Sweden's Lifco Q4 sales, pretax profit edge past estimates

Lifco AB (publ)

30/01/2026 06:38

Overview

Sweden dental and demolition tools firm's Q4 net sales slightly beat analyst expectations

Pretax profit for Q4 slightly beat analyst expectations

Company's acquisitions and organic growth drove financial performance despite exchange rate impacts

Outlook

Lifco did not provide specific financial guidance for the current quarter or full year

Result Drivers

ACQUISITIONS - Lifco consolidated 16 new businesses during the year, contributing to net sales growth

ORGANIC GROWTH - Organic growth contributed 4.2% to net sales increase, with all business areas contributing

EXCHANGE RATE IMPACT - Exchange rate effects negatively impacted sales by 3.5% for the year and 5.2% for the quarter

Key Details

Metric
Beat/Miss
Actual
Consensus Estimate
Q4 Sales
Slight Beat*
SEK 7.53 bln
SEK 7.48 bln (7 Analysts)
Q4 EPS
SEK 2.28
Q4 Net Income
SEK 1.05 bln
Q4 Pretax Profit
Slight Beat*
SEK 1.32 bln
SEK 1.31 bln (5 Analysts)
Q4 EBITA
SEK 1.72 bln
Q4 EBITA Margin
22.80%


*Applies to a deviation of less than 1%; not applicable for per-share numbers.

Analyst Coverage

The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold" and the breakdown of recommendations is 3 "strong buy" or "buy", 4 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"

The average consensus recommendation for the consumer goods conglomerates peer group is "buy."

Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Lifco AB (publ) is SEK378.00, about 22.4% above its January 29 closing price of SEK308.80

The stock recently traded at 33 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 38 three months ago

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