Oxford Instruments plc

LSE:OXIG Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£1.2b

Oxford Instruments Valuation

Is OXIG undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of OXIG when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: OXIG (£21.05) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£23.06)

Significantly Below Fair Value: OXIG is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for OXIG?

Key metric: As OXIG is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for OXIG. This is calculated by dividing OXIG's market cap by their current earnings.
What is OXIG's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio23.3x
EarningsUK£52.50m
Market CapUK£1.22b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does OXIG's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for OXIG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.7x
RSW Renishaw
23.7x12.6%UK£2.3b
SXS Spectris
9.2x-22.2%UK£2.5b
BIG Big Technologies
30.9x26.9%UK£387.2m
HLMA Halma
35.1x8.6%UK£9.4b
OXIG Oxford Instruments
23.3x10.2%UK£1.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: OXIG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.3x) compared to the peer average (24.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does OXIG's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Electronic Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
OXIG 23.3xIndustry Avg. 18.0xNo. of Companies17PE01224364860+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: OXIG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.3x) compared to the European Electronic industry average (18x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is OXIG's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

OXIG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio23.3x
Fair PE Ratio23.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: OXIG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.7x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst OXIG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£21.05
UK£25.68
+22.0%
8.5%UK£28.50UK£21.50n/a9
Nov ’25UK£21.70
UK£25.84
+19.1%
9.0%UK£29.25UK£21.50n/a9
Oct ’25UK£20.75
UK£27.21
+31.1%
9.8%UK£31.00UK£22.40n/a8
Sep ’25UK£22.95
UK£27.57
+20.1%
9.6%UK£31.00UK£22.40n/a8
Aug ’25UK£24.35
UK£27.57
+13.2%
9.6%UK£31.00UK£22.40n/a8
Jul ’25UK£24.70
UK£27.13
+9.8%
10.1%UK£31.00UK£22.40n/a8
Jun ’25UK£25.00
UK£24.43
-2.3%
9.4%UK£28.00UK£20.90n/a9
May ’25UK£23.30
UK£24.43
+4.9%
9.4%UK£28.00UK£20.90n/a9
Apr ’25UK£21.25
UK£25.04
+17.9%
7.8%UK£28.00UK£21.50n/a9
Mar ’25UK£22.15
UK£25.04
+13.1%
7.8%UK£28.00UK£21.50n/a9
Feb ’25UK£21.40
UK£25.39
+18.7%
9.4%UK£29.55UK£21.50n/a9
Jan ’25UK£22.95
UK£25.35
+10.5%
9.7%UK£29.55UK£21.50n/a9
Dec ’24UK£21.55
UK£25.74
+19.4%
10.2%UK£29.55UK£21.50n/a9
Nov ’24UK£18.22
UK£26.65
+46.3%
12.8%UK£31.00UK£22.00UK£21.708
Oct ’24UK£21.80
UK£29.47
+35.2%
7.6%UK£33.00UK£26.60UK£20.757
Sep ’24UK£22.05
UK£29.47
+33.7%
7.6%UK£33.00UK£26.60UK£22.957
Aug ’24UK£24.40
UK£29.47
+20.8%
7.6%UK£33.00UK£26.60UK£24.357
Jul ’24UK£27.30
UK£29.61
+8.5%
7.8%UK£33.00UK£26.60UK£24.707
Jun ’24UK£27.65
UK£29.06
+5.1%
8.0%UK£32.50UK£26.00UK£25.007
May ’24UK£27.60
UK£29.07
+5.3%
8.6%UK£32.50UK£26.00UK£23.306
Apr ’24UK£25.05
UK£26.68
+6.5%
9.5%UK£30.00UK£24.00UK£21.255
Mar ’24UK£25.80
UK£25.98
+0.7%
7.5%UK£29.30UK£24.00UK£22.155
Feb ’24UK£23.40
UK£25.12
+7.4%
4.0%UK£26.50UK£24.00UK£21.405
Jan ’24UK£22.60
UK£23.92
+5.8%
8.5%UK£26.00UK£20.10UK£22.955
Dec ’23UK£22.00
UK£23.92
+8.7%
8.5%UK£26.00UK£20.10UK£21.555
Nov ’23UK£19.56
UK£24.33
+24.4%
8.4%UK£26.35UK£20.10UK£18.226

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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