Alfa Laval: mixed results drive down share price

(CercleFinance.com) - Swedish engineering group Alfa Laval slumped on the Stockholm Stock Exchange on Wednesday following the release of mixed quarterly results, marked by slightly better-than-expected order intake but sales and operating income that came in below expectations.


Shares in the heat exchange and fluid separation and transfer specialist lost nearly 5%, making it one of the biggest decliners on the pan-European STOXX Europe 600 index.

Orders for Alfa, whose products are used in the energy, food and marine industries, grew organically by 8% in the fourth quarter, to SEK 18.5 billion.

This figure was higher than the consensus target of SEK 17.9 billion.

Sales rose by 2% on an organic basis, to 18.3 billion, against analysts' expectations of 19 billion.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) came to 2.92 billion kronor, compared with 2.83 billion a year earlier, against a consensus of 3.28 billion.

For the first quarter of 2025, the Group said it expected demand to be relatively stable compared with the fourth quarter of 2024.

It should be noted that Alfa Laval also announced this morning the acquisition of UK-based NRG Marine, a supplier of ultrasonic antifouling technologies for the marine, energy and industrial sectors.

The transaction is expected to be finalized during the second quarter.

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