profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
Oxford Instruments
£26.46+0.68% today
+38.2% in 1 year
1-year low £17.861-year high £33.02
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay £29.98 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Oxford Instruments sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £445 million in 2023 to £423 million in 2026, with £48.2 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Oxford Instruments handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks £62M
Free cash flow 2026£44M
Bought back its own shares£62M
Paid as dividends£13M
Cash vs. debt£107M vs. £45M
Oxford Instruments vs. similar companies
Oxford Instruments grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Instruments | 30.0× · Fair price | ||
 Keyence | 45.6× · Expensive | ||
 Garmin | 33.1× · Expensive | ||
 Keysight Technologies | 60.9× · Very expensive | ||
 Coherent | 56.8× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Oxford Instruments's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 445 | 470 | 443 | 423 | |
| 230 | 242 | 244 | 236 | |
| 66 | 61 | 70 | 64 | |
| 95 | 93 | 61 | 80 | |
| 59 | 51 | 26 | 48 | |
| 1.00 | 0.87 | 0.44 | – | |
| 51.8% | 51.5% | 55.1% | 55.8% | |
| 14.8% | 12.9% | 15.7% | 15.1% | |
| 13.2% | 10.8% | 5.9% | 11.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 572 | 606 | 605 | 552 |
| Cash | 113 | 98 | 94 | 107 |
| Total debt | 44 | 47 | 41 | 45 |
| Total liabilities | 228 | 241 | 229 | 212 |
| 344 | 366 | 376 | 340 | |
| 58 | 59 | 59 | – | |
| 14.5% | 13.3% | 7.1% | 11.8% | |
| 17.0% | 13.9% | 6.9% | 14.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 42 | 50 | 54 | |
| 33 | 28 | 15 | 10 | |
| 34 | 15 | 35 | 44 | |
| Dividends paid | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| – | – | 0 | 62 | |
| 2 | 3 | -0 | 4 |
Valuation
- 30.0×
- –
- –
- 4.5×
- 3.4×
- 32.8×
- 17.3×
- 3.1%
- 3.3%
- 0.9%
Profitability
- 55.8%
- 15.1%
- 11.4%
- –
- 11.8%
- 11.7%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- −1.6%
- –
- –
- –
- +0.2%
Financial health
- -0.8×
- 0.13
- –
- 33.5×
- 1.83
- –
- –
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 34%of 969
Top 33%of 976
Top 50%of 740
Bottom 16%of 978
Top 45%of 983
0.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$9a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
27.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 29.5%
News
Oxford Industries declares $0.70 dividendSeeking Alpha · Sep 4, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 4, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
56No pass
Benjamin Graham
47No pass
Philip Fisher
52No pass
Peter Lynch
46No pass
Joel Greenblatt
22No pass
Charlie Munger
53No pass
Terry Smith
43No pass
Questions about Oxford Instruments
Is Oxford Instruments a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Oxford Instruments AI analysis
What does Oxford Instruments do?
Oxford Instruments plc provide scientific technology products and services for academic and commercial organizations in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates through two segments: Imaging and Analysis and Advanced Technologies. It is in Scientific & Technical Instruments, based in Abingdon, United Kingdom.
Does Oxford Instruments pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.9% a year, about 27% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out £13.0 million in dividends.
Is Oxford Instruments stock halal?
Yes. Oxford Instruments passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 3% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Oxford Instruments stock done over the past year?
Up 38.2% over the past twelve months, to £26.46. It traded between £17.86 and £33.02 and is 19.9% below its high.
Who are Oxford Instruments's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Keyence, Garmin, Keysight Technologies and Coherent. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Oxford Instruments's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.