Employees: 1,347
Size Bergman & Beving (BERG-B.ST) is a Sweden Industrials company (Tools & Hardware) with a market value of $704M, the 156th largest of 221 Sweden companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at SEK 260.00 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 9.2%, against -23.9% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Sweden market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 16 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 1.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.1%); the operating margin is 8.9% (peer median 1.7%).
Valuation It trades at 24.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 26.4× (5th cheapest of 9).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is +2 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.2 points above its cost of capital (6.2% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 5 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | SEK 5.07B | SEK 4.97B | SEK 4.97B | SEK 4.72B | SEK 4.75B |
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | +5% | -1% | — |
| Gross profit | SEK 399M | SEK 297M | SEK 372M | SEK 338M | SEK 301M |
| EBITDA | SEK 796M | SEK 765M | SEK 686M | SEK 633M | SEK 533M |
| Net income | SEK 265M | SEK 229M | -SEK 52.0M | SEK 191M | SEK 207M |
| Free cash flow | SEK 448M | SEK 427M | SEK 446M | SEK 578M | SEK 288M |
| Capital expenditure | SEK 71.0M | SEK 66.0M | SEK 63.0M | SEK 58.0M | SEK 45.0M |
| Total debt | SEK 2.39B | SEK 2.39B | SEK 2.06B | SEK 1.79B | SEK 1.75B |
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| Measure | BERG-B.ST | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +5.7% | -6.5% | highest of 16 |
| 6-month return | -9.2% | -23.9% | 4th highest of 16 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -21.9% | -48.0% | 2nd highest of 16 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +1.0% | +5.1% | 8th lowest of 16 |
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 1.7% | 3rd highest of 16 |
| Forward P/E | 24.9× | 26.4× | 5th cheapest of 9 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 5.0% | 7.4% | 4th least demanding of 9 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +2.9% | +7.3% | 4th lowest of 9 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +2.1 pp | +0.4 pp | 5th least demanding of 9 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +2.2 pp | -5.7 pp | 3rd highest of 16 |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.3× | 10.0× | 3rd most expensive of 6 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.5× | 1.4× | 2nd most indebted of 7 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergman & Beving BERG-B.ST | Sweden | $704M | -9% | +1% | 9% | 24.9× | 5.0% | +2.9% |
| Guangdong Kinlong Hardware Products 002791.SZ | China | $741M | -24% | -20% | -8% | 279.4× | 16.9% | -3.8% |
| Xianheng International Science&Technology 605056.SS | China | $773M | -50% | +18% | 6% | 17.7× | 6.6% | +18.1% |
| Zhejiang FORE Intelligent Technology 301368.SZ | China | $796M | -24% | +10% | -11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Einhell Germany AG Pref EIN.DE | Germany | $801M | -12% | 0% | 10% | 9.6× | -6.8% | +9.8% |
| Shenzhen Lihexing 301013.SZ | China | $855M | -3% | +8% | -22% | 43.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Keystone Electrical (Zhejiang) 301448.SZ | China | $578M | +19% | +5% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Wangli Security & Surveillance Product 605268.SS | China | $576M | -33% | -2% | 4% | 33.5× | 13.7% | +8.9% |
| Hengerda New Materials (Fujian) 300946.SZ | China | $1.12B | -34% | +14% | 6% | 31.9× | 55.3% | +11.8% |
| Guangxi Oriental Intelligent Manufacturing Technology 002175.SZ | China | $439M | -9% | +22% | -9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Bosun 002282.SZ | China | $434M | -21% | -6% | 9% | n/a | -3.7% | +5.7% |
| Finework (Hu Nan) New Energy Technology 301232.SZ | China | $1.17B | -52% | +11% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Nanjing Toua Hardware & Tools 301125.SZ | China | $414M | -20% | +1% | -9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Fiskars Oyj Abp FSKRS.HE | Finland | $1.20B | 0% | 0% | 7% | 20.9× | 8.1% | +0.4% |
| Ken 300126.SZ | China | $332M | -31% | +13% | -17% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Husqvarna HUSQ-A.ST | Sweden | $1.94B | -24% | -6% | 6% | 13.5× | -2.0% | +2.1% |