Oxford Instruments (OXINF) Q4 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:03.935 Welcome to the Oxford Instruments full year results presentation. 00:00:03.935 -- 00:00:09.060 I'm here today with our CFO Paul Fry and thank you for joining us. 00:00:09.060 -- 00:00:13.704 We're really pleased with these results which cap off a good year and given the headwinds 00:00:13.704 -- 00:00:15.846 some great outcomes. 00:00:15.846 -- 00:00:21.752 Clearly a game of two halves, maybe even four quarters and a strong finish 00:00:21.752 -- 00:00:25.295 while making significant progress with our strategy. 00:00:25.295 -- 00:00:30.559 All of this puts us in a really good place for the current year and beyond. 00:00:30.693 -- 00:00:34.518 So first I'll cover the highlights. Paul will take you through the financials and I'll 00:00:34.518 -- 00:00:39.685 return more on our markets, our strategic progress and look into next year. 00:00:39.685 -- 00:00:44.331 There will as always be the opportunity for questions at the end, both here in the room 00:00:44.331 -- 00:00:46.491 and online. 00:00:48.477 -- 00:00:54.014 We've delivered a really strong performance in the second half and a good full year performance. 00:00:54.014 -- 00:00:58.239 Paul and I are really proud of what our teams have achieved against a very challenging 00:00:58.239 -- 00:01:03.184 market backdrop, particularly in the early months of the year, which mostly impacted 00:01:03.184 -- 00:01:08.988 imaging and analysis, where Q1 orders, to remind you, fell 11%. 00:01:09.191 -- 00:01:12.995 The year ended strongly, though, slightly ahead of expectations. 00:01:12.995 -- 00:01:16.839 We saw quarter-on-quarter improvement in order intake, with the second half ending up 00:01:16.839 -- 00:01:18.839 8%. 00:01:19.158 -- 00:01:23.364 Demand in advanced technologies was cons...