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Financial key figures

Key figures
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
Net sales growth, %
5.1
0.2
7.6
31.6
10.2
Organic growth, %
5.0
0.0
-2.4
20.8
12.9
Acquired growth, %
4.5
0.4
5.9
3.7
0.0
Average number of employees
2,603
2,451
2,450
2,313
2,060
Gross profit margin, %
49.0
49.4
50.3
49.5
48.1
Operating margin before depreciations, %
14.8
16.5
19.3
19.8
18.4
Operating margin, %
11. 4
13.2
16.6
17.0
15.0
Profit margin, %
10.3
11.9
15.1
16.4
14.3
Net margin, %
7.8
9.2
11. 8
13.2
11. 3
Return on shareholders’ equity, %
11.1
12.3
18.7
25.0
18.0
Return on capital employed, %
11. 5
13.8
18.1
20.7
16.9
Equity ratio, %
53.0
63.7
60.2
53.8
59.6
Net debt, SEK million
3,082
1,804
2,013
2,315
1,061
Net debt to credit institutes, SEK million 2,118 1,089 1,453 1,620 368
Net debt to equity ratio, %
45.2
25.0
31.2
39.3
23.2
Net debt in relation to working capital, %
53.0
32.9
37.0
44.4
35.4
Interest coverage ratio, times
9.7
9.3
10.8
25.7
21.9
Capital turnover, times
0.8
0.9
0.9
1.0
0.9
Inventory turnover, times
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.1
1.2
Net sales outside of Sweden, %
79.6
79.4
78.8
77.3
71.5
Data per share Number of shares before and after dilution *
132,687,086
132,687,086
132,687,086
132,687,086
132,687,086
Shareholders’ equity per share, before and after dilution, SEK *
51.43
54.39
48.68
44.39
34.42
Share price as of the balance sheet date, SEK *
114. 60
97.15
101.88
103.20
83.90
Dividend / share, SEK *
3.50
3.50
3.25
2.13
2.00
P / E-ratio
19.42
14.64
12.08
11. 72
14.64
P / S-ratio
1.52
1.35
1.42
1.55
1.66
Share price / shareholders’ equity
2.23
1.79
2.09
2.33
2.44
Dividends yield, %
3.05
3.60
3.19
2.06
2.38
Operating cash flow per share, SEK *
4.92
9.63
7.26
-2.72
9.10
* Recalculated with regard to the 2:1 share split carried out i June 2023.
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