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Employees: 460
Size Acast (ACAST.ST) is a Sweden Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $526M, the 173rd largest of 221 Sweden companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at SEK 27.80 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 19.9%, against -22.7% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Sweden market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 23.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.0%); the operating margin is 3.0% (peer median -2.2%).
Valuation It trades at 33.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 27.0× (3rd most expensive of 10).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 21% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +33%, so the hurdle is -11 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.4 points above its cost of capital (6.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 11 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | SEK 2.92B | SEK 2.42B | SEK 1.95B | SEK 1.69B | SEK 1.48B |
| Revenue growth | — | +24% | +16% | +14% | — |
| Gross profit | SEK 1.12B | SEK 891M | SEK 775M | SEK 572M | SEK 555M |
| EBITDA | SEK 187M | SEK 10.9M | SEK 32.6M | -SEK 61.5M | -SEK 189M |
| Net income | SEK 142M | -SEK 112M | SEK 78.2M | -SEK 180M | -SEK 286M |
| Free cash flow | SEK 166M | SEK 51.0M | SEK 23.2M | -SEK 28.4M | -SEK 294M |
| Capital expenditure | SEK 77.5M | SEK 66.2M | SEK 64.8M | SEK 53.3M | SEK 42.8M |
| Total debt | SEK 123M | SEK 135M | SEK 141M | SEK 21.9M | SEK 28.7M |
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| Measure | ACAST.ST | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -14.1% | -5.3% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -19.9% | -22.7% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -33.3% | -49.6% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +23.2% | +5.0% | 3rd highest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 3.0% | -2.2% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 33.0× | 27.0× | 3rd most expensive of 10 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 21.4% | 5.9% | 3rd most demanding of 11 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +32.5% | -0.3% | highest of 10 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -11.1 pp | +6.7 pp | 3rd least demanding of 10 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.4 pp | -9.6 pp | 6th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 25.6× | 9.5× | 2nd most expensive of 7 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.9× | -1.2× | 5th least indebted of 10 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acast ACAST.ST | Sweden | $526M | -20% | +23% | 3% | 33.0× | 21.4% | +32.5% |
| Sphere 347700.KS | South Korea | $525M | -66% | +303% | 3% | 32.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Wuhan KOTEI Informatics 301221.SZ | China | $526M | -22% | +11% | 2% | 39.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Argo Graphics 7595.T | Japan | $525M | -10% | +5% | 15% | 14.8× | -10.9% | +10.5% |
| Shanghai Golden Bridge Info Tech 603918.SS | China | $530M | -27% | -15% | -9% | 36.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Mininglamp Technology 2718.HK | Hong Kong | $533M | -89% | +9% | -6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| NetDragon Websoft 0777.HK | Hong Kong | $534M | -13% | -16% | 13% | 9.7× | -14.5% | -6.8% |
| IVU Traffic Technologies IVU.DE | Germany | $518M | +40% | +10% | 13% | 28.8× | 6.8% | +10.2% |
| Broadleaf 3673.T | Japan | $534M | 0% | +12% | 13% | 27.0× | 6.4% | -0.3% |
| Beijing VRV Software 300352.SZ | China | $518M | -67% | +28% | -110% | n/a | 58.4% | -13.7% |
| Tanwan 9890.HK | Hong Kong | $517M | -52% | -4% | -6% | 2.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Hangzhou Huasu Technology 301157.SZ | China | $516M | -19% | +16% | 5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangxi Tianli Technology 300399.SZ | China | $514M | -21% | +6% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hangzhou Anysoft Information Technology 300571.SZ | China | $512M | -45% | -12% | -14% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Linkage Software 688588.SS | China | $541M | -21% | -10% | 12% | n/a | 17.6% | +10.8% |
| TomTom TOM2.AS | Netherlands | $511M | -23% | -7% | 12% | 16.9× | -10.1% | +1.0% |
| Boost Run BRUN | United States | $511M | -68% | n/a | -47% | n/a | 5.3% | n/a |
| Heren Health 300550.SZ | China | $510M | +18% | -4% | -11% | n/a | 43.2% | -0.9% |
| Beijing Quanshi World Online Network Information 002995.SZ | China | $508M | -15% | -19% | -13% | n/a | 5.3% | -19.1% |
| Bringspring Science & Technology 300290.SZ | China | $506M | -66% | -6% | -13% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Xinjiang Sailing Information Technology 300588.SZ | China | $505M | -25% | +19% | -17% | n/a | n/a | n/a |