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VBG Group Q3 2026 earnings summary
Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.Q3 2026 earnings summary27 Oct, 2026
Executive summary
Q3 net sales rose 5.8% YoY to SEK 1,447.2M; organic growth was 5.4% across all divisions and geographic markets.
EBITA was SEK 152.7M with a 10.6% margin, down from 12.5%; EBIT was SEK 139.6M with a 9.6% margin.
Order intake rose 4.5% YoY; operating cash flow increased to SEK 264.6M from SEK 135.9M.
Financial highlights
Q3 profit after financial items was SEK 131.9M versus SEK 139.5M; EPS was SEK 4.16 versus SEK 3.87.
9M net sales rose 5.4% to SEK 4,304.1M; organic growth was 6.4%, while EBIT was SEK 436.9M versus SEK 491.2M.
9M profit after financial items was SEK 406.0M versus SEK 427.6M; net income was SEK 306.9M versus SEK 311.2M, and EPS was SEK 12.28 versus SEK 12.44.
9M EBIT included SEK 19.3M of Dobřany restructuring costs and SEK 6.8M of MTS reorganization costs; 2025 included SEK 13.4M of US pandemic subsidies and SEK 5.0M of acquisition consulting costs.
Q3 EBITDA was SEK 188.7M versus SEK 193.4M; 9M EBITDA was SEK 580.5M versus SEK 611.3M.
Outlook and guidance
No formal 2026 forecast; priorities include pricing, cost control, capacity development, operational improvements and converting order bookings amid uncertainty.
Toronto remains on schedule, with full production capacity targeted from Q2 2027; Dobřany commissioning is scheduled for Q3 2027.
MTS pricing actions and cost measures are expected to support margin improvement; management believes the MTS EBITA margin bottomed in Q2.
Ringfeder expects capacity-related costs to continue into Q4 at a lower level, with operations anticipated to be back in line by end-Q1.
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- Record cash flow and margin gains offset Q4 sales decline; segment growth and acquisitions drive resilience.VBGQ4 2024
Next VBG Group earnings date
Q4 202617 Feb, 2027
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VBG Group AB develops, manufactures, markets, and sells various industrial components and systems. The company's products include hitches and turn tables for trucks; accessories and couplings for trucks and trailers; coupling, height control valve and quick release valves, weight compensation valves, trailer brakes and trailer suspension systems, sway control units, low loaders axles, blast tooling equipment for the mining industry, retarder control units for commercial vehicles; other tractor protection equipment; livestock trailers; automation solutions for warehouses; loading docks to increase the efficiency of loading processes in warehouses; waste management systems; and telematics products. VBG Group AB was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Trollhättan, Sweden.