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Earnings call · FY2025 Q4

Autoliv Inc Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Autoliv Inc Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Concluded Jan 30, 2026
Jan 30, 2026 46 turns
Period
FY2025 Q4
Runtime
Sources
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Autoliv reported record Q4 and full-year 2025 sales of $2,817 million (up 7.7%) with 4.2% organic growth and a 12.0% adjusted operating margin, generated record operating cash flow of $544 million, and guided to around 10.5–11.0% adjusted operating margin and around $1.2 billion operating cash flow for 2026.

Sales growth and outperformance vs LVP 70 China market dynamics 40 Cash flow and shareholder returns 18 Profitability and margin improvement 14 Raw materials headwind 10 Tariffs and cost recovery 9

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +72 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “I am very pleased to report another great quarter with strong development in sales, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet.”
  • “We have a solid foundation for delivering attractive shareholder returns and a clear path towards achieving our 10% adjusted operating margin target.”
  • “We recovered close to 100% of tariff costs in the fourth quarter.”
  • “However, the regional mix has shifted significantly with higher volumes in Asia and lower volumes in high content markets, such as Western Europe and North America”

Forward guidance

2 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue · derived Q4 $2.82B +7.7% YoY
Gross margin · derived Q4 20.3% -0.7 pp YoY
Net income · derived Q4 $226.00M -7.4% YoY

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Q4 net sales reached a record $2,817 million, up 7.7% year-over-year
  • Full-year 2025 sales hit an all-time record and organic sales growth of 4.2% outperformed global LVP by 2.9pp
  • Operating cash flow grew 30% to a record $544 million; full-year operating cash flow hit a record $1,157 million
  • Sales to Chinese OEMs surged nearly 40% in Q4 and India outperformed LVP by more than 30pp
  • Leverage ratio improved to 1.1x, well below the 1.5x target limit, while $216 million was returned to shareholders in Q4
  • 2026 guidance includes around 10.5–11.0% adjusted operating margin and around $1.2 billion operating cash flow

Risks & pressure points

  • Adjusted operating income declined 3.6% to $337 million and adjusted operating margin fell 140bps to 12.0%, driven by lower out-of-period customer compensations and lower engineering income
  • Diluted EPS decreased 4% to $2.98 in Q4
  • Regional LVP mix was about 1.5pp unfavorable, more than 100bps worse than expected
  • Q4 customer call-offs dropped due to OEM inventory adjustments in North America and Asia, including China, which management views as temporary but creates near-term volatility
  • 2026 guidance calls for around 0% organic sales growth, indicating a significant deceleration
  • Raw materials are expected to be a gross headwind of slightly less than $30 million in 2026, driven primarily by gold and steel

Key moments

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“We delivered record operating and free operating cash flow for both the quarter and for the full year. In 2025, we generated $734 million in free operating cash flow, an increase of over $230 million, driven by higher profitability and disciplined capital management.” Mikael Bratt, CEO

Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed Jan 30, 2026.

Metric Guided
Organic sales growth table
Full year 2026
0%
Adjusted operating margin table
Full year 2026
10.5% – 11%

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Capital returned

Dividend / share
$0.87
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