The historical rank and industry rank for Research Frontiers's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
REFR'
s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -494.26 Med: -228.4 Max: -146.16
Current: -193.94
REFR's Pretax Margin % is ranked worse than 96.51% of 2465
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.46
vs REFR: -193.94
Research Frontiers Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Research Frontiers's Pretax Margin % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Research Frontiers's Pretax Margin %
For the Electronic Components subindustry, Research Frontiers's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax Margin % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Research Frontiers's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Research Frontiers's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Research Frontiers's Pretax Margin % falls into.
Research Frontiers Pretax Margin % Calculation
Pretax margin - also known as pretax profit margin is the ratio of Pretax Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.
Research Frontiers's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Research Frontiers (NAS:REFR) Pretax Margin % Explanation
The pretax margin, as know as pretax profit margin, is widely used to measure the operating efficiency of a company before deducting taxes.
The pretax margin is sometimes preferred over the net margin as tax expenditures can make profitability comparisons between companies misleading.
It is a useful tool to compare companies operating in the same sector and less effective when comparing companies from other sectors as each industry generally has different operating expenses and sales patterns.
The long term trend of the pretax margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.
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Research Frontiers (Research Frontiers) Business Description
Research Frontiers Inc is engaged in the development and marketing of technology and devices to control the flow of light. The company develops and licenses its patented suspended particle device light-control technology to other companies that manufacture and market the SPD-Smart chemical emulsion, the light-control film made from the chemical emulsion, the light-control panels made by laminating the film, electronics to power end-products incorporating the film, or lamination services for, and the end-products. Its revenue source comes from the licensing of technology.
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