OXINF Oxford Instruments plc — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates
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. The company offers atomic force, electron, light, and Raman microscopy; deposition tools comprising plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition, inductively coupled plasma chemical vapour deposition, atomic layer deposition, and ion beam deposition systems; and etch tools, including inductively coupled plasma etching, reactive ion etching, deep silicon etching, atomic layer etching, and ion beam etching systems. It also provides low temperature systems, such as dilution refrigerators, high field magnets, and cryostats; optical imaging products, including cameras, confocal microscopy, and 3d and 4d visualization software; nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) products comprising NMR spectrometers, TD-NMR research, QA/QC analyzers, and rock core analyzers; and X-Ray sources, tubes, and power supply products. Its products are used in various industries, such as advanced manufacturing, agriculture and food, astronomy, automotive and aerospace, bio imaging and life science, chemical and catalysis, energy generation and storage, forensics and environment, geology, petrology, mining, metals, alloys, composites, ceramics, pharma, photonics, polymers, quantum technologies, semiconductors, microelectronics, and data storage. In addition, the company offers contracts and agreements, spares, upgrades, training, application and product support, and live assist services. Oxford Instruments plc was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.
Dividend Snapshot
Research Scores
Scores describe this security's published financial data on a 0–100 scale using the formulas on our methodology pages. They are the same for every reader, are not a probability or a forecast, and are not a recommendation. Past dividend growth does not guarantee future increases. Report a data error.
Not Rated
How the Dividend Safety Score is built for OXINF
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings payout ratio | Earnings payout ratio 27% (FY2026) | 100 | 20% |
| FCF payout ratio | FCF payout ratio 27% (FY2026) | 100 | 25% |
| Net debt / EBITDA | Net cash (FY2026) | 100 | 15% |
| Interest coverage | Interest coverage 35.4x (FY2026) | 100 | 10% |
| Dividend record | 15 years of uninterrupted regular payments | 77 | 20% |
| Earnings stability | Net income positive in 5 of the last 5 fiscal years (FY2022–FY2026) | 100 | 10% |
Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.
How the Dividend Growth Score is built for OXINF
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-year dividend growth | 5-year dividend CAGR 12.0% (2020–2025) | 100 | 25% |
| Consecutive annual increases | 4 consecutive annual increases (through 2025) | 52 | 20% |
| Payout headroom | Headroom from the earnings payout ratio 27% (FY2026) | 100 | 20% |
| Earnings per share growth (3 years) | EPS CAGR -5.6% (FY2023–FY2026) | 13 | 15% |
| Revenue growth (3 years) | Revenue CAGR -1.6% (FY2023–FY2026) | 31 | 10% |
| 10-year dividend growth | 10-year dividend CAGR 4.3% (2015–2025) | 67 | 10% |
Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.
Key Metrics
Current Yield
0.90%
At the Oct 29, 2026 price
The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.Annualized Dividend
$0.3159
Declared Jun 09, 2026
The latest declared regular dividend scaled to a full year by how often it's paid (for semi-annual payers, the latest two payments), adjusted for stock splits. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00. Special dividends are excluded.Frequency
S Semi-Annual
How often the dividend is paid, read from the dates of recent payments: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.RSI (14)
27
As of Oct 29, 2026
Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.52-Week Range
$23.79 – $43.80
Closes through Oct 22, 2026
The lowest and highest price over the past year, showing where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio (TTM)
26.97%
12 months to Mar 31, 2026 (Q4 FY2026)
The share of earnings paid out as dividends over the trailing twelve months (TTM): dividends paid divided by net income across the company's four most recent reported quarters, dated by the latest quarter end. A fiscal-year tag such as FY2025 means only annual figures were available. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earned. It shows n/a for funds and when net income over the period was negative; for REITs and BDCs it is marked EPS-based, since they are judged on FFO/AFFO or net investment income instead.Years Paying
34
How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.Price / Book (TTM)
4.06
Price as of Oct 25, 2026; latest reported book value
Price-to-book ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by the latest reported book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.S.A.F.E. Dividend Read
Quote & Key Data
Dividend Growth
How often a record like this ends in a cut
OXINF has raised its annual dividend in 11 separate years since February 1992, which ranks 1014 among the 2,430 payers with a comparable record in our dataset. In 4 years the annual total fell by more than a fifth.
Of the 878 companies we track with 10 to 24 years of increases, 661 — 75 per cent — also have at least one year in which the dividend fell by more than 20 per cent. Across every company with twenty years of comparable history, only 277 of 1078 (26 per cent) have never cut. A long record of increases is common; a record with no cut anywhere in it is not.
Measured from annual totals using split-adjusted amounts, comparing only consecutive years with the same number of payments — a stock split and a payment shifting across a year boundary both look like cuts otherwise. The current year is excluded as incomplete. How we measure a cut, and what the corrections change. Figures are for information only, not a view on any security.
Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)
OXINF's dividend yield rose from 0.82% to 0.90% over the past ~90 days (+0.08 pp). Of that move, +0.00 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and +0.08 pp from the share price ($38.54 on Aug 03, 2026 → $35.00 on Oct 29, 2026). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.
Yield vs Its Own History
Across 271 daily observations over the past 13 months (through Oct 22, 2026), OXINF's current yield is higher than approximately 57% of them. Our stored price history for OXINF covers the past 13 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.
Adjusted Price History
Dividend History
Dividend Payment History
Ex-dividend calendar →| Amount | Type | Declared | Ex-Date | Record | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.2443 S | Regular | Jun 09, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Aug 18, 2026 |
| $0.2439 S | Regular | N/A | Jul 09, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Aug 18, 2026 |
| $0.0716 S | Regular | Nov 11, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | Jan 09, 2026 |
| $0.2309 S | Regular | Jun 13, 2025 | Jul 11, 2025 | Jul 11, 2025 | Aug 19, 2025 |
| $0.0648 S | Regular | Nov 12, 2024 | Nov 29, 2024 | Nov 29, 2024 | Jan 10, 2025 |
| $0.2065 S | Regular | Jun 11, 2024 | Jul 12, 2024 | Jul 12, 2024 | Aug 20, 2024 |
| $0.0620 S | Regular | Nov 14, 2023 | Nov 30, 2023 | Dec 01, 2023 | Jan 12, 2024 |
| $0.1893 M | Regular | Jun 13, 2023 | Aug 03, 2023 | Aug 04, 2023 | Oct 12, 2023 |
| $0.1490 S | Regular | N/A | Jul 13, 2023 | N/A | N/A |
| $0.0564 S | Regular | N/A | Dec 01, 2022 | Dec 02, 2022 | Jan 13, 2023 |
| $0.1620 S | Regular | Jun 14, 2022 | Jul 14, 2022 | Jul 15, 2022 | Aug 23, 2022 |
| $0.0586 S | Regular | Nov 09, 2021 | Dec 02, 2021 | Dec 03, 2021 | Jan 14, 2022 |
| $0.1787 S | Special | Jun 08, 2021 | Sep 09, 2021 | Sep 10, 2021 | Oct 15, 2021 |
| $0.0574 A | Regular | Nov 10, 2020 | Mar 04, 2021 | Mar 05, 2021 | Apr 14, 2021 |
| $0.0410 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 05, 2020 | N/A | N/A |
| $0.1310 S | Regular | Jun 11, 2019 | Sep 12, 2019 | Sep 13, 2019 | Oct 18, 2019 |
| $0.0505 S | Regular | Nov 13, 2018 | Feb 28, 2019 | Mar 01, 2019 | Apr 08, 2019 |
| $0.1297 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 13, 2018 | Sep 14, 2018 | Oct 19, 2018 |
| $0.0516 S | Regular | Nov 14, 2017 | Feb 22, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 | Apr 06, 2018 |
| $0.1263 S | Regular | Jun 13, 2017 | Sep 21, 2017 | Sep 22, 2017 | Oct 19, 2017 |
| $0.0450 S | Regular | Nov 15, 2016 | Mar 09, 2017 | Mar 10, 2017 | Apr 07, 2017 |
| $0.1217 S | Regular | Jun 15, 2016 | Sep 22, 2016 | Sep 23, 2016 | Oct 20, 2016 |
| $0.0529 S | Regular | Nov 10, 2015 | Mar 10, 2016 | Mar 11, 2016 | Apr 08, 2016 |
| $0.1418 S | Regular | Jun 09, 2015 | Sep 24, 2015 | Sep 25, 2015 | Oct 22, 2015 |
| $0.0564 S | Regular | Nov 11, 2014 | Mar 05, 2015 | Mar 06, 2015 | Apr 09, 2015 |
| $0.1477 S | Regular | Jun 10, 2014 | Sep 24, 2014 | Sep 26, 2014 | Oct 23, 2014 |
| $0.0562 S | Regular | Nov 12, 2013 | Mar 05, 2014 | Mar 07, 2014 | Apr 07, 2014 |
| $0.1310 S | Regular | Jun 11, 2013 | Sep 25, 2013 | Sep 27, 2013 | Oct 24, 2013 |
| $0.0459 S | Regular | Nov 13, 2012 | Mar 06, 2013 | Mar 08, 2013 | Apr 08, 2013 |
| $0.1167 S | Regular | Jun 12, 2012 | Sep 26, 2012 | Sep 28, 2012 | Oct 25, 2012 |
| $0.0416 S | Regular | N/A | Mar 07, 2012 | N/A | N/A |
| $0.0973 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 28, 2011 | N/A | N/A |
| $0.0378 A | Regular | N/A | Mar 02, 2011 | N/A | N/A |
| $0.0338 S | Regular | N/A | Feb 17, 1997 | Feb 25, 1997 | Mar 26, 1997 |
| $0.0711 S | Regular | N/A | Aug 19, 1996 | Aug 28, 1996 | Oct 03, 1996 |
| $0.0291 S | Regular | N/A | Feb 12, 1996 | Feb 20, 1996 | Mar 26, 1996 |
| $0.0615 S | Regular | N/A | Aug 21, 1995 | Aug 30, 1995 | Oct 03, 1995 |
| $0.0266 S | Regular | N/A | Feb 06, 1995 | Feb 23, 1995 | Mar 23, 1995 |
| $0.0524 S | Regular | N/A | Aug 15, 1994 | Sep 02, 1994 | Oct 03, 1994 |
| $0.0221 S | Regular | N/A | Feb 14, 1994 | Feb 25, 1994 | Mar 25, 1994 |
| $0.0459 S | Regular | N/A | Aug 16, 1993 | Sep 03, 1993 | Oct 01, 1993 |
| $0.0200 S | Regular | N/A | Feb 15, 1993 | Feb 26, 1993 | Mar 26, 1993 |
| $0.0571 S | Regular | N/A | Aug 24, 1992 | Sep 04, 1992 | Oct 01, 1992 |
| $0.0253 S | Regular | N/A | Feb 10, 1992 | Feb 26, 1992 | Mar 25, 1992 |
Peer Comparison
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| Ticker | Name | Yield | 5-Yr Growth | Streak | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCRFF | Panasonic Holdings Corporation | 1.24% | 6.6% | 4 yrs | 70 |
| CSIOY | Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. | 1.92% | -3.0% | 2 yrs | 67 |
| AAPL | Apple Inc. | 0.31% | 5.0% | 12 yrs | 65 |
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OXINF dividend — frequently asked questions
Does Oxford Instruments plc pay a dividend?
Yes. Oxford Instruments plc (OXINF) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $0.32 per share, a yield of approximately 0.90%.
What is Oxford Instruments plc's dividend yield?
Oxford Instruments plc's dividend yield is approximately 0.90%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does Oxford Instruments plc pay dividends?
Oxford Instruments plc pays dividends semi-annually — 2 times per year.
How long has Oxford Instruments plc paid dividends?
Oxford Instruments plc has 34 years of dividend payments on record, and has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Data updated Oct 29, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.