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SAAB Q3 2025 earnings summary

Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.
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Q3 2025 earnings summary24 Oct, 2025

Executive summary

  • Achieved record Q3 2025 sales and EBIT, with strong demand and robust order intake across all business areas; order bookings reached SEK 20,861m and backlog SEK 202,408m.

  • Upgraded 2025 guidance for organic sales growth to 20%-24% (from 16%-20%), with EBIT expected to outpace sales growth and positive cash flow anticipated.

  • Major international contracts and negotiations, including Gripen E/F for Thailand, MSHORAD for Czech Republic, and ongoing opportunities in Ukraine, Colombia, and France.

  • Significant capacity investments underway, including new factories in the US and India, expansion in Sweden, and increased R&D in drone and counter-drone systems.

  • Sustainability progress includes a 4% year-over-year CO2 reduction, new biogas facility, and increased female representation.

Financial highlights

  • Q3 sales reached SEK 15,871m (up 17% year-over-year, 18.3% organic); EBIT up 16% to SEK 1,374m, margin 8.7%; gross margin improved to 22.9%.

  • Nine-month sales up 20% (21% organic) to SEK 51.4bn, EBIT up 30% to SEK 4.8bn, and net income up 37% to SEK 3.8bn.

  • Order backlog at SEK 202bn, up 14% YoY, with 73% international orders; Dynamics and Surveillance comprise 71% of the backlog.

  • Cash and liquid investments at SEK 12.2bn; net debt at SEK 667m; net debt/EBITDA at 0.1x.

  • Investments increased to SEK 4.9bn, up SEK 1.7bn from last year, mainly in capacity and R&D.

Outlook and guidance

  • 2025 organic sales growth guidance raised to 20%-24%, with EBIT growth to exceed sales growth.

  • Positive operational cash flow expected for the full year, supported by large customer payments in Q4.

  • Medium-term (2023-2027) target: organic sales CAGR ~18%, EBIT growth above sales growth, cash conversion minimum 60%.

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Saab is a leading defense and security company originally founded 1937 in Sweden. With over 18,000 employees, the company serves the global market with services and solutions from military defense to civil security.

Saab mainly operates in five core areas: Aeronautics, supplying world-class fighter systems, as for example, the iconic JAS Gripen, and develops and produces other aircraft systems, one of which is the Pilot Training system T-7. Advanced weapons systems, with a product portfolio of ground combat weapons, missile systems, and torpedoes.

Command and control systems, offering solutions from fire control to complete combat systems, as well as civil traffic management. Sensors, providing safety and security through surveillance, decision support, and threat detection. And the fifth area, Underwater systems, which includes underwater weapon systems and sensors. 

400 years of history

Despite beginning to operate under the Saab name in 1937, the company's roots stretch back almost 400 years to the founding of the hammer mill in the Swedish village Bofors. Thanks to the strong foundation in its origin country - Sweden, the Swedish market is still one of the largest and most important for Saab. The company currently employs more than 15,000 people across over 40 localities in Sweden. Thus, Saab has been an integral part of the Swedish defense - on land, in the air, at sea, and in society. 

A large portion of Saab’s sales are reinvested in R&D and through close cooperation with customers and other partners. Partly with this as a basis, they have been able to defend their position as one of the technological leaders. This position has made it possible for the company to sign long-term customer contracts that account for about 60 percent of total sales, an example of such contracts are the development and modification of Gripen E to the governments of Sweden and Brazil. The Swedish contract was signed in 2019 to provide support and maintenance services for the Gripen fighter jet, and reportedly stretch over a ten year period. 

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