2022 in brief

58,645
Order intake, SEK million

52,135
Net sales, SEK million

8,229
Adjusted EBITA, SEK million

15.8%
Adjusted EBITA, margin

Amounts in SEK million unless otherwise stated +/- %6) 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Order intake 28% 58,645 45,718 39,833 44,119 45,005
Net sales 27% 52,135 40,911 41,468 46,517 40,666
Adjusted EBITDA 1) 17% 9,678 8,305 8,365 9,062 7,344
Adjusted EBITA 2) 16% 8,229 7,114 7,231 7,989 6,718
Adjusted EBITA 2), % 15.8 17.4 17.4 17.2 16.5
Result after financial items 1% 6,179 6,142 4,977 7,221 5,896
Return on capital employed, % 17.3 20.0 19.1 23.0 22.4
Return on shareholders’ equity, % 13.5 15.8 12.7 21.3 20.3
Earnings per share, SEK -4% 10.89 11.38 8.47 13.08 10.77
Dividend per share, SEK 6.00 3) 6.00 5.50 0 5.00
Free cash flow per share, SEK 4) -5.38 0.57 15.89 10.00 8.56
Solidity, % 43.9 50.3 47.8 43.1 40.6
Net debt to EBITDA, times 1.47 0.87 0.48 0.88 0.93
Number of employees 5) 14% 20,3 17,883 16,882 17,497 17,228

1) Adjusted EBITDA – Operating income before depreciation and amortization of stepup values, adjusted for items affecting comparability.

2) Adjusted EBITA – Operating income before amortization of step-up values, adjusted for items affecting comparability.

3) Board proposal to the Annual General Meeting.

4) Free cash flow is the sum of cash flow from operating and investing activities.

5) Number of employees at year-end.

6) Percentage change between 2021 and 2022.

Order intake

Order intake amounted to SEK 58,645 million in 2022, a growth of 28 percent to 2021. Organic order intake grew 14 percent.

Sales

Net sales amounted to SEK 52,135 million in 2022, a growth of 27 percent to 2021. Organic order intake grew 11 percent.

Adjusted EBITA

Adjusted EBITA amounted to SEK 8,229 million in 2022, a growth of 16 percent to 2021. The adjusted EBITA margin was 15.8 percent.