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Size Karnov (KAR.ST) is a Sweden Industrials company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $828M, the 145th largest of 221 Sweden companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at SEK 81.50 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 16.1%, against -5.4% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Sweden market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 3.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.2%); the operating margin is 20.1% (peer median 10.4%).
Valuation It trades at 20.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 20.4× (9th cheapest of 17).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +28%, so the hurdle is -24 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.3 points above its cost of capital (5.8% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | SEK 2.57B | SEK 2.64B | SEK 2.59B | SEK 2.47B | SEK 1.11B |
| Revenue growth | — | +2% | +5% | +122% | — |
| Gross profit | SEK 516M | SEK 448M | SEK 361M | SEK 277M | SEK 188M |
| EBITDA | SEK 936M | SEK 861M | SEK 747M | SEK 644M | SEK 422M |
| Net income | SEK 982M | SEK 971M | -SEK 33.1M | SEK 38.2M | SEK 59.9M |
| Free cash flow | SEK 275M | SEK 333M | SEK 311M | SEK 330M | SEK 272M |
| Capital expenditure | SEK 100M | SEK 170M | SEK 168M | SEK 163M | SEK 93.1M |
| Total debt | SEK 2.13B | SEK 2.17B | SEK 2.87B | SEK 2.44B | SEK 2.75B |
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| Measure | KAR.ST | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +8.0% | -5.3% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +16.1% | -5.4% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -30.1% | -33.9% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -3.5% | +5.2% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 20.1% | 10.4% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 20.2× | 20.4× | 9th cheapest of 17 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 4.1% | 8.3% | 6th least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +27.9% | +18.1% | 3rd highest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -23.8 pp | -17.0 pp | 3rd least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +3.3 pp | +1.2 pp | 9th highest of 19 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.8× | 7.8× | 4th most expensive of 8 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.1× | -1.1× | most indebted of 9 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnov KAR.ST | Sweden | $828M | +16% | -4% | 20% | 20.2× | 4.1% | +27.9% |
| Anbang Save-Guard 603373.SS | China | $830M | +30% | -1% | 14% | 41.5× | 6.7% | +5.6% |
| TaskUs TASK | United States | $833M | +41% | +11% | 12% | 6.5× | 0.5% | +19.9% |
| PharmaResources (Shanghai) 301230.SZ | China | $822M | -4% | +9% | 0% | 90.5× | 42.7% | +19.5% |
| Cuscal CCL.AX | Australia | $815M | +26% | +19% | 12% | 19.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Beyondsoft 002649.SZ | China | $813M | -12% | -6% | 2% | 25.5× | 8.3% | +9.2% |
| Omat Advanced Materials (Guangdong) 688530.SS | China | $809M | -16% | +82% | 9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| transcosmos 9715.T | Japan | $802M | -12% | +6% | 4% | 9.6× | -18.5% | +3.2% |
| AXISCADES Technologies AXISCADES.NS | India | $802M | -17% | +5% | 10% | 7.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Huatu Cendes 300492.SZ | China | $800M | -44% | -8% | -2% | n/a | 17.6% | +91.2% |
| Funshine Culture 300860.SZ | China | $858M | +21% | -49% | -35% | 28.1× | 27.8% | -24.6% |
| NOMURA 9716.T | Japan | $861M | +4% | -10% | 7% | 14.1× | -8.4% | +8.6% |
| DOOSAN TESNA 131970.KS | South Korea | $861M | -53% | +3% | 11% | 36.9× | 17.8% | +18.1% |
| Shaanxi Lighte Optoelectronics Material 688150.SS | China | $787M | -44% | +14% | 39% | 40.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Aimed Bio 0009K0.KS | South Korea | $875M | -61% | +223% | 36% | n/a | 13.2% | +652.2% |
| IP Group plc IPO.L | United Kingdom | $879M | +13% | -37% | 51% | 11.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Damon Technology 688360.SS | China | $779M | +8% | +19% | 7% | 7.2× | 12.3% | +17.1% |
| Shandong Link Science and Technology 001207.SZ | China | $777M | -7% | +7% | 13% | 12.3× | -4.6% | +18.9% |
| Daqian Ecology & Environment 603955.SS | China | $776M | +21% | +217% | -53% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Xi'an High Voltage Apparatus Research Institute 688334.SS | China | $889M | -10% | +4% | 29% | 21.3× | -2.4% | +20.3% |
| Zhejiang Meorient Commerce & Exhibition 300795.SZ | China | $890M | -1% | -3% | 18% | 29.6× | n/a | n/a |