Five-year overview
| Group, MSEK | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Income statement items | |||||
| Net sales | 50,090 | 46,337 | 44,376 | 43,630 | 43,127 |
| Operating profit | 2,405 | 2,098 | 1,009 | 1,752 | 614 |
| Pre-tax profit | 2,445 | 2,050 | 906 | 1,230 | 383 |
| Profit for the year | 2,057 | 1,727 | 798 | 1,027 | 298 |
| Balance sheet items | |||||
| Fixed assets | 11,228 | 9,901 | 9,323 | 9,284 | 9,770 |
| Current assets | 21,048 | 21,708 | 18,718 | 19,101 | 22,135 |
| Total assets | 32,276 | 31,609 | 28,041 | 28,385 | 31,905 |
| Equity | 10,362 | 9,380 | 8,076 | 7,997 | 7,668 |
| Long-term liabilities | 3,624 | 3,876 | 4,505 | 4,719 | 6,087 |
| Current liabilities | 18,290 | 18,353 | 15,460 | 15,669 | 18,150 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 32,276 | 31,609 | 28,041 | 28,385 | 31,905 |
| Key ratios | |||||
| Operating margin, percent | 4.8 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 1.4 |
| Equity, average during the year | 9,742 | 8,584 | 8,088 | 7,832 | 7,823 |
| Return on equity, percent | 21.1 | 20.1 | 9.9 | 13.1 | 3.8 |
| Capital employed, at year-end | 14,104 | 14,402 | 14,476 | 14,762 | 16,202 |
| Capital employed, average during the year | 14,010 | 14,128 | 14,224 | 15,482 | 16,411 |
| Return on capital employed, percent | 18.5 | 16.2 | 8.2 | 12.1 | 5.2 |
| Equity/assets ratio, percent | 32.1 | 29.7 | 28.8 | 28.2 | 24.0 |
| Net debt | 1,216 | 1,862 | 3,118 | 3,886 | 5,948 |
| Debt/equity ratio, multiple | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Interest coverage ratio, multiple | 21.7 | 13.3 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 1.9 |
| Capital expenditures | |||||
| Goodwill | 61 | 40 | -17 | 26 | -14 |
| Other intangible assets | 113 | 34 | 5 | -2 | -4 |
| Investment property | 265 | – | – | – | – |
| Buildings and land | 181 | 200 | -94 | 36 | 0 |
| Machinery and equipment | 1,292 | 1,175 | 627 | 532 | 261 |
| Shares and participations | -563 | 303 | -210 | -263 | 105 |
| Project and development properties | 702 | 324 | 291 | -99 | 265 |
| Orders | |||||
| Orders received | 45,247 | 41,445 | 37,812 | 31,690 | 34,292 |
| Order backlog | 38,491 | 33,572 | 26,991 | 24,922 | 28,164 |
| Personnel | |||||
| Number of employees, at year-end | 14,344 | 13,869 | 13,300 | 13,213 | 13,290 |
| Average number of employees | 14,578 | 13,712 | 13,036 | 13,176 | 13,792 |
| Data per share | |||||
| Earnings before and after dilution, SEK | 6.97 | 5.85 | 2.71 | 3.48 | 1.01 |
| Cash flow, SEK | 7.78 | 8.99 | 6.06 | 9.50 | 2.12 |
| Equity, SEK | 35.13 | 31.80 | 27.38 | 27.11 | 26.00 |
| Share price at year-end, SEK | 70.60 | 72.30 | 64.85 | 54.95 | 39.35 |
| Dividend, SEK 1) | 4.00 | 3.60 | 2.60 | 2.25 | 1.80 |
| Number of shares at year-end, millions | 295.0 | 295.0 | 295.0 | 295.0 | 295.0 |
| Average number of outstanding shares, millions | 295.0 | 295.0 | 295.0 | 295.0 | 295.0 |
1) For 2017, the Board of Director’s proposal to the AGM.