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Optos (OPTS)

Sector:

Health Care Equipment & Services

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

Market Cap

£50.58m

Change Today

Price Down-0.25p (-0.34%)

Share Price

72.75p

Optos Overview

Optos is in the health care equipment & services sector and is currently trading at 72.75p per share. In the last year Optos's share price has ranged from 63.00p to 188.00p and brokers are currently rating this stock as 'buy'.

1 Day Chart (03-Dec-2008)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart

Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 0.0% 0.0%
Div Cover n/a n/a
Op Mrgn 7.5% 3.6%
ROCE 5.2%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E n/a 77.5
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.9 0.8
Pr/Book 1.3  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 28.2% -52.8%
PBT n/a -9.6%
EPS n/a n/a
DPS n/a n/a

Optos Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-05 a48.40 a(2.59) (4.77)¢ n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
30-Sep-06 67.72 (1.10) 18.50¢ 14.8 n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
30-Sep-07 86.83 1.62 (0.30)¢ n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Optos Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Sep-08 60.46 2.16 0.94p 77.5 n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
30-Sep-09 69.67 3.94 3.27p 22.3 0.1 +248% n/a 0.0%

Covering analysts: Goldman Sachs, Panmure Gordon

Optos Company Announcements

Total Voting Rights 01-Dec-2008 13:07 RNS
Director Declaration 24-Nov-2008 17:48 RNS
Directorate Change 14-Nov-2008 17:00 RNS

Optos ShareCast News

Small caps round-up: Optos, Forbidden Tech, Hand... 30-Sep-2008 ShareCast
TechMARK movers: Sales surge buoys Vectura 22-May-2008 ShareCast
Optos profits soar, revenue growth on track 21-May-2008 ShareCast

Optos Top Newspaper Links

American dream soured 20-Nov-2008 The Scotsman
Scots Stocks: Sales forecast slippage hits share... 01-Oct-2008 The Scotsman
Optos sees shares slip on fall in growth 01-Oct-2008 The Scotsman

Latest Optos Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Optos Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 72.75p Price Down
Change Today -0.25p
52 Week High 188.00
52 Week Low 63.00
Volume 1,500
Shares Issued 69.53m
Market Cap £50.58m
Beta 0.10
RiskGrade 298

Optos Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
74.35% below the market average74.35% below the market average74.35% below the market average74.35% below the market average74.35% below the market average
65.96% below the sector average65.96% below the sector average65.96% below the sector average65.96% below the sector average65.96% below the sector average
Price Trend
26.24% below the market average26.24% below the market average26.24% below the market average26.24% below the market average26.24% below the market average
18.37% below the sector average18.37% below the sector average18.37% below the sector average18.37% below the sector average18.37% below the sector average
Income Not Available
Growth
16.17% above the market average16.17% above the market average16.17% above the market average16.17% above the market average16.17% above the market average
6.67% above the sector average6.67% above the sector average6.67% above the sector average6.67% above the sector average6.67% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 0
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 3
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Optos Dividends

No dividends found

Trades for 03-Dec-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:29 1,500 @ 73.50p

Optos Key Personnel

CFO Allan Watson
CEO G Roy Davis

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