REFR Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Research Frontiers | NASDAQ:REFR)

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. The company's revenue source comes from the licensing of technology.

Research Frontiers trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol REFR.

As of February 4, 2026, REFR stock price declined to $1.13 with 17,979 million shares trading.

REFR has a beta of 0.25, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. REFR has a correlation of 0.00 to the broad based SPY ETF.

REFR has a market cap of $38.02 million. This is considered a Sub-Micro Cap stock.

In the last 3 years, REFR traded as high as $2.70 and as low as $.90.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that REFR belongs to (by Net Assets): VXF, VTI, IWC.

REFR has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of -25.7% while the SPY ETF gained +16.0%. REFR has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -39.9% and -11.0%, respectively, while the SPY returned +0.7% and +1.3%, respectively.

REFR support price is $1.10 and resistance is $1.22 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that REFR shares will trade within this expected range on the day.