Six month report, January–June 2017
January-June 2017 compared to January-June 2016
Highlights
• Revenue amounted to SEK 79.1 billion (72.5); adjusted for currency effects, revenue increased 6 percent.
• Operating income amounted to SEK 3.3 billion (3.6); adjusted for currency effects operating income decreased 10 percent.
• Earnings per share increased by 7 percent to SEK 7.35 (6.89).
• Operating cash flow from operations amounted to SEK –0.3 billion (–1.9).
• Operating net financial assets totaled SEK 7.4 billion (March 31, 2017: 12.6).
• Order bookings in Construction amounted to SEK 84.5 billion (84.2); adjusted for currency effects, order bookings decreased by 3 percent. The order backlog amounted to SEK 202.2 billion (March 31, 2017: 200.8).
• Operating income in Construction amounted to SEK 0.5 billion (1.3), corresponding to an operating margin of 0.7 percent (2.1); adjusted for currency operating income decreased 63 percent. Project write downs taken in the U.S. civil and UK operations affected the operating income by SEK 420 M and SEK 360 M respectively.
• Operating income in Project Development amounted to SEK 3.3 billion (2.7); adjusted for currency effects operating income increased by 20 percent.
• Return on capital employed in Project Development was 16.5 percent (15.9).
• Net investments in Project Development amounted to SEK –0.2 billion (1.4).
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