Five year summary
| SEK M | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Sales and earnings | |||||
| Net sales | 3611,2 | 3147,2 | 3725,4 | 3,492.4 | 3,002.0 |
| Gross profit | 1164,8 | 1063,6 | 1 253,90 | 1,190.9 | 1,067.9 |
| EBITDA | 562,4 | 462,5 | 547,8 | 497.4 | 428.3 |
| EBITA | 484,1 | 385,5 | 467,1 | 449.3 | 382.8 |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 456,0 | 353,4 | 435 | 417.6 | 351.1 |
| Profit after financial items | 441,4 | 326,5 | 397 | 373.1 | 315.6 |
| Profit after tax | 337,1 | 226,1 | 299,5 | 273.0 | 220.5 |
| Financial position | |||||
| Balance sheet total | 4663,5 | 4257,3 | 4 198,60 | 3,923.8 | 3,663.6 |
| Capital employed | 3798,1 | 3540,4 | 3 399,00 | 3,245.7 | 3,064.0 |
| Equity | 2793,5 | 2500,2 | 2 427,70 | 2,226.5 | 2,004.9 |
| Equity per share | 111,72 | 100,0 | 97,09 | 89.04 | 80.18 |
| Equity/assets ratio, % | 59,9 | 58,7 | 57,8 | 56.7 | 54.7 |
| Interest-bearing net debt (incl. pension liability) | 455,5 | 268,9 | 655,3 | 647.9 | 742.3 |
| Interest-bearing net debt/EBITDA | 0,81 | 0,58 | 1,2 | 1.30 | 1.73 |
| Goodwill/Equity | 0,42 | 0,44 | 0,47 | 0.51 | 0.56 |
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin, % | 32,3 | 33,8 | 33,7 | 34.1 | 35.6 |
| EBITDA margin, % | 15,6 | 14,7 | 14,7 | 14.2 | 14.3 |
| EBITA margin, % | 13,4 | 12,3 | 12,5 | 12.9 | 12.8 |
| Operating margin (EBIT), % | 12,6 | 11,2 | 11,7 | 12.0 | 11.7 |
| Profit margin before tax, % | 12,2 | 10,4 | 10,7 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
| Return on capital employed (ROCE), % | 12,2 | 9,8 | 12,4 | 13.2 | 10.7 |
| Return on equity (ROE), % | 12,2 | 9,0 | 12,5 | 12.8 | 12.3 |
| Earnings per share, SEK | 13,48 | 9,07 | 11,98 | 10.92 | 9.62 |
| Personnel | |||||
| Number of employees at year-end | 1714 | 1484 | 1 612 | 1,573 | 1,502 |
| Average number of employees | 1600 | 1483 | 1 596 | 1,561 | 1,446 |
| Personnel costs | 871,3 | 776,2 | 885,6 | 803.1 | 718.2 |
| Salaries and social security contributions per employee, SEK '000 | 544,6 | 523,4 | 554,9 | 514.4 | 496.7 |
| Other | |||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 28,1 | 32,2 | 32,1 | 31.7 | 31.7 |
| Depreciation of property, plant and equipment | 52,5 | 48,1 | 49,5 | 48.1 | 45.5 |
| Depreciation right of use leased assets IFRS 16 | 25,8 | 28,9 | 31,2 | ||
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Cash flow from operating activities
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187,3 | 446,2 | 438,9 | 253.6 | 243.7 |
| Cash flow for the year | -247,9 | 449,6 | 96,4 | 47.5 | 44.4 |
| Cash flow per share, SEK | -9,91 | 17,98 | 3,86 | 1.90 | 1.94 |
*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.