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Industrivarden AB Class AINDU-A.STCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Sweden · SEK·Financials›Financial Conglomerates

Swedish investment company holding long-term stakes in Handelsbanken, Volvo, Sandvik, Ericsson and other industrial firms.

≈ A Swedish holding company similar to a diversified closed-end fundMomentum neutral 50
Mkt cap
$23.4B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
50%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$4.62M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
9.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 9.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
91 days
5 Feb 2027
Close · SEKSEK 531.00
1D-0.8%
1W+1.7%
1M+6.4%
3M-3.0%
6M+9.0%
YTD+27.8%
1Y+34.8%
ATR %1.8%
52w lowhigh7.0% off high

What Industrivarden does

Swedish investment company holding long-term stakes in Handelsbanken, Volvo, Sandvik, Ericsson and other industrial firms.

Income is dividends from the listed companies it holds plus gains when it trades its positions, and it passes much of that on as its own dividend. It acts as a long-term active owner, with seats on the boards of its holdings.

In one line: A Swedish holding company similar to a diversified closed-end fund.

Products and services

  • Handelsbanken stake
  • Volvo stake
  • Sandvik stake
  • SSAB/Ericsson stakes

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial holding
  • Diversified investment holding company
  • Long-term equity stakes in Nordic blue…

What could go right

  • Performance of underlying blue-chip holdings

What could go wrong

  • Holding-company discount
  • Concentration in Swedish industrials/banks

Moat: narrow (scale). Value comes from the quality of underlying blue-chip industrial holdings, not an operating moat itself.

Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden · Founded: 1944 · Employees: 15

Named competitors

Industrivarden at a glance

Size Industrivarden (INDU-A.ST) is a Sweden Financials company (Financial Conglomerates) with a market value of $23.4B, the 15th largest of 221 Sweden companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at SEK 531.00 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 9.0%, against +1.7% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Sweden market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 17 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 1.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.9%); the operating margin is 569.0% (peer median 28.5%).

Valuation It trades at 9.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.5× (3rd cheapest of 14).

Next results Next results expected around 5 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026INDU-A.ST 109Peer median 102
Six months, rebased to 100: Industrivarden against the median of its 17 peers (local-currency closes).

Industrivarden financials

Reported figures in SEK; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueSEK 9.51BSEK 9.53BSEK 8.59BSEK 6.42BSEK 5.48B
Revenue growth—+11%+34%+17%—
EBITDAn/aSEK 35.7BSEK 12.9BSEK 27.1B-SEK 13.9B
Net incomeSEK 53.8BSEK 35.4BSEK 12.7BSEK 26.8B-SEK 14.0B
Free cash flowSEK 9.19BSEK 9.21BSEK 8.29BSEK 6.06BSEK 5.24B
Capital expenditureSEK 0SEK 0SEK 0SEK 0SEK 0
Total debtSEK 6.28BSEK 7.28BSEK 7.79BSEK 8.20BSEK 8.18B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Industrivarden competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%-20%0%+20%EXO2887HALBAERJIOFINLUND-BLATO-BARCCBAJAJHLDNGBMNR8473AKERBBUCONEXINDU-A.ST6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Industrivarden is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+250%+500%+750%+1,000%0×25×50×75×EXO2887HALBAERJIOFINSOLBMNR8473AKERONEXINDU-A.STRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Industrivarden is the large dot.

Industrivarden competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (INDU-A.ST vs LATO-B.ST vs LUND-B.ST vs INVE-A.ST)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Industrivarden INDU-A.ST$23.4B+9%-1%569%9.6×n/a
Investment AB Latour LATO-B.ST$14.2B+19%+3%15%n/an/a
L E Lundbergforetagen LUND-B.ST$15.3B+16%-4%28%n/an/a
Investor INVE-A.ST$133B+16%+2%158%65.1×n/a

How Industrivarden compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Industrivarden against its 17 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureINDU-A.STPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+6.4%+3.6%6th highest of 18
6-month return+9.0%+1.7%6th highest of 17
Distance from 52-week high-7.0%-13.2%6th highest of 18
Revenue growth (TTM)-1.4%+2.9%6th lowest of 18
Operating margin569.0%28.5%highest of 18
Forward P/E9.6×12.5×3rd cheapest of 14

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Industrivarden INDU-A.STSweden$23.4B+9%-1%569%9.6×n/an/a
China Resources New Energy 001248.SZChina$21.5Bn/a0%42%n/an/an/a
Exor EXO.ASNetherlands$26.2B+10%+59%-384%26.3×n/an/a
Ts Financial 2887.TWTaiwan$29.2B+62%+200%19%12.2×n/an/a
HAL Trust HAL.ASNetherlands$17.2B+1%-5%14%12.5×n/an/a
Julius Baer Gruppe BAER.SWSwitzerland$17.1B+2%0%30%11.3×n/an/a
Jio Financial Services JIOFIN.NSIndia$16.2B-8%+117%40%74.6×n/an/a
L E Lundbergforetagen LUND-B.STSweden$15.3B+16%-4%28%n/an/an/a
Investment AB Latour LATO-B.STSweden$14.2B+19%+3%15%n/an/an/a
Ares Capital ARCCUnited States$13.8B+1%-8%61%9.9×n/an/a
Bajaj Holdings & Investment BAJAJHLDNG.NSIndia$13.0B+4%-14%80%n/an/an/a
Washington H. Soul Pattinson and SOL.AXAustralia$12.5B+12%+143%-9%28.0×n/an/a
BitMine Immersion Technologies BMNRUnited States$11.3B-15%+1,022%-485%25.9×n/an/a
SBI 8473.TJapan$11.2B-13%+20%40%5.9×n/an/a
M&G MNG.LUnited Kingdom$10.3B+7%+68%8%11.3×n/an/a
Aker AKER.OLNorway$8.60B-7%-17%226%14.3×n/an/a
Brookfield Business BBUC.TOCanada$6.15B-9%+106%13%5.4×n/an/a
Onex ONEX.TOCanada$5.91B-7%+2%173%22.3×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Industrivarden's main competitors?
Named competitors: Investment AB Latour (LATO-B.ST), Lundbergforetagen (LUND-B.ST), Investor AB (INVE-A.ST). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes China Resources New Energy (001248.SZ), Exor (EXO.AS), Ts Financial (2887.TW), HAL Trust (HAL.AS), Julius Baer Gruppe (BAER.SW), Jio Financial Services (JIOFIN.NS).
Is Industrivarden expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 9.6× against a peer median of 12.5×, 3rd cheapest of 14 in its peer set.
How has Industrivarden stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +9.0% against +1.7% for the median peer; over one year +34.8%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.