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Employees: 969
Size Apotea (APOTEA.ST) is a Sweden Consumer Discretionary company (Specialty Stores) with a market value of $1.11B, the 129th largest of 221 Sweden companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at SEK 104.30 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 41.7%, against -7.2% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Sweden market (cap-weighted) — highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 9.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.6%); the operating margin is 4.0% (peer median 5.0%).
Valuation It trades at 37.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.8× (3rd most expensive of 17).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is -1 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 15.9 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 4 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | SEK 7.59B | SEK 7.20B | SEK 6.54B | SEK 5.45B |
| Revenue growth | — | +10% | +20% | — |
| Gross profit | SEK 304M | SEK 302M | SEK 257M | SEK 97.4M |
| EBITDA | SEK 502M | SEK 459M | SEK 384M | SEK 216M |
| Net income | SEK 246M | SEK 229M | SEK 215M | SEK 87.0M |
| Free cash flow | SEK 153M | SEK 120M | SEK 43.4M | SEK 95.9M |
| Capital expenditure | SEK 83.3M | SEK 216M | SEK 164M | SEK 121M |
| Total debt | SEK 279M | SEK 331M | SEK 242M | SEK 262M |
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| Measure | APOTEA.ST | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +22.7% | -0.1% | highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +41.7% | -7.2% | highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -1.1% | -27.4% | highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +9.3% | +5.6% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 5.0% | 9th lowest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 37.2× | 14.8× | 3rd most expensive of 17 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 7.9% | -2.3% | most demanding of 16 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.4% | +6.0% | 6th highest of 16 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -1.5 pp | -6.7 pp | 3rd most demanding of 16 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +15.9 pp | +4.3 pp | 2nd highest of 19 |
| EV / EBITDA | 22.0× | 7.1× | 2nd most expensive of 12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.3× | 1.6× | 6th least indebted of 17 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apotea APOTEA.ST | Sweden | $1.11B | +42% | +9% | 4% | 37.2× | 7.9% | +9.4% |
| Chow Sang Sang Holdings International 0116.HK | Hong Kong | $1.13B | +7% | +16% | 20% | 3.1× | n/a | n/a |
| TUHU Car 9690.HK | Hong Kong | $1.14B | -13% | +16% | 0% | 21.3× | -17.8% | +12.7% |
| Bluestone Jewellery and Lifestyle BLUESTONE.NS | India | $1.15B | +41% | +38% | 9% | 132.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Sinomach Automobile 600335.SS | China | $1.16B | -14% | -11% | 2% | n/a | -10.9% | -4.2% |
| MarineMax HZO | United States | $1.16B | +21% | -6% | 2% | 32.8× | n/a | n/a |
| FIYTA Precision Technology 000026.SZ | China | $1.05B | +1% | +2% | n/a | 52.4× | 5.3% | -3.8% |
| Pet Valu PET.TO | Canada | $1.03B | +6% | +6% | 16% | 13.0× | -3.5% | +12.6% |
| Kidswant Digital Technology 301078.SZ | China | $1.24B | -25% | +5% | 5% | 21.8× | -0.6% | +4.2% |
| Nextage 3186.T | Japan | $1.25B | -26% | +24% | 4% | 11.2× | -0.1% | +22.0% |
| Chengdu Fusen Noble-House Industrial 002818.SZ | China | $1.26B | -8% | -22% | 42% | 11.2× | -2.7% | -1.0% |
| Douglas DOU.DE | Germany | $976M | -7% | +1% | 4% | 6.7× | -1.1% | +7.6% |
| Rusta RUSTA.ST | Sweden | $1.28B | -17% | +8% | 8% | 18.7× | 2.5% | +7.3% |
| SILICON 2 257720.KS | South Korea | $1.30B | -39% | +55% | 19% | 7.2× | -14.8% | +62.2% |
| CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA CWC.DE | Germany | $926M | +11% | +4% | 11% | 10.1× | -2.3% | +3.5% |
| P N Gadgil Jewellers PNGJL.NS | India | $919M | -17% | +51% | 6% | 15.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Bilia BILI-A.ST | Sweden | $1.37B | +9% | +1% | 3% | 14.6× | 0.9% | +6.0% |
| Sun Art Retail 6808.HK | Hong Kong | $1.37B | -24% | -10% | 0% | n/a | 1.6% | -9.4% |
| Augmont Enterprises AUGMONT.NS | India | $892M | n/a | +42% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Itochu Enex 8133.T | Japan | $1.41B | +3% | +2% | 3% | n/a | -7.1% | +2.9% |
| Synsam SYNSAM.ST | Sweden | $868M | +13% | +9% | 10% | 15.0× | -4.4% | +10.2% |