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Bokusgruppen Q3 2026 earnings summary
Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.Q3 2026 earnings summary22 Oct, 2026
Executive summary
Best-ever Q3: revenue rose 10.5% YoY to SEK 530.5m and EBITA increased to SEK 37.1m; gross margin declined to 44.7%.
Akademibokhandeln grew strongly in stores and online; Bokus sales rose, mainly from Pen Store, but segment profitability declined.
Financial highlights
Q3 gross profit rose 6.4% to SEK 237.3m; net income was SEK 14.1m vs. SEK 13.6m YoY. EBITDA was SEK 77.2m vs. SEK 75.2m, and EBIT was SEK 24.9m vs. SEK 24.1m.
Jan-Sep revenue rose 4.0% to SEK 1,449.6m; EBITA fell SEK 6.0m to SEK 34.7m and net loss widened to SEK 13.9m from SEK 12.5m.
Diluted EPS was SEK 0.87 in Q3 vs. SEK 0.83; Jan-Sep diluted EPS was -SEK 0.85 vs. -SEK 0.76.
Outlook and guidance
Q4 is the key seasonal quarter, with most full-year results expected during Christmas trading; preparations are underway.
Priorities include sustaining Akademibokhandeln’s momentum, improving Bokus consumer sales, capturing BTJ logistics savings and leveraging Pen Store.
Long-term targets: 4.0% average annual revenue growth, 8.0% EBITA margin and 35% ROCE; rolling 12-month outcomes were 4.5%, 6.9% and 38.0%, respectively.
Planned openings include Akademibokhandeln in Valbo and Pen Store at NK in Q4, plus Akademibokhandeln in Hagastaden in early 2027.
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Latest events from Bokusgruppen
- Q2 2026 sales up 2.2%, EBITA down, with Pen Store acquisition to drive future growth.BOKUS
Q2 2026 - Gross margin and EBITA improved despite a slight revenue decline, with new CEO and e-commerce platform.BOKUSQ1 2026
- EBITA up 32% and net sales up 8.3% in 2025, with strong growth and higher dividend proposed.BOKUSQ4 2025
- Q3 2025 saw record revenue and doubled EBITA, with strong momentum for Q4.BOKUSQ3 2025
- Q2 delivered record sales and margin growth, with EBITA and net results improving sharply.BOKUSQ2 2025
- Q3 revenue up 8.8% YoY, but EBITA fell due to higher costs; digital and store sales rose.BOKUSQ3 2024
- Sales and margins improved, with digital and store growth and key acquisitions in H1 2024.BOKUSQ2 2024
- Q1 saw 9% sales growth, higher margins, and a proposed dividend increase.BOKUSQ1 2025
- Record sales and margin growth, with higher dividend proposed and robust store performance.BOKUSQ4 2024
Next Bokusgruppen earnings date
Q4 202617 Feb, 2027
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Q4 202617 Feb, 2027
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Bokusgruppen AB operates as a book retailer in Sweden. The company offers children's books, crime and thriller books, cooking and household books, news, literature and fiction books, art books and movies, academic books, youth and adult learning books, economics and social sciences books, and technical workbooks; English language books; e-media products; stationery products; health items; toys and games; music CDs, DVDs/Blu-ray discs, vinyl records, audio books on CD/MP3/Windows download format/cassette tapes, films/TV series on DVD/BLU-ray format/videocassettes/video cards for download formats, classical music records on CD/MP3 download format/vinyl records with music for babies, films for children on VHS tapes/DVD discs for the home cinema in Blu-ray format/videos for sale via download formats on the Internet; tools and video games. It also provides various methods to buy products by using its Internet portal. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Stockholm.