Ericsson

ERIC Technology Communication Equipment

Ericsson’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $24.2 billion, up 3.15% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.35%
EPS
−48.6%
Free cash flow
−30.0%
Total debt
+0.61%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

10.28 0.16 −1.53%
Market cap
$31.3B
P/E
17.2×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
3.04%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
2.89
Beneish M
−2.53
Dividend safety
70/100

Ericsson (ERIC) Return on equity

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Ericsson's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 20.6%, down 8.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (29.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −29.3% (fiscal 2017) to 29.0% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Communication Equipment industry median of 0.00% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 29.0% 28.94
FY2024 0.02% 22.29
FY2023 −22.3% (36.71)
FY2022 14.4% (9.87)
FY2021 24.3% 3.07
FY2020 21.2% 18.73
FY2019 2.51% 9.39
FY2018 −6.88% 22.44
FY2017 −29.3% (30.50)
FY2016 1.18% (7.12)

Against its own ten years

Low −29.3% High 29.0%
Ten-year median 2.51%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
UI Ubiquiti Inc. compare 91.1%
MSI Motorola Solutions, Inc. compare 76.8%
CIEN Ciena Corporation compare 22.4%
ERIC Ericsson 20.6%
ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corporation compare 16.5%
HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company compare 10.5%
NOK Nokia Corporation compare 3.72%
ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. compare −34.8%
LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc. compare −245.8%
Communication Equipment industry median 0.00%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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