Ericsson
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Ericsson’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $24.2 billion, up 3.15% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 3.14%, EPS fell 7.14%, free cash flow fell 89.2% and total debt fell 12.8%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.
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Ericsson (ERIC) Altman Z-score
Ericsson's Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 2.89, in the grey zone (1.81–2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2.89 | 0.84 |
| FY2024 | 2.05 | 0.37 |
| FY2023 | 1.67 | (0.34) |
| FY2022 | 2.01 | (0.52) |
| FY2021 | 2.54 | (0.23) |
| FY2020 | 2.77 | 0.62 |
| FY2019 | 2.15 | 0.05 |
| FY2018 | 2.10 | 0.54 |
| FY2017 | 1.56 | (0.81) |
| FY2016 | 2.37 | (0.85) |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.12 | — | 0.14 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.23 | — | 0.33 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.14 | — | 0.46 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 1.86 | — | 1.12 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.85 | — | 0.85 | |
| Altman Z-score | Grey zone | 2.89 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 3.14 | ||
Z and Z″ put Ericsson in different zones: grey zone by Z, safe zone by Z″.
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| UI Ubiquiti Inc. compare | 30.4× |
| CIEN Ciena Corporation compare | 5.8× |
| ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. compare | 4.4× |
| MSI Motorola Solutions, Inc. compare | 3.6× |
| ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corporation compare | 3.3× |
| ERIC Ericsson | 2.9× |
| NOK Nokia Corporation compare | 2.0× |
| VSAT Viasat Inc. compare | 0.8× |
| VIAV Viavi Solutions Inc. compare | −29.9× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets