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RNS Number : 5589B  Oxford Metrics PLC  23 April 2026

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23 April 2026

 

Oxford Metrics plc

("Oxford Metrics" or the "Group")

 

Trading Update for the six months ended 31 March 2026 and Notice of Results

 

Improved year-on-year performance; strategic priorities advanced

 

Oxford Metrics plc (LSE: OMG), the smart sensing and software company
servicing life sciences, entertainment, engineering and manufacturing markets,
issues the following unaudited trading update for the six months to 31 March
2026.

 

On 16 December 2025, Oxford Metrics changed its accounting reference date to
31 December, from 30 September. FY26 is therefore an extended 15-month period
running from 1 October 2025 to 31 December 2026 ("FY26"). This trading update
covers the first six months of FY26 ended 31 March 2026. Under the Group's
previous reporting calendar, this would have been the half-year reporting
period. It is reported against the equivalent prior-year period.

 

Trading Update

 

The Group reports an improved trading performance in the first six months of
FY26 and continued execution across both divisions.

 

The Group expects to report revenue for the period of £20.7m (prior-year
period: £20.1m). Underlying margins remained robust, with continued cost
discipline supporting a modestly improved Adjusted LBIT* versus prior year
period.

 

Management expectations for FY26 remain unchanged. As previously noted, FY26
is an extended 15-month period and, consistent with the Group's historical
trading pattern, a greater weighting of performance is expected in the six
months to 30 September 2026.

 

Vicon, the Motion Capture division's trading brand, delivered pleasing revenue
growth versus the prior-year period. Whilst conditions in US academic and
entertainment markets remained broadly unchanged, encouraging demand across
core industries in other territories and emerging geographies resulted in
several significant contract wins, including in Eastern Europe, Japan and
India.

 

With effect from 1 March 2026, Sempre and IVS were unified as Industrial
Vision and Metrology Systems Limited (IVMS), the Smart Manufacturing trading
brand. The Board expects the efficiency and margin benefits of the new
structure to build progressively through the rest of FY26 and beyond, as
execution improves and order-to-revenue conversion strengthens.

 

In IVMS, solid underlying demand has underpinned a number of new business wins
across target sectors. However, heightened macroeconomic uncertainty has
recently affected the timing of certain orders and led some customers to defer
project starts beyond this period end. While this has led to a softer result
in the first six months, these opportunities underpin delivery over the
remainder of FY26.

 

Cash conversion remained strong, with a net cash position of £31.7m as at 31
March 2026, after share buybacks and payment of the dividend, providing
flexibility for organic and inorganic growth initiatives.

 

Notice of Results

 

The Group expects to report unaudited interim results for the six months ended
31 March 2026 on 17 June 2026. Alongside the interim results, the management
team will present an update on the Group's refined strategy, including its
approach to capital allocation and its three-year framework.

 

 

Imogen O'Connor, CEO of Oxford Metrics, commented:

 

"The first six months of FY26 reflect healthy progress across Oxford Metrics,
with particularly strong performance in Motion Capture, where we have secured
several significant international contract wins and continue to see
encouraging demand across our markets. While US activity remains broadly in
line with last year, our increasingly diversified global footprint is
supporting resilience and growth.

 

In Smart Manufacturing, the formation of Industrial Vision and Metrology
Systems represents an important step in strengthening execution, improving
efficiency and margins, and laying the foundations for a more scalable,
product-led business. As expected, the benefits of this integration will build
over time, and we remain focused on improving order-to-revenue timing and
margins.

 

Whilst cognisant of evolving macroeconomic conditions, our growing pipeline
and planned, targeted product launches give us confidence in further progress
through FY26, supported by continued structural demand for precise motion and
measurement data across all our markets.  We remain disciplined in our
approach, focused on delivery, and committed to building a more predictable
and profitable platform for long-term growth."

 

 

* Adjusted LBIT is loss before interest and tax, adjusted for share-based
payment charges, amortisation of acquired intangibles, and early exit lease
costs.

 

Contacts

 Oxford Metrics                                                          +44 (0)1865 261 860
 Imogen O'Connor, CEO
 Zoe Fox, CFO

 Panmure Liberum (NOMAD & Broker)                                        +44 (0)20 3100 2000
 James Sinclair-Ford / Rupert Dearden / Ailsa Macmaster / Gaya Bhatt

 Alma Strategic Communications                                           +44 (0)20 3405 0205
 Hilary Buchanan / Rebecca Sanders-Hewett / David Ison / Kinvara Verdon  oxfordmetrics@almastrategic.com (mailto:oxfordmetrics@almastrategic.com)

 

 

About Oxford Metrics

Oxford Metrics (LSE:OMG) is a smart sensing and measurement technology Group
that serves thousands of customers in more than 70 countries. Founded in 1984,
we started our journey in healthcare, expanded into entertainment, winning an
OSCAR® and an Emmy®, moved into engineering and more recently,
manufacturing. We have a strong track record of creating value by incubating,
growing, and then augmenting through acquisition, unique technology
businesses.

The Group trades through two divisions; in motion capture its market-leading
company Vicon Motion Systems provides motion measurement systems and analysis
to thousands of customers worldwide in healthcare, entertainment, and
engineering markets. In manufacturing, Industrial Vision and Metrology Systems
is a specialist in machine vision software and measurement technology for high
precision, automated quality control systems trusted by blue-chip,
manufacturing companies in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, performance
engineering, advanced semiconductors, automotive and aerospace.

The Group is headquartered in Oxford with offices in the United Kingdom,
Ireland, United States and Germany.

 

For more information about Oxford Metrics, visit www.oxfordmetrics.com
(http://www.oxfordmetrics.com) .

 

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