Spectra Systems shares rise 8% as sensor contract drives record profits

Revenue roseate 30.7% to $64.3 cardinal for the twelvemonth ended 31 December 2025, portion adjusted EBITDA (earnings earlier interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, adjusted for non-cash items) surged 82.9% to $27.3 cardinal and adjusted nett earlier taxation and amortisation much than doubled to $25.2 million.

Adjusted net per stock roseate 100% to 37.8 US cents, with main enforcement Nabil Lawandy noting that, including banal compensation adjustments the summation was 133%.

The step-change successful profitability was driven by partial completion of a sensor bid for a long-standing customer, which generated $5.7 cardinal successful payments during 2025, with further currency expected arsenic remaining sensors are delivered successful 2026.

A sensor attraction declaration worthy astir $6.7 cardinal covering 2026 to 2030 has besides been executed, providing further gross visibility.

The company's gaming bundle information concern produced grounds revenues and profitability during the year, portion its UK unafraid printing subsidiary was awarded a $4 million, four-year hybrid stamp contract.

The committee declared an yearly dividend of $0.136 per share, up from $0.116 successful 2024, to beryllium paid successful July 2026.

Looking ahead, Spectra identified near-term opportunities including qualification of its polymer substrate with a 2nd cardinal bank, enlargement of hybrid stamp income to further postal authorities and imaginable adoption of its smartphone authentication exertion for taxation stamp programmes.

Cash stood astatine $14.8 cardinal astatine year's end, with indebtedness of $3.3 million.