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Gooch & Housego PLC
LSE:GHH

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LSE:GHH
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Price: 714 GBX -0.56% Market Closed
Market Cap: £194.2m

Operating Margin

7.9%
Current
Improving
by 0.8%
vs 3-y average of 7.1%

Operating Margin shows how much profit a company makes from its regular business activities after covering operating costs. It helps measure how efficiently the company turns sales into profit.

Operating Margin
7.9%
=
Operating Income
£11.9m
/
Revenue
£150.5m

Operating Margin shows how much profit a company makes from its regular business activities after covering operating costs. It helps measure how efficiently the company turns sales into profit.

Operating Margin
7.9%
=
Operating Income
GBX11.9m
/
Revenue
£150.5m

Peer Comparison

Country Company Market Cap Operating
Margin
UK
Gooch & Housego PLC
LSE:GHH
193.6m GBP
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CN
Foxconn Industrial Internet Co Ltd
SSE:601138
1.1T CNY
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TW
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
TWSE:2317
3T TWD
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CH
TE Connectivity Ltd
NYSE:TEL
63.7B USD
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CA
Celestica Inc
TSX:CLS
48.1B CAD
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US
Jabil Inc
NYSE:JBL
27.7B USD
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SG
Flex Ltd
NASDAQ:FLEX
24.4B USD
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KY
Fabrinet
NYSE:FN
18.1B USD
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TW
FIH Mobile Ltd
F:FW3
11.5B EUR
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CN
Goertek Inc
SZSE:002241
90.8B CNY
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US
Sollensys Corp
OTC:SOLS
10.1B USD
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Market Distribution

Higher than 96% of companies in United Kingdom
Percentile
96th
Based on 3 579 companies
96th percentile
7.9%
Low
-195 650% — 0%
Typical Range
0% — 0.2%
High
0.2% — 4 630.7%
Distribution Statistics
United Kingdom
Min -195 650%
30th Percentile 0%
Median 0.1%
70th Percentile 0.2%
Max 4 630.7%

Gooch & Housego PLC
Glance View

Market Cap
194.2m GBX
Industry
Electrical Equipment

Gooch & Housego Plc is a photonics technology business, which researches, designs, engineers, and manufactures advanced photonic systems, components and instrumentation for applications in the Aerospace and Defence, Industrial, Life Sciences, and Scientific Research sectors. The company is headquartered in Ilminster, Somerset and currently employs 908 full-time employees. The firm's products include acousto-optic modulators, deflectors, frequency shifters, pockels cells, pockels cell drivers, lithium, optical windows and flats, waveplates, ring laser gyroscope components, infrared optics, optical domes, precision prisms, corner cubes and precision lenses. The firm's market sectors include Aerospace and Defense, Industrial and Telecom and Life Sciences. Aerospace & Defense includes target designation and range finding; guidance and navigation; countermeasures; space photonics, and surveillance, displays and secure communications. The Industrial and Telecom sector is a provider of advanced optics, fiber optics, acousto-optics, and electro-optics. The Life sciences business includes optical coherence tomography, laser surgery, microscopy and development and manufacturing of medical and diagnostic devices.

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What is Operating Margin?
Operating Margin shows how much profit a company makes from its regular business activities after covering operating costs. It helps measure how efficiently the company turns sales into profit.
How is Operating Margin calculated?

Operating Margin is calculated by dividing the Operating Income by the Revenue.

Operating Margin
7.9%
=
Operating Income
£11.9m
/
Revenue
£150.5m
What is Gooch & Housego PLC's current Operating Margin?

The current Operating Margin for Gooch & Housego PLC is 7.9%, which is above its 3-year median of 7.1%.

How has Operating Margin changed over time?

Over the last 3 years, Gooch & Housego PLC’s Operating Margin has increased from 7.1% to 7.9%. During this period, it reached a low of 6.3% on Sep 30, 2024 and a high of 7.9% on Sep 30, 2025.

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