Any one know why these results haven't moved the share price?

LONDON (AFX) - OMG PLC said it swung to a pretax profit for the year to Sept 30 as a strong recovery in the US and Japan helped it return to profit.

'The performance for the year ended 30 September 2003 was well ahead of expectations and a dramatic improvement on the previous year,' said chief executive Julian Morris.

The company moved to a pretax profit of 891,000 stg from a loss 1.79 mln in the year earlier while earnings per share were 1.69 pence compared with a loss of 3.22 pence in 2002.

Sales jumped 21 pct to 9.8 mln stg with more than 90 pct of the year's revenues generated outside the UK.

In the US, sales surged 54 pct, while the company also benefitted from 'exceptionally strong sales growth' in the Japanese entertainment market.

Sales in Europe, excluding the UK, fell amid the continuing stagnation of the larger European economies, particularly Germany, OMG said, although there are some recent signs of an upturn, stimulated in part by a new round of EU government spend on technology R&D.

OMG expects its core business to continue to generate organic growth and said there will be increasing activity for evaluation of opportunities for growth by acquisition.

The company does not plan to pay a dividend.

I've had this one sitting in my watch list for a while, but can't remember anything about it.

Anyone with a little info to refresh my goldfish of a memory? :)

Now...What was that question again?

W.S.

Loads of cash, small cap, historic highs for revenues, world leader in 3D capture for film, also for biomechanics. Should be 40p imo.


G.

Garth - we're on our way up to 40 p now (and beyond...) :)

Well within a month this one has fallen from 30p to 14p.... for some reason this one is picking up interest again. In America this share has gone from buy to aggressive buy... Got in ay 18p during the fall however looks like whoever gets in now could maybe double their investments quite soon!!!

YAHOO:

Monday May 23, 07:03 PM
OM upgraded to "aggressive buy"
NEW YORK, May 23 (newratings.com) - Analysts at KeyBanc Capital Markets upgrade OM Group Inc (NYSE: OMG - news) (ticker: OMG (LSE: OMG.L
- news) ) from "buy" to "aggressive buy." The 12-month target price is set to $33.

In a research note published this morning, the analysts mention that the upgrade in rating is based on valuation and positive news flow expectations for the near term. OM is likely to announce its new CEO very soon, the analysts say. The company has substantial growth opportunities in the near future, KeyBanc Capital Markets adds.

2005 New Ratings

jumped up 7% today...

Another 7% today... common thats what we want to see :)

Well from 14.5p this is now up to 16.5p good jump... however feel this will reach mid twenties soon (back where it was a month ago!)

RNS Number:8339M
OMG PLC
27 May 2005


OMG plc ("OMG" or "the Company")

Appointment of Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman

OMG, the global leader in the three-dimensional capture and analysis of
movement, providing tools and services for life sciences, entertainment and
engineering applications, is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Bolton,
36, as Chief Executive with immediate effect. Dr Julian Morris, 58, founder and
incumbent Chief Executive continues as an Executive Director and becomes Deputy
Chairman.

Nick Bolton joined Oxford Metrics Ltd (pre-IPO OMG) in 1995 as product manager
and spent four years establishing the company's motion capture products in the
entertainment market. In 1999, he left to pursue a series of successful product
management and marketing roles with international technology businesses,
including Micromuse and start-up Lexicle. In 2002, he joined AIM-listed
Mediasurface, with responsibility for all the company's marketing activities.
In January 2005, Mr Bolton returned to join OMG's management team.

Mr Bolton holds an MEng in Engineering Manufacture and Management. Further
details are as follows:

Full Name: Nicholas Paul Bolton

Age: 36

Current directorships and partnerships and those held in the last five years are
as follows:

Current directorships and partnerships

None

Past directorships and partnerships

Lexicle Limited

There are no other disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17 of the AIM
Rules.

Nick Bolton does not currently hold any interest in the share capital of OMG.

The Board also announces the departure of Chris Steele, Director of UK
Operations, with effect from 25 May 2005. The Board would like to thank him for
his contribution to the development of OMG and wishes him every success for the
future.

Julian Morris, commented: "Nick combines a very broad experience in
international sales and market driven growth with a detailed knowledge of the
Company, its markets, technologies and staff. I am delighted to be handing over
executive responsibility to Nick and look forward to working with him in our new
roles."

For further information please contact:

Tim Thompson, Buchanan Communications. Tel: 020 7466 5000

Nick Bolton , Chief Executive, nick.bolton@omg3d.com. Tel: 01865 261800

Peter Wharton, Finance Director, peter.wharton@omg3d.com. Tel: 01865 261800

27 May 2005

Now upto 17p.....

I said this will go up from 14.5 p just 2 days ago... think its still gonna fly up to mid twenties, last chance guys

Like I said upto 18.25 pence now... no stopping this one, believe it should be in mid twenties very soon!

Asking now 19.15 ... sell 18.18!!!

Jumped 4p since my recommendation, will sell at around 24-25p

VICON OPENS UP NEW YORK ENTERTAINMENT MARKET FOR MOTION CAPTURE WITH 16-CAMERA VICON MX SYSTEM SALE TO CURIOUS PICTURES

VICON MX 40 Cameras Provide Real-Time Performance and Accuracy Required
for the Fast-Paced Needs of Commercial and Television Direction and Production

Lake Forest, CA (May 5, 2005) VICON, developer of Academy Award-winning motion capture technology, announced today that Curious Pictures in New York has purchased a top-of-the-line 16-camera VICON MX 40 motion capture system. The landmark sale marks the first sale of VICON motion capture to the New York television and commercial production market, and underscores the recent advancements in VICONs real-time technology to meet the fast creative pace and turnaround of creating and directing motion capture animation for broadcast.
Curious Pictures has already used the VICON system on three commercials, producing performances for brands such as AOL and Imodium that would have been extremely difficult and time consuming to accomplish via key frame animation methods. Moreover, VICONs real-time facial and full-body capture capabilities are giving Curious Pictures clients the opportunity to direct animation and make creative decisions on the fly on the day of the shoot.
Real-time animation with our clients has traditionally been the realm of smoke and mirrors, said Lewis Kofsky, Director of CG/VFX, Curious Pictures. Now, for the first time, we do not need time-consuming calibrations and configurations and are able to capture facial and body performance at the same time. We have been following motion capture technology for years and the VICON MX 40 system is miles ahead of previous generations. Instead of a large support team, we can finally put our directors and animators on stage and have them work directly with talent.

VICON MX 40 cameras deliver four million-pixel accuracy and the level of performance, throughput and streamlined setup that makes motion capture first unit and stage friendly, said Tom Armbruster, VICON, who worked closely with Curious on the install. The amazing work of our customers on film projects like The Polar Express and Van Helsing has helped drive these new breakthroughs, moving us rapidly to develop capabilities to meet specific industry needs. We are thrilled to have Curious Pictures offering VICON motion capture in real time to the commercial and television community in New York.

In addition to adding creative benefits, use of VICON at Curious Pictures will make the CG animation process more viable for the television production environment, allowing the company to produce many more takes of animation data via motion capture than would be possible through hours of traditional key frame. Kofsky says the VICON system has also opened the door to long-form CGI production as well.
We are currently producing several long-form programs in cel animation and mixed media, and bringing motion capture capabilities to our studio with VICON has enabled us to start production on our first feature-length CG film. With VICON MX, VICON has provided a total solution from capture straight into one of our animation packages. We are excited about being the only place in Manhattan and one of a few studios in the country that can produce VICON motion capture projects from concept to final image under one roof.

Curious Pictures is the largest animation studio in New York and the home to award-winning creators of animated television series, television commercials and celebrated characters in picture books and television. Curious produces acclaimed hit TV shows, such as Codename: Kids Next Door and produced Sheep in the Big City for Cartoon Network, A Little Curious for HBO and Avenue Amy for Oxygen Network. Curious directors have tallied two Academy Award nominations, 18 Emmy Awards, two Caldecott Honors and four commercials in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Curious has recently created successful branded entertainment for Mattel and AOL as well as commercials for American Express, Coke, Pepsi, Target, Steve Madden, Burger King, Hummer, and hundreds of other companies. The roster of award-winning, live-action and animation directors includes Eric Fogel, Stefan Nadelman, Steve Oakes, Joan Raspo, Saul and Elliot, Tom Warburton and Mo Willems. Curious Pictures was founded in 1993,by partners Susan Holden, Steve Oakes, David Starr, and Richard Winkler.

VICON and its sister companies 2d3 and House of Moves contribute via their products and services to a wide range of television and film productions involving visual effects. Technologies developed by VICON continue to enable ground-breaking creative firsts, such as last-years performance capture feature The Polar Express, starring Tom Hanks. VICON received a Scientific and Technical Academy Award from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in February 2005.

VICONs next-generation VICON MX real-time optical motion capture systems provide ultra-high-resolution, virtually artifact-free capture with VICON MX40, the worlds first four-million-pixel motion capture camera. VICON MX revolutionizes the quality, flexibility and ease with which motion capture data can be applied to real-time and off-line applications in film, television, video games, virtual prototyping, biomechanical analysis and more.

About Vicon

Vicon Motion Systems is a subsidiary of OMG plc (LSE: OMG) with global headquarters in Oxford, UK, and US headquarters in Lake Forest, CA. OMG subsidiary 2d3 Ltd. produces innovative visual geometry software deriving 3D data from moving images. Since 1984, Vicon has been providing professionals with the latest tools to accurately capture the subtleties of three-dimensional human motion for research, medicine, sport, engineering, game development, broadcast and film. For more information about Vicon, or to view a comprehensive list of worldwide distributors, visit www.vicon.com or contact +44 (0) 1865-261800 in the UK or (949) 472-9140 in the US.

why two RNS's one in september and one today to tell us they are ahead of expectations.. someone done a cockup and forgot they told us or what

Sept05

K smallcap opening - OMG moves up after upbeat statement

LONDON (AFX) - Shares in OMG moved up 2-1/4 pence to 13-1/2 after the
developer of graphics software for 3D human images said it anticipates closing
the year with revenues ahead of current market expectations and profitability
either meeting or exceeding current market expectations.
Trading in the second half improved significantly, it added.
In particular, the US staged a strong recovery helped by an "unusually
large" order from one of the leading studios in the film industry.

Nov05

OMG sees FY figures ahead of market expectations LONDON (AFX) - OMG PLC said it expects results for the year ended Sept 30 2005, which it will release on December 6, to be ahead of current market expectations. A statement from the company said revenue growth is expected to be in the region of 30 pct (including the effect of acquisitions) compared to the previous year. Pretax profit is also expected to be ahead of that reported last year. newsdesk@afxnews.com nes/

Excellent results...

OMG plc ('OMG' or 'the Company')


Preliminary results for the year ended 30 September 2006


OMG (Oxford Metrics Group. LSE: OMG) the leading supplier of image understanding
systems to the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries,
announced today its preliminary results for the year ended 30 September 2006.



Highlights



Turnover up by 14.5% to 16.3m (2005: 14.2m)

Operating profit (after goodwill amortisation and exceptional items)
up by 157% to 1,522,000 (2005: 593,000)

Profit after tax up by 112% to 1,560,000 (2005: 736,000)

Earnings per share up by 106% to 2.62p (2005: 1.27p)

Strong cash generation with cash balances up by 2.1m from 4.4m to
6.5m

Maiden final dividend proposed of 0.1p per share

Continued global expansion - with customers now in over 50 countries

Technological leadership maintained with successful launch of
innovative new products, such as Vicon Nexus and 2d3 boujou 4

OMG Group restructured into three market-focused business units, with
all motion capture business now integrated into Vicon

Encouraging progress with 2d3 diversification into defence and new
Geospatial Vision 3D mapping business



Nick Bolton, Chief Executive, commented:



'This has been a record year - in revenue and profits. In our existing markets,
we've continued to strengthen our position. At the same time, we've not only
established that exciting opportunities exist in new and potentially much bigger
markets, we've made measurable progress towards capitalising on them.'

I bought into these on friday. Looking to hold for medium term. Expect these to be close to 1 by year end. More applications of existing technology will drive this up.

OMG
Earlier posts indicate this is also listed on NYSE - can anyone confirm this?
What are the implications of such a listing?
(It is on AIM in London, I understand.)

It is not listed on NYSE, only listed on AIM

Given as a buy in todays' Sunday Telegraph.
SHARES gave them a buy last month
Any views out there on this one?

I read that and it appears to have some interesting technology - however, I know nowt about the film-industry so cannot know if Hollywood needs to come to OMG/vicom, or more likely OMG is no better than many orther software co's resident in USA.

For this reason ( and their rather "funny" annual reports ), I am seriously against investing. This was my view about 2-years ago and still is . . . . . when I see they are converting a series of (known) titles to 3-d, or re-mastering classics like "the third man", "Brief Encounters", -which have a definate following - then I would sit-up. A tie-up with a film-school would be my best suggestion and hope they strike gold - at least the resulting films could show the potential.
As it is, I don't see any cash-generation revenue-stream.
Anyone seen one of their "films"-?

What do others think, - am I so wrong?
EDIT (25Nov09)- this stock is four-a-penny (0.25p)- yet punters are still willing to pay 22p, trhat's close to 100x the value placed on the share in hard cash when it was issued. That this stock was 3x today's level only recently, shows how slowly the dawn breaks - that without a really commercial outlet. the income is dependent upon gfeel-good projects, like redesigning walkways and similar.
Into single figures, or a dividend of 4% and I might be interested. DYOR.