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Investor AB Class AINVE-A.STCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Sweden · SEK·Financials›Financial Conglomerates

Wallenberg family's listed holding company, owning large stakes in Swedish industrial and healthcare leaders like Atlas Copco, AstraZeneca, and ABB.

≈ A Swedish Berkshire Hathaway focused on Nordic industrialsMomentum strong 60
Mkt cap
$133B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
46%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$15.2M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.17×
price to book
ROE
21.5%
delivered
Implied ROE
9.0%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
AA- / AA+
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
77 days
22 Jan 2027
Close · SEKSEK 420.20
1D-1.1%
1W+0.3%
1M+5.5%
3M+2.1%
6M+16.1%
YTD+27.8%
1Y+34.2%
ATR %1.5%
52w lowhigh2.6% off high

What Investor does

Wallenberg family's listed holding company, owning large stakes in Swedish industrial and healthcare leaders like Atlas Copco, AstraZeneca, and ABB.

Not an operating company: it earns dividends from large stakes in listed companies and gains when their share prices rise, and owns smaller private businesses outright through Patricia Industries. The Wallenberg family foundations control it through shares with extra votes. It has held many of these companies for decades.

In one line: A Swedish Berkshire Hathaway focused on Nordic industrials.

Products and services

  • Listed holdings (Atlas Copco, ABB, AstraZeneca, Ericsson)
  • Private equity (EQT stake, Patricia Industries)
  • Wholly-owned private companies

Customers

  • N/A - holding company; end markets via portfolio c

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Investment holding
  • Diversified industrial/healthcare…
  • Long-term equity ownership in listed…

What could go right

  • Portfolio company (Atlas Copco, ABB) earnings growth
  • Private equity realizations

What could go wrong

  • Discount-to-NAV persistence
  • Concentration in a handful of large holdings

Moat: narrow (scale, brand). Century-old Wallenberg governance and capital gives patient, influential ownership stakes, not an operating moat.

Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden · Founded: 1916 · Employees: 19,351

Named competitors

Investor at a glance

Size Investor (INVE-A.ST) is a Sweden Financials company (Financial Conglomerates) with a market value of $133B, the largest of 221 Sweden companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at SEK 420.20 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 16.1%, against +1.4% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Sweden market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 1.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.4%); the operating margin is 157.7% (peer median 35.0%).

Valuation It trades at 1.17× book value against a peer median of 1.15× (11th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.0%; Investor delivers 21.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Credit Investor has 8 bonds outstanding ($4.43B), rated AA- by the agencies and trading like AA+ at a weighted spread of 85 bp.

Next results Next results expected around 22 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026INVE-A.ST 116Peer median 102
Six months, rebased to 100: Investor against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Investor financials

Reported figures in SEK; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueSEK 141BSEK 83.7BSEK 79.3BSEK 69.9BSEK 70.7B
Revenue growth—+6%+13%-1%—
Gross profitSEK 105BSEK 45.6BSEK 41.0BSEK 32.1BSEK 37.2B
EBITDAn/aSEK 168BSEK 124BSEK 136B-SEK 62.3B
Net incomeSEK 215BSEK 157BSEK 113BSEK 127B-SEK 74.7B
Free cash flowSEK 23.1BSEK 19.0BSEK 19.2BSEK 17.2BSEK 12.2B
Capital expenditureSEK 3.39BSEK 3.18BSEK 4.42BSEK 3.72BSEK 4.37B
Total debtSEK 127BSEK 116BSEK 99.0BSEK 89.1BSEK 91.2B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Investor 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%2887EXOINDU-AHALBAERJIOFINLATO-BARCCBAJAJHLDNGBMNR8473AKERBBUCONEXAZMINVE-A.ST6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Investor is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

-20%0%20%10×20×30×2887EXOINDU-A001248HALBAERJIOFINLUND-BLATO-BARCCBAJAJHLDNGSOLBMNR8473MNGAKERBBUCONEXAZMINVE-A.STReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Investor is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

-150%-100%-50%0%50%-100%0%2887EXOINDU-AJIOFINARCCBMNRMNGAKERBBUCAZMINVE-A.STROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Investor is the large dot.

Investor competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (INVE-A.ST vs BRK-B vs EQT.ST)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Investor INVE-A.ST$133B+16%+2%21%1.17×9.0%
Berkshire Hathaway BRK-B$1.22T+20%+4%12%1.64×10.8%
Eqt EQT.ST$39.2B+1%-18%14%4.20×33.0%

How Investor 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.

Investor against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureINVE-A.STPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+5.5%+4.3%8th highest of 21
6-month return+16.1%+1.4%3rd highest of 20
Return on equity21.5%11.1%5th highest of 21
Price / book1.17×1.15×11th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E6.0×12.0×4th cheapest of 17
ROE the price implies9.0%8.9%10th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered21.5%13.1%5th highest of 20
Bond spread85 bpn/a—

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Investor INVE-A.STSweden$133B+16%+2%21%1.17×9.0%21.5%
Ts Financial 2887.TWTaiwan$29.2B+62%+200%15%1.38×5.9%15.3%
Exor EXO.ASNetherlands$26.2B+10%+59%-13%0.46×4.6%-12.6%
Industrivarden INDU-A.STSweden$23.4B+9%-1%27%1.03×9.4%27.2%
China Resources New Energy 001248.SZChina$21.5Bn/a0%7%1.20×3.7%n/a
HAL Trust HAL.ASNetherlands$17.2B+1%-5%9%0.94×6.4%9.1%
Julius Baer Gruppe BAER.SWSwitzerland$17.1B+2%0%16%1.89×8.8%16.2%
Jio Financial Services JIOFIN.NSIndia$16.2B-8%+117%1%1.18×19.7%1.3%
L E Lundbergforetagen LUND-B.STSweden$15.3B+16%-4%14%1.04×8.4%14.2%
Investment AB Latour LATO-B.STSweden$14.2B+19%+3%17%3.22×27.0%16.8%
Ares Capital ARCCUnited States$13.8B+1%-8%6%0.99×8.1%6.2%
Bajaj Holdings & Investment BAJAJHLDNG.NSIndia$13.0B+4%-14%13%1.67×20.7%13.1%
Washington H. Soul Pattinson and SOL.AXAustralia$12.5B+12%+143%20%1.42×8.9%19.8%
BitMine Immersion Technologies BMNRUnited States$11.3B-15%+1,022%-151%0.94×15.1%-151.2%
SBI 8473.TJapan$11.2B-13%+20%28%0.91×8.0%28.4%
M&G MNG.LUnited Kingdom$10.3B+7%+68%-4%2.91×32.8%-3.8%
Aker AKER.OLNorway$8.60B-7%-17%50%1.18×11.7%50.3%
Brookfield Business BBUC.TOCanada$6.15B-9%+106%-24%1.11×11.6%-23.5%
Onex ONEX.TOCanada$5.91B-7%+2%5%0.60×6.5%5.2%
Azimut AZM.MIItaly$5.70B-1%+17%28%2.62×24.8%28.5%
Blue Owl Capital OBDCUnited States$5.39B-4%+1%4%0.77×7.1%3.9%

Investor bonds and credit

Investor has 8 bonds outstanding with $4.43B face value. The agencies rate it AA-; its bonds trade like AA+. Weighted yield 4.18%, a spread of 85 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Investor's main competitors?
Named competitors: Investor AB peers: Industrivarden (private or unlisted), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B), EQT (EQT.ST). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Ts Financial (2887.TW), Exor (EXO.AS), Industrivarden (INDU-A.ST), China Resources New Energy (001248.SZ), HAL Trust (HAL.AS), Julius Baer Gruppe (BAER.SW).
Is Investor expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.17× against a peer median of 1.15×, 11th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.0%; Investor delivers 21.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Investor stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +16.1% against +1.4% for the median peer; over one year +34.2%.

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.