Been turning this one up in my stock screener lists over the last week or so on differing criteria. Anyway took the plunge this morning and added more after seeing this item from GCI, its derd cheap and should be on at least double that P/E. Well worth a read and please DYOR................

OpSec - STRONG BUY
Companies: OSG
07/11/2006

Growth Company Investor recommendation OpSec the anti-counterfeiting counter backed at 42.5p earlier this year when known as Applied Optical Technologies merits closer investor inspection ahead of forthcoming half time figures to September.

Last year proved a watershed, with the company moving into the black with a 1.7m full year profit scored on 25.4m sales, under the stewardship of chief executive Mark Turnage.

And quite simply, the company continues to go great guns. A recent pre-close update, ahead of the interims, boasted that figures for the year to March would be significantly ahead of forecasts. The European operations have performed strongly, and the interims will show dramatic improvement year-on-year. And though the American operations experienced a slow first quarter, business picked up markedly in the second quarter.

Turnage is clearly delighted with June acquisition GenuOne, bought for 7m in cash, which provides anti-counterfeiting software that allows brand owners to monitor and protect their products and brands across auction sites like eBay. Fundamentally important to the brand protection business, the acquisition has created a unique company able to meet the needs of global brand owners in both the online and supply chain environments.

3dcd, the groups 50-50 joint venture with Technicolor, also had a remarkable first half, with Microsofts imminent software launch having buoyed business. For March 2007, upgraded forecasts suggest pre-tax profits of 3.8m from approaching 31m sales, and earnings of 5.2p, placing the shares on a forward price-to-earnings multiple of 12.1. That is way too low for a cash-rich growth company with global brands on its client list. Buy.

James Crux
Market cap: 33.6m
PE Forecast: 12.1

AMBR, Ill have a butchers cheers ST.

Looks like its on a momentum run now.

Would have been quite a good pick at 85p after all ;o)

OSG Bid: 88p Offer: 91p Change: 6

Results due soon any thoughts?

Strong results from this one...

Opsec Security FY pretax nearly triples on sales growth, eyes acquisitions
AFX


LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Opsec Security Group PLC said its full-year pretax profit rose on sales growth, and it sees further underlying growth and acquisitions.

The supplier of anti-counterfeiting technologies said its pretax profit for the year ended March 31, 2007 rose to 5.17 mln stg from 1.73 mln stg while sales for the period grew to 33.1 mln stg from 25.4 mln stg.

On an adjusted basis, operating profit more than tripled to 5.8 mln stg helped by an exceptional contribution of 3.3 mln stg from its joint venture 3dcd.

The company proposed a final dividend of 1 pence per share.



TFN.newsdesk@thomson.com

ukn/tsm/jfr

Opsec Security Group PLC
08 June 2007


OpSec Security Group plc (the 'Company')

Directors' awards under Long Term Incentive Schemes


8 June 2007


OpSec Security Group plc, the supplier of high quality anti-counterfeiting
technologies, services and programmes, announces today that 905,000 ordinary
shares of 5p each awarded under the Company's Long Term Incentive Scheme in June
2004 vested today. These shares have been transferred from the OSG Employee
Trust to the relevant individuals. The Trust now holds 1,864,492 ordinary shares
(3.5%)

Directors Mark Turnage and Mike Angus have received 325,000 shares and 275,000
shares respectively. Following these transfers their holdings are 1,596,876
(3.0%) and 573,922 (1.1%) respectively.



Enquiries:

OpSec Security Group plc: 0191 417 5434
Mike Angus, Finance Director
Mark Turnage, Chief Executive

Oriel Securities Limited: 0207 710 7600
Andrew Edwards

Weber Shandwick Square Mile: 0207 067 0700
Nick Oborne/Stephanie Badjonat

Opsec Security says trading in US, European ops in line with expectations
AFX


LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Opsec Security Group PLC said trading in both its US and European operations is in line with its expectations and that the capital investment programme it is undertaking is proceeding to plan.

'We continue to seek to enhance our technological and market position through selective acquisitions and hope to be able to conclude certain discussions shortly,' chairman David Mahony said in the AGM statement

Share price has dropped miserably to 55p and looks like it still sliding

There is a trend in this Co. - look at the sp -
- the trend is go nowhere....it's been flapping about yet falling at every opportunity.....hopeless.

Presumably, this reflects the expectations of the business - pah!

Missed the AGM, today as I couldn't be bothered to rush up to Town in crowded trains just to hear well-heeled Execs tell us like it isn't - anyway the RNS has solved my lack of Informastion, and the sp-drop updates my investment Prospects.....so all in all, quite a good, no-rush day.

SP down 6% 44p mid - on the News that some Orders may be delayed. Integration of ---(dunno) is OK - so there!

This Co provides hologram security (eg for software packing) and banknotes.
On the face of it you'd think this was a rising...plodder...but NO, it Isn't!
It appears to fail to excite the Market and the figures aren't any better, either.
Sp is almost halved in the past 12-months....so worse than the Market as a whole. I guess they are being squeezed and don't have enough "zip."
+I hold a few, at a loss.
EDIT-(19Nov08)-down again to 22p - Oh well .

3 Directors bought today, maybe with the huge number of banknotes about to be printed OSG is going to be busy. I don't hold and know very little about the co.
2517

down to 17p and Directors buy a modest amount - not exactly sure this constitutes Great Faith, or an opportunity to buy cheaply, over a longer-period etc.

2517 George may be right that large numbers of Banknotes are about to be printed, but I suspect any "printing" by the UK Government is in a ledger, rather than actual notes. When the UK-Banks got their cash, wasn't it just a money-transfer rather than a lorry-load of 50's . . ?
I've held this since it was called - - - - yawn, I- forget....not a good investment as inspection of the Graph will show.

Frankly with folks holding onto their money and the gradual use of "plastic" I fear there is even less demand for their "notes" products, so despite the Directors showing some activity, I shall keep my cash, safe elsewhere.

Listen - Opsec Security Group - Final results

http://www.brrmedia.co.uk/event/113204/mike-angus-finance-director

Re those Banknotes - we are moving towards cash-less, with electronic wallets, etc.

Take-Over
All washed-up now takeover completed: ( DYOR = Dec.2015 ) - and a miserable cashing-up for LT shareholders . . . I made under £50 in fourteen years of hype!

I hope MoneyAM(dot)Com can keep this open for a while in case others attempt to read the latest news.

Originally this Co was Applied Optical . . . but the name-change was not much more than window-dressing, IMHO.