Electronic & Electrical Equipment
Oxford Instruments designs and manufactures high-technology scientific instruments and systems used to image, analyse and manipulate materials at very small scales. Its products serve research laboratories and advanced industrial customers including semiconductor and quantum-technology markets.
Cryogenic and quantum systems, microscopy and imaging tools, scientific cameras, materials analysis, semiconductor metrology and related software, service and support.
Universities, research institutes and advanced-technology manufacturers worldwide, with significant exposure to North America, Europe and Asia and to semiconductor, quantum and materials research.
Research and semiconductor investment, AI and advanced-chip demand, quantum-technology spending, product innovation, order intake, service revenue, margins and acquisition integration.
Cyclical research and semiconductor spending, export controls and China exposure, supply-chain disruption, R&D execution, competition, acquisition risk and currency movements.
9 June 2026: full-year revenue was £423.2m and year-end net cash reached £94m, leaving the Group with capacity for investment and acquisitions despite mixed end-market conditions. Investors should watch the 13 October trading update and 10 November interim results for evidence of order recovery in semiconductor, imaging and research markets.
Progressive dividend payer. FY2025/26 total dividend was 23.6p per share, including an 18.2p final dividend, ex-dividend 9 July 2026 and payable 18 August. The next interim dividend is expected to go ex-dividend on 26 November 2026 and be paid in January 2027, subject to declaration.
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