Swedish industrial technology group that acquires and grows niche electronics, communications and automation businesses.
Swedish industrial technology group that acquires and grows niche electronics, communications and automation businesses.
Runs as a holding group of dozens of small companies, each keeping its own management, customers and product niche, and buys more of them largely with cash the group already generates. Many design or distribute specialist electronics and communications equipment, so earnings come from many small positions rather than one large product line.
In one line: A smaller Nordic serial acquirer like Roper Technologies/Indutrade.
Moat: narrow (scale, installed base, distribution). Decentralized model with many niche market-leading subsidiaries; each has narrow moats, aggregated into a resilient group.
Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden · Founded: 1992 · Employees: 3,627
Size Lagercrantz (LAGR-B.ST) is a Sweden Information Technology company (Electronic Production Equipment) with a market value of $4.72B, the 49th largest of 221 Sweden companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at SEK 226.20 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 6.4%, against -19.7% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Sweden market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 17.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +21.1%); the operating margin is 15.2% (peer median 7.3%).
Valuation It trades at 30.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 20.8× (5th most expensive of 19).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 21% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +21%, so the hurdle is -0 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.7 points above its cost of capital (9.5% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 3 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | SEK 11.6B | SEK 10.6B | SEK 9.39B | SEK 8.13B | SEK 7.25B |
| Revenue growth | — | +13% | +16% | +12% | — |
| Gross profit | SEK 4.52B | SEK 3.76B | SEK 3.30B | SEK 2.88B | SEK 2.47B |
| EBITDA | SEK 2.01B | SEK 2.24B | SEK 1.95B | SEK 1.69B | SEK 1.45B |
| Net income | SEK 1.33B | SEK 1.20B | SEK 1.02B | SEK 877M | SEK 758M |
| Free cash flow | SEK 1.35B | SEK 1.34B | SEK 1.20B | SEK 1.24B | SEK 931M |
| Capital expenditure | SEK 202M | SEK 214M | SEK 169M | SEK 125M | SEK 178M |
| Total debt | SEK 5.61B | SEK 4.49B | SEK 4.04B | SEK 3.25B | SEK 2.63B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagercrantz LAGR-B.ST | $4.72B | -6% | +17% | 15% | 30.8× | 20.6% |
| Indutrade INDT.ST | $9.94B | +39% | +6% | 12% | 28.6× | 18.4% |
| Addtech ADDT-B.ST | $8.66B | -2% | +4% | 13% | 30.7× | 19.3% |
| Lifco LIFCO-B.ST | $13.1B | +1% | +7% | 19% | 29.3× | 15.2% |
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.
| Measure | LAGR-B.ST | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +1.1% | -21.4% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -6.4% | -19.7% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -15.2% | -46.8% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +17.0% | +21.1% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 15.2% | 7.3% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 30.8× | 20.8× | 5th most expensive of 19 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 20.6% | 14.6% | 5th most demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +21.0% | +11.1% | 3rd highest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -0.4 pp | +9.5 pp | 5th least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +4.7 pp | +0.6 pp | 4th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 25.5× | 13.2× | most expensive of 8 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.6× | -0.6× | most indebted of 8 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagercrantz LAGR-B.ST | Sweden | $4.72B | -6% | +17% | 15% | 30.8× | 20.6% | +21.0% |
| Quectel Wireless Solutions 603236.SS | China | $4.71B | +50% | +30% | 5% | 21.1× | n/a | n/a |
| MDA Space MDA.TO | Canada | $4.65B | -14% | +38% | 5% | 28.1× | n/a | n/a |
| LG Innotek 011070.KS | South Korea | $4.62B | -54% | +20% | 4% | 9.6× | -0.3% | +18.1% |
| Shenzhen Sunlord Electronics 002138.SZ | China | $4.55B | +11% | +20% | 16% | 24.4× | 14.5% | +14.2% |
| JoulWatt Technology 688141.SS | China | $4.44B | -30% | +50% | -28% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Asmpt 0522.HK | Hong Kong | $5.02B | -47% | +21% | 9% | 20.4× | 12.1% | -1.3% |
| Plexus PLXS | United States | $5.12B | -28% | +23% | 5% | 17.9× | n/a | n/a |
| 3Peak 688536.SS | China | $5.26B | -5% | +74% | 16% | 50.7× | 46.0% | +30.6% |
| Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology (Holding) 000636.SZ | China | $5.42B | +26% | +36% | 8% | 45.0× | 28.6% | +5.9% |
| Universal Display OLED | United States | $3.98B | -4% | -2% | 35% | 19.6× | 14.3% | +8.7% |
| AAC Technologies 2018.HK | Hong Kong | $5.60B | -4% | +16% | 8% | 13.8× | 1.2% | +12.4% |
| Guobo Electronics 688375.SS | China | $5.61B | -49% | -12% | 13% | 83.0× | 39.7% | +1.4% |
| Jones Tech 300684.SZ | China | $3.83B | +20% | +15% | 20% | 45.3× | 42.9% | +9.8% |
| BYD Electronic 0285.HK | Hong Kong | $6.15B | -24% | +4% | 1% | 19.5× | -0.8% | +18.8% |
| Changsha Jingjia Microelectronics 300474.SZ | China | $3.59B | -30% | +50% | -77% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Vishay Intertechnology VSH | United States | $3.57B | -32% | +18% | 5% | 13.2× | 18.8% | +4.2% |
| Fositek 6805.TW | Taiwan | $3.50B | -15% | +46% | 27% | 20.0× | 14.7% | +41.1% |
| Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) 601231.SS | China | $6.50B | -52% | +4% | 3% | 19.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Olympic Circuit Technology 603920.SS | China | $3.29B | -42% | +21% | 6% | 30.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Create Century Intelligent Equipment 300083.SZ | China | $3.13B | +7% | +35% | 11% | 24.4× | n/a | n/a |