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Ericsson LM Telephone Co. ERIC

11 fiscal years on record · SEK · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
SEK 236.7B
▼ 4.5% YoY
SEK 28.4B
▲ 142040.0% YoY
SEK 30.3B
▼ 31.0% YoY

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

In brief

What this company does

Networks offers hardware, software and services for 5G networks, including energy-efficient RAN, cost-efficient transport networks and active and passive antennas, along with a services portfolio covering deployment and lifecycle management. Networks represented 64% of Group net sales in 2025. In 2025, Cloud Software and Services represented 26% of Group net sales and provided core networks, network management, business and operations support systems, and network operations delivered as managed services. In 2025, Enterprise represented 9% of Group net sales and provided secure, reliable connectivity through private 5G, indoor coverage and Wireless WAN, while orchestrating cloud-managed wireless platforms with AI-enhanced security and real-time optimization. In 2025, Other, which comprises media businesses and other non-allocated activities, represented 1% of Group net sales.

Written from the business description in ERICSSON LM TELEPHONE CO's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 12 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

SEK 236.7B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 11-year series below
Revenue SEK B Net income SEK B
FY2025 · Revenue 236.7 · Net income 28.4
100B200B-15B-30B
20152018202120242025
Compound annual growth
−4.5%
+0.4%
−0.4%
+14.9%
+10.2%
+7.7%
+14.8%
+10.1%
+7.5%
+4.5%
+13.7%
−1.7%
+4.3%
+9.7%
−1.7%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +0.4% a year over the five years to FY2025 — but profit grew faster: net income at +10.2%, earnings per share at +10.1%.

The share count rose from 3.33B to 3.37B over the period.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

12 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 16.3% · Net 12.1%
5%10%15%-5%-10%-15%
201520202025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 27.9%
10%20%-10%-20%
201520202025
Three returns, three denominators.
Gross margin47.6%
Operating margin16.3%
Net margin12.1%
EBITDASEK 47.5B

Each SEK of equity produced 28 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders

SEK 9.5B
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow SEK B
FY2025 · FCF 30.3
20B40B
201520202025
Net buybacks SEK B Dividends SEK B
FY2025 · Dividends 9.5 · Net buybacks ·
5B10B
201520172019202120232025
Dividends paidSEK 9.5B
Net buybacks·
Share of profit33.6%
Consecutive raises1 year

SEK 9.5B in dividends — 34% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsSEK 279.2B
EquitySEK 109.5B
CashSEK 43.9B
Gross debtSEK 32.7B
Net debtSEK -11.2B
Current ratio1.29×

The company holds more cash than debt.

The 11-year record

11 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · SEK
row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
ERIC, 11-year financial record
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Revenue SEK B236.7247.9263.4271.5232.3232.4227.2210.8205.4220.3246.9
Operating income SEK B38.64.3−20.327.031.827.810.61.2−34.75.221.8
EBITDA SEK B47.514.3−9.237.240.235.819.28.5−26.314.132.0
Income tax SEK B9.62.22.85.56.39.66.94.8−3.51.96.2
Net income SEK B28.40.0−26.418.722.717.52.2−6.5−32.60.813.5
Free cash flow SEK B30.343.93.926.435.424.411.85.45.77.912.3
EPS, diluted SEK 8.510.01−7.945.626.815.260.67−1.98−9.940.254.13
Dividend / sh SEK 2.852.702.702.502.001.501.001.001.003.703.40
Payout %3446165−34453034200−52−11147284
ROE %27.90.0−22.715.423.220.72.6−7.1−28.10.69.5
Shares out B3.373.353.343.333.333.333.333.333.333.33◌

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 2 failures in 53 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 9 of the 11 fiscal years we could check. 18 checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2016. Eight checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2015. Eight checks were skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2015.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency2 failures
ActivityRadio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment
Listed onNASDAQ
Incorporated inoutside the United States — SEC code V7
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2015

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