Year-end report 2019
Fourth quarter 2019 – Increased sales driven by acquisitions · Sales increased 6 per cent to 3,774 MSEK (3,557). · Operating profit, excl. non-recurring items, amounted to 522 MSEK (522). · Operating margin, excl. non-recurring items, amounted to 13.8 per cent (14.7). · Profit after tax amounted to 336 MSEK (405). · Earnings per share, excl. non-recurring items, increased to 1.20 SEK (1.18). Earnings per share including these items amounted to 0.98 SEK (1.18). · Operating cash flow increased to 732 MSEK (679). · Non-recurring items, before tax, amounted to 99 MSEK.