Research Frontiers (REFR)
Research Frontiers Beneish M-Score
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About Beneish M Score
The Beneish M Score helps to uncover companies who are likely to be manipulating their reported earnings. Companies with a higher score are more likely to be manipulators. This is a probabilistic model, so it will not detect manipulators with 100% accuracy.
The best cut-off point depends on the costs mistakenly classifying in one of two ways:
1) Classifying firm that is manipulating earnings as a non-manipulator (Type I error), and
2) Classifying a firm as a manipulator when it actually was not manipulating (Type II Error).
Here are optimal cut-offs according to Beneish, presented as the score followed by the cost of Type I error relative to cost of Type II error):
M Score HTML Table:
| Score | Relative Error Costs (Type I:Type II) |
|---|---|
| M Score > -1.49 | (10:1) | M Score > -1.78 | (20:1) | M Score > -1.89 | (40+:1) |
Beneish excluded financial institutions from his sample when calculating the M-Score, so extreme care should be taken when looking at M-Scores of financial firms - their business models are different from the manufacturing and other service firms that Beneish used in his study.
If you want more details, here is the original Beneish M Score Paper, or you can learn about our calculation by clicking "Learn More" below.
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REFR News
Research Frontiers to Participate in Two Investor Conferences on May 30, 2012
May 23, 4:14PM GlobeNewswire
May 23, 4:14PM GlobeNewswire
Research Frontiers Inc. to Host Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2012 Highlights and Financial Results
May 07, 4:41PM GlobeNewswire
May 07, 4:41PM GlobeNewswire
SPD-SmartGlass Protects Important Works of Art in the Brooklyn Museum From the Harmful Effects of Light
Apr 30, 9:00AM GlobeNewswire
Apr 30, 9:00AM GlobeNewswire
Research Frontiers Inc. to Host Conference Call to Discuss Mercedes-Benz Viano Pearl and FY2011 Financial Results
Mar 13, 5:43PM GlobeNewswire
Mar 13, 5:43PM GlobeNewswire
Research Frontiers Inc. to Host Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter 2011 Highlights and Financial Results
Nov 10, 1:30PM GlobeNewswire
Nov 10, 1:30PM GlobeNewswire
Research Frontiers' SPD-SmartGlass Featured This Week at Five Leading Industry Events Around the World
Oct 14, 10:56AM GlobeNewswire
Oct 14, 10:56AM GlobeNewswire
GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems to Exhibit SPD-Smart Armored Window at AUSA 2011
Oct 10, 9:00AM GlobeNewswire
Oct 10, 9:00AM GlobeNewswire
Update: Research Frontiers to Present at the Craig-Hallum 2nd Annual Alpha Select Conference
Oct 04, 5:30PM GlobeNewswire
Oct 04, 5:30PM GlobeNewswire
Research Frontiers to Present at the Craig-Hallum 2nd Annual Alpha Select Conference
Oct 04, 1:15PM GlobeNewswire
Oct 04, 1:15PM GlobeNewswire
Audi Premieres A2 Concept Car With Research Frontiers' SPD-SmartGlass Technology at 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Sep 14, 10:03AM GlobeNewswire
Sep 14, 10:03AM GlobeNewswire
Mercedes-Benz Unveils Viano Vision Pearl Luxury Van Using SPD-SmartGlass Technology at 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Sep 13, 10:15AM GlobeNewswire
Sep 13, 10:15AM GlobeNewswire
Research Frontiers to Present at 39th Annual Cowen Technology Media and Telecom Conference
May 26, 3:03PM GlobeNewswire
May 26, 3:03PM GlobeNewswire
$REFR- Still like it, gap fill at 7.30 will be a great spot to buy more
about 456 days ago by activetrading
about 456 days ago by activetrading
$REFR i'm not exactly sure what's changed. Asensio has a huge history with REFR. You'd be wise to look it up and read everything.
about 480 days ago by tickertutor
about 480 days ago by tickertutor
$REFR i remember getting duped by this stock back in the day when they talked about licensing agreements with Raytheon. What a scam.
about 480 days ago by tickertutor
about 480 days ago by tickertutor
$REFR i remember when asensio beat this thing down back in the day. not sure if i can trust this company after all those years.
about 480 days ago by tickertutor
about 480 days ago by tickertutor
$REFR big gap higher after news...past reistance on daily chart after a nice move Friday.
about 480 days ago by TER_Intraday
about 480 days ago by TER_Intraday
RT @szaman $REFR http://chart.ly/ggodain Momentum play. Looks good over 7.40 < did a little FA on this one, lol. Really low RPE rating.
about 482 days ago by 1nvestor
about 482 days ago by 1nvestor
$REFR http://chart.ly/v8pj37o What an up move, nice job bulls. MACD ski jump with great volume. Well abv upper BB. No pos.
about 513 days ago by 1nvestor
about 513 days ago by 1nvestor
@OptionRadar $REFR the only talk I heard was it being your Spec Trade of the Week, nice!
about 513 days ago by redman59
about 513 days ago by redman59
well done! RT @OptionRadar: Looks like people liked my $REFR pick ; +10.6% today
about 515 days ago by BigHungryShark
about 515 days ago by BigHungryShark
$REFR looks good as small speculative play - broke out on volume - makes light flow control products
about 516 days ago by OptionRadar
about 516 days ago by OptionRadar
Recent Quotes
| Symbol | Price | Chg | Chg % | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REFR | 3.39 | +0.07 | +2.11% | 62.78M |
| REE | 4.07 | -0.20 | -4.68% | 188.86M |
| REDF | 4.21 | -0.38 | -8.28% | 134.17M |
| RE | 102.12 | +0.90 | +0.89% | 5.440B |
| QPSA | 2.93 | -0.06 | -2.01% | 108.24M |
| QMM | 0.44 | +0.01 | +1.15% | 66.26M |
| QLTY | 10.62 | +0.23 | +2.21% | 280.22M |
| QLTI | 7.61 | +0.03 | +0.40% | 371.12M |
| QLT | 23.95 | +0.23 | +0.97% | |
| QLIK | 22.73 | -0.40 | -1.73% | 1.954B |
