Year-end report 2018
Fourth quarter 2018 – Increased sales and higher operating profit · Sales increased 22 per cent to 3,557 MSEK (2,926). · Operating profit increased 12 per cent to 522 MSEK (467). · Operating margin amounted to 14.7 per cent (16.0). · Profit after tax amounted to 405 MSEK (449 incl. non-recurring effects of 104 MSEK of the US tax reform). · Earnings per share amounted to 1.18 SEK (1.31 incl. non-recurring effects of the US tax reform). · Operating cash flow increased to 679 MSEK (609). · In early October, 80 per cent of the shares in Mesgo Group, a leading Compounder