| Compound annual growth rate, % | ||||||||||||||
| SEKm | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 20051) | 20041) | 20031) | 20021) | 5 years | 10 years |
| Net sales and income | ||||||||||||||
| Net sales | 109,994 | 101,598 | 106,326 | 109,132 | 104,792 | 104,732 | 103,848 | 100,701 | 129,469 | 120,651 | 124,077 | 133,150 | 1.0 | –1.9 |
| Organic growth, % | 5.5% | 0.2% | 1.5% | –4.8% | –0.9% | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 5.5 | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | 3,251 | 3,173 | 3,328 | 3,442 | 3,010 | 2,738 | 2,758 | 2,583 | 3,410 | 3,038 | 3,353 | 3,854 | ||
| Items affecting comparability | –1,032 | –138 | –1,064 | –1,561 | –355 | –362 | –542 | –2,980 | –3,020 | –1,960 | –463 | –434 | ||
| Operating income | 4,150 | 3,017 | 5,430 | 3,761 | 1,188 | 4,475 | 4,033 | 1,044 | 3,942 | 4,807 | 7,175 | 7,731 | –1.5 | –6.0 |
| Income after financial items | 3,478 | 2,780 | 5,306 | 3,484 | 653 | 4,035 | 3,825 | 494 | 3,215 | 4,452 | 7,006 | 7,545 | –2.9 | –7.5 |
| Income for the period | 2,599 | 2,064 | 3,997 | 2,607 | 366 | 2,925 | 2,648 | –142 | 1,763 | 3,259 | 4,778 | 5,095 | –2.3 | –6.5 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||||||
| EBITDA | 8,433 | 6,328 | 9,822 | 8,764 | 4,553 | 7,575 | 7,333 | 6,607 | 10,372 | 9,805 | 10,991 | 12,019 | 2.2 | –3.5 |
| Cash flow from operations excluding changes in operating assets and liabilities | 5,428 | 4,283 | 7,741 | 6,378 | 3,446 | 5,498 | 5,263 | 5,266 | 8,428 | 7,140 | 7,150 | 9,051 | 0.4 | –5.0 |
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities | 1,727 | 1,116 | –61 | 1,919 | 1,503 | –152 | –703 | –1 804 | –1 888 | 1 442 | –857 | 1,854 | ||
| Cash flow from operations | 7,155 | 5,399 | 7,680 | 8,297 | 4,949 | 5,346 | 4,560 | 3,462 | 6,540 | 8,582 | 6,293 | 10,905 | 6.8 | –4.1 |
| Cash flow from investments | –4,777 | –10,049 | –4,474 | –2,967 | –3,755 | –4,069 | –2,386 | –4,485 | –5,827 | –5,358 | –2,570 | –1,011 | ||
| of which capital expenditures | –4,090 | –3,163 | –3,221 | –2,223 | –3,158 | –3,430 | –3,152 | –3,654 | –4,765 | –4,515 | –3,463 | –3,335 | 3.6 | 2.1 |
| Cash flow from operations and investments | 2,378 | –4,650 | 3,206 | 5,330 | 1,194 | 1,277 | 2,174 | –1,023 | 713 | 3,224 | 3,723 | 9,894 | ||
| Operating cash flow 3) | 2,542 | 906 | 3,199 | 5,326 | 1,228 | 1,277 | 1,110 | –653 | 1,083 | 3,224 | 2,866 | 7,665 | 14.8 | –10.4 |
| Dividend, redemption and repurchase of shares | –1,868 | –1,850 | –1,120 | 69 | –1,187 | –6,708 | –4,416 | –2,038 | –2,038 | –5,147 | –3,563 | –3,186 | ||
| Capital expenditure as % of net sales | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| Margins 2) | ||||||||||||||
| Operating margin, % | 4.7 | 3.1 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.1 | ||
| Income after financial items as % of net sales | 4.1 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.0 | ||
| EBITDA margin, % | 7.7 | 6.2 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 9.0 | ||
| Financial position | ||||||||||||||
| Total assets | 76,152 | 76,384 | 73,521 | 72,696 | 73,323 | 66,089 | 66,049 | 82,558 | 75,096 | 77,028 | 85,424 | 2.9 | –1.1 | |
| Net assets | 25,509 | 27,011 | 19,904 | 19,506 | 20,941 | 20,743 | 18,140 | 17,942 | 28,165 | 23,988 | 26,422 | 27,916 | 4.2 | –0.9 |
| Working capital | –6,886 | –5,180 | –5,902 | –5,154 | –5,131 | –2,129 | –2,613 | –3,799 | –31 | –383 | 4,068 | 2,216 | ||
| Trade receivables | 18,288 | 19,226 | 19,346 | 20,173 | 20,734 | 20,379 | 20,905 | 20,944 | 24,269 | 20,627 | 21,172 | 22,484 | –2.1 | –2.0 |
| Inventories | 12,963 | 11,957 | 11,130 | 10,050 | 12,680 | 12,398 | 12,041 | 12,342 | 18,606 | 15,742 | 14,945 | 15,614 | 0.9 | –1.8 |
| Accounts payable | 20,590 | 18,490 | 17,283 | 16,031 | 15,681 | 14,788 | 15,320 | 14,576 | 18,798 | 16,550 | 14,857 | 16,223 | 6.8 | 2.4 |
| Equity | 19,824 | 20,644 | 20,613 | 18,841 | 16,385 | 16,040 | 13,194 | 25,888 | 23,636 | 27,462 | 27,629 | 4.3 | –3.3 | |
| Interest-bearing liabilities | 13,088 | 14,206 | 12,096 | 14,022 | 13,946 | 11,163 | 7,495 | 8,914 | 9,843 | 12,501 | 15,698 | 3.2 | –1.8 | |
| Net borrowings | 5,685 | 6,367 | –709 | 665 | 4,556 | 4,703 | –304 | 2,974 | 1,141 | –101 | 1,398 | 3.9 | 15.1 | |
| Data per share | ||||||||||||||
| Income for the period, SEK | 9.08 | 7.25 | 14.04 | 9.18 | 1.29 | 10.41 | 9.17 | –0.49 | 6.05 | 10.92 | 15.25 | 15.58 | –2.7 | –5.3 |
| Equity, SEK | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 58 | 57 | 47 | 88 | 81 | 89 | 87 | 4.0 | –2.3 | |
| Dividend, SEK4) | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 4.00 | — | 4.25 | 4.00 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 7.00 | 6.50 | 6.00 | 8.9 | 0.8 |
| Trading price of B-shares at year-end, SEK | 170.50 | 109.70 | 191.00 | 167.50 | 66.75 | 108.50 | 137.00 | 206.50 | 152.00 | 158.00 | 137.50 | 9.5 | 2.2 | |
| Key ratios | ||||||||||||||
| Return on equity, % | 13.3 | 10.4 | 20.6 | 14.9 | 2.4 | 20.3 | 18.7 | 7.0 | 13.1 | 17.3 | 17.2 | |||
| Return on net assets, % | 15.6 | 13.7 | 27.8 | 19.4 | 5.8 | 21.7 | 23.2 | 5.4 | 13.0 | 17.5 | 23.9 | 22.1 | ||
| Net assets as % of net sales5) | 22.2 | 23.8 | 18.2 | 17.1 | 18.1 | 18.6 | 16.5 | 15.7 | 21.0 | 21.2 | 23.6 | 23.1 | ||
| Trade receivables as % of net sales5) | 15.9 | 17.0 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 18.3 | 19.1 | 18.3 | 18.1 | 18.2 | 18.9 | 18.6 | ||
| Inventories as % of net sales5) | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 12.9 | ||
| Net debt/equity ratio | 0.29 | 0.31 | –0.03 | 0.04 | 0.28 | 0.29 | –0.02 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.05 | |||
| Interest coverage ratio | 4.97 | 5.84 | 12.64 | 7.54 | 1.86 | 7.49 | 6.13 | 4.32 | 5.75 | 8.28 | 7.66 | |||
| Dividend as % of equity | 9.4 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | — | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 6.9 | |||
| Other data | ||||||||||||||
| Average number of employees | 59,478 | 52,916 | 51,544 | 50,633 | 55,177 | 56,898 | 55,471 | 57,842 | 69,523 | 72,382 | 77,140 | 81,971 | 0.9 | –3.2 |
| Salaries and remuneration | 13,785 | 13,137 | 12,678 | 13,162 | 12,662 | 12,612 | 12,849 | 13,987 | 17,033 | 17,014 | 17,154 | 19,408 | 1.8 | –3.4 |
| Number of shareholders | 51,800 | 58,800 | 57,200 | 52,000 | 52,600 | 52,700 | 59,500 | 60,900 | 60,900 | 63,800 | 60,400 | 59,300 | –0.3 | –1.3 |
| Average number of shares after buy-backs, million | 285.9 | 284.7 | 284.6 | 284.0 | 283.1 | 281.0 | 288.8 | 291.4 | 291.4 | 298.3 | 313.3 | 327.1 | ||
| Shares at year end after buy-backs, million | 286.1 | 284.7 | 284.7 | 284.4 | 283.6 | 281.6 | 278.9 | 293.1 | 293.1 | 291.2 | 307.1 | 318.3 | ||
| 1) Including outdoor products, Husqvarna, which was distributed to the Electrolux shareholders in June 2006. | ||||||||||||||
| 2) Items affecting comparability are excluded. | ||||||||||||||
| 3) Cash flow from acquisitions and divestments excluded. | ||||||||||||||
| 4) 2012: Proposed by the Board. | ||||||||||||||
| 5) Net sales are annualized. | ||||||||||||||