Stocks · Real Estate · Real Estate - Services
Rafael Holdings, Inc. RFL
$1.54 +2.67% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $78.9M
Expensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -3717.2% from -2765.2% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 103.0% in a year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $980,000, up 33.9% from a year earlier, slowing from 64.7% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 17%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 7%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 7%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 5%
- Gross marginTop 9%
- Operating marginBottom 1%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Interest coverBottom 2%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 5%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 5%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 1%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 1%
- 6-month returnTop 9%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 20%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 6%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 41%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 13%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 43%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 64.7% | 33.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 74.9% | 84.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -2765.2% | -3717.2% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -1568.2% | -3263.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 33.9% | 64.7% | ↓ | Top 17% |
| Gross margin | 84.4% | 74.9% | ↑ | Top 9% |
| Operating margin | -3717.2% | -2765.2% | ↓ | Bottom 1% |
| Net margin | -3321.7% | -3127.6% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -3263.7% | -1568.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -44.5% | — | Bottom 5% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 30.8% | — | Top 7% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -62.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -73.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -31.70%
- Shareholder yield
- -31.70%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +103.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +29.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Apr 30, 2026 (filed Jun 11, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2026 | — | +19.1% | +47.8% | +25.3% | +43.8% |
| Mar 16, 2026 | — | +2.3% | -3.1% | -5.5% | +50.8% |
| Dec 11, 2025 | — | -2.6% | -20.3% | -16.3% | -3.9% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | — | +0.0% | -0.7% | -9.7% | -10.4% |
| Jun 11, 2025 | — | -27.7% | -31.9% | -24.6% | -49.5% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | — | -4.3% | -2.1% | -9.6% | +0.5% |
| Dec 11, 2024 | — | +1.6% | -2.7% | +4.3% | +1.1% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | — | +5.0% | +3.9% | +0.6% | +11.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2026 | -$0.15 | — | — | $179,000 |
| Mar 16, 2026 | -$0.13 | — | — | $211,000 |
| Dec 11, 2025 | -$0.19 | — | — | $240,000 |
| Oct 29, 2025 | -$0.28 | — | — | $350,000 |
| Jun 11, 2025 | -$0.19 | — | — | $362,000 |
| Mar 13, 2025 | -$0.06 | — | — | $77,000 |
| Dec 11, 2024 | -$0.37 | — | — | $128,000 |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -$0.19 | — | — | $165,000 |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 49.98× | — | — | Bottom 1% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -40.55% | — | — | Bottom 5% |
| Earnings yield | -44.32% | — | — | Bottom 5% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -9.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -26.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -7.7%
- RSI (14)
- 33.9
- Relative volume
- 0.67×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 115.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 90th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.62
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.12
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -59.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -65.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2021 | Jan 30, 2026 | -98.2% | 1144 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 22, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | -32.7% | 10 days | 4 days (Mar 12, 2021) |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Apr 19, 2021 | -21.3% | 22 days | 28 days (May 27, 2021) |
| May 28, 2021 | Jun 10, 2021 | -19.4% | 8 days | 15 days (Jul 1, 2021) |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Oct 27, 2020 | -12.9% | 11 days | 6 days (Nov 4, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $78.9M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.68
- Revenue (TTM)
- $980,000
- 52-week range
- $1.12 – $3.96
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $802,000 | $410,000 | $279,000 | $637,000 | $917,000 |
| Gross profit | $802,000 | $410,000 | $279,000 | $483,000 | $495,000 |
| Operating income | -$21.2M | -$60.5M | -$15.0M | -$102.6M | -$26.1M |
| Net income | -$24.5M | -$124.7M | -$1.9M | -$34.4M | -$30.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.47 | -$6.31 | -$0.08 | -$1.45 | -$1.04 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $165,000 | $128,000 | $77,000 | $362,000 | $350,000 | $240,000 | $211,000 | $179,000 |
| Net income | -$4.5M | -$9.0M | -$4.6M | -$4.8M | -$12.1M | -$9.8M | -$6.4M | -$4.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.19 | -$0.37 | -$0.19 | -$0.19 | -$0.28 | -$0.19 | -$0.13 | -$0.08 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$15.6M | -$26.1M | -$10.9M | -$7.8M | -$18.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$206,000 | -$2,000 | $51.7M | -$178,000 | -$4,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$15.8M | -$26.1M | $40.8M | -$8.0M | -$18.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $15.1M | $110.2M | -$218,000 | -$168,000 | $25.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $30.5M
- Total assets
- $92.0M
- Total liabilities
- $11.2M
- Total debt
- $610,000
- Net debt
- -$29.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $75.4M
As of Apr 30, 2026 (filed Jun 11, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2009 | $0.02 | Dec 31, 2009 |
| Jun 19, 2009 | $0.02 | Jun 30, 2009 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 791,280
- Days to cover
- 6.82
- Change vs previous report
- +0.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 9, 2025
- 507-for-500