last year from $1.34M to $1.12M, signaling decreasing performance

ROIC -102.71% (Source: FMP key-metrics). Below the 5% partial-credit threshold. Score: 0 of 2. The 5% and 10% cutoffs anchor to typical US weighted-average cost of capital. Below 5% indicates the company is not generating returns above its likely cost of capital under this definition of invested capital. Invested capital here includes equity, non-current liabilities (pension obligations, deferred taxes, lease obligations), and short-term debt. Cash is not subtracted. Companies with substantial float, lease portfolios, or cash holdings will score lower under this definition than under narrower operating-capital definitions. See methodology.

Research Frontiers Incorporated's 3-year revenue CAGR of 27.60% is positive, indicating growing revenue over the past 3 years

Research Frontiers Incorporated had revenue growth in 3 out of 5 years, indicating consistent revenue performance

Research Frontiers Incorporated had positive ROE in only 0 out of 5 years, indicating inconsistent returns on equity

Research Frontiers Incorporated has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

Research Frontiers Incorporated has negative trailing-twelve-month earnings; this ratio is not meaningful and the check fails

Research Frontiers Incorporated is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 0.00 based on EBITDA multiple model

Research Frontiers Incorporated has negative or missing EBITDA, making EV/EBITDA ratio unreliable

Research Frontiers Incorporated has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

Research Frontiers Incorporated has negative trailing-twelve-month earnings; this ratio is not meaningful and the check fails

Research Frontiers Incorporated has a price-to-book ratio of 15.22x, which exceeds the 5.00x threshold, indicating the stock may be overvalued relative to its book value

Research Frontiers Incorporated has a price-to-sales ratio of 26.06x, which exceeds the 8.00x threshold, indicating the stock may be overvalued relative to its revenue