Five year summary
| SEK M | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Sales and earnings | |||||
| Net sales | 3725,4 | 3,492.4 | 3,002.0 | 1,543.9 | 1,315.3 |
| Gross profit | 1 253,90 | 1,190.9 | 1,067.9 | 625.9 | 537.4 |
| EBITDA | 547,8 | 497.4 | 428.3 | 231.6 | 178.0 |
| EBITA | 467,1 | 449.3 | 382.8 | 196.2 | 145.9 |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 435 | 417.6 | 351.1 | 184.0 | 134.7 |
| Profit after financial items | 397 | 373.1 | 315.6 | 168.2 | 134.5 |
| Profit after tax | 299,5 | 273.0 | 220.5 | 120.8 | 95.5 |
| Financial position | |||||
| Balance sheet total | 4 198,60 | 3,923.8 | 3,663.6 | 3,463.3 | 1,258.8 |
| Capital employed | 3 399,00 | 3,245.7 | 3,064.0 | 2,994.1 | 1,062.5 |
| Equity | 2 427,70 | 2,226.5 | 2,004.9 | 1025.3 | 871.5 |
| Equity per share | 97,09 | 89.04 | 80.18 | 82.01 | 69.71 |
| Equity/assets ratio, % | 57,8 | 56.7 | 54.7 | 29.6 | 69.2 |
| Interest-bearing net debt (incl. pension liability) | 655,3 | 647.9 | 742.3 | 1,692.4 | 47.1 |
| Interest-bearing net debt/EBITDA | 1,2 | 1.30 | 1.73 | 7.26 | 0.25 |
| Goodwill/Equity | 0,47 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 1.09 | 0.39 |
| Profitability | 33,7 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 14,7 | 34.1 | 35.6 | 40.5 | 40.9 |
| EBITDA margin, % | 12,5 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 13.5 |
| EBITA margin, % | 11,7 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 11.1 |
| Operating margin (EBIT), % | 10,7 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 10.2 |
| Profit margin before tax, % | 12,4 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 10.2 |
| Return on capital employed (ROCE), % | 12,5 | 13.2 | 10.7 | 12.7 | 13.0 |
| Return on equity (ROE), % | 11,98 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 11.3 |
| Earnings per share, SEK | 10.92 | 9.62 | 9.66 | 7.64 | |
| Personnel | |||||
| Number of employees at year-end | 1 612 | 1,573 | 1,502 | 1,401 | 748 |
| Average number of employees | 1 596 | 1,561 | 1,446 | 764 | 636 |
| Personnel costs | 885,6 | 803.1 | 718.2 | 415.9 | 357.7 |
| Salaries and social security contributions per employee, SEK '000 | 554,9 | 514.4 | 496.7 | 544.4 | 562.4 |
| Other | |||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 32,1 | 31.7 | 31.7 | 12.2 | 11.2 |
| Depreciation of property, plant and equipment | 49,5 | 48.1 | 45.5 | 35.4 | 32.1 |
| Depreciation right of use leased assets IFRS 16 | 31,2 | ||||
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Cash flow from operating activities
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438,9 | 253.6 | 243.7 | 251.0 | 118.0 |
| Cash flow for the year | 96,4 | 47.5 | 44.4 | 118.4 | –51.1 |
| Cash flow per share, SEK | 3,86 | 1.90 | 1.94 | 9.47 | –4.09 |
*Proposed dividend per share.
** Dividend per share based on a doubling of the number of outstanding shares to 25,004,048 after the new share issue was implemented in February 2017.
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