Focus area: Finance
Our mission is to achieve sustainable, profitable, inclusive growth. By doing so, we are creating lasting value while safeguarding people and the planet.
Our financial targets
- 8% annual revenue growth, measured over a business cycle
- To deliver sustained high return on capital employed by constantly striving for operational excellence and generating growth
- Distribute about 50% of earnings as dividends to shareholders
Annual revenue growth rate, average1)
1) Figures for the years between 2014 and 2017 are best estimated numbers, as the effects of the distribution of Epiroc and restatements for IFRS 15 are not fully reconciled.
Capital employed and return1)
- Blue bars: Capital employed, MSEK
- Yellow line: Return on capital employed, %
Dividend/earnings per share, average including discontinued operations2)
2) Dividend for the fiscal year 2023 is based on the proposal from the Board of Directors.
Dividend policy history
–2003 30–40% of earnings
2003–2011 40–50% of earnings
2011– about 50% of earnings