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Axfood Extends Market-Share Lead With Strong 2025 and Boosts Investments for 2026

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  • Axfood outpaced the Swedish grocery market in 2025, marking an eleventh straight year of market share gains and stronger margins.
  • The group plans substantial 2026 investments in new stores and automated logistics, while raising its dividend and advancing sustainability goals.
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Axfood Extends Market-Share Lead With Strong 2025 and Boosts Investments for 2026

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Axfood AB ( (SE:AXFO) ) has issued an announcement.

Axfood closed 2025 with retail sales growth well above the Swedish grocery market and delivered its eleventh consecutive year of market share gains, supported by strong performance across key chains Willys, Hemköp, City Gross and Snabbgross, tighter cost control and rising operating margins in the fourth quarter. The group is stepping up long-term investments, including SEK 2.2–2.3 billion of capex in 2026 for 10–15 new group-owned stores and a highly automated logistics centre in Kungsbacka, while completing a transition to fossil-free transport, applying for science-based climate targets and proposing a higher dividend, underscoring both its financial strength and strategic push to cement its position as a leading value-focused, sustainability-oriented food retailer in Sweden.

The most recent analyst rating on (SE:AXFO) stock is a Hold with a SEK341.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Axfood AB stock, see the SE:AXFO Stock Forecast page.

More about Axfood AB

Axfood AB is a Swedish food retail group focused on affordable, good and sustainable food, operating chains such as Willys, Hemköp and City Gross along with Tempo, Handlar’n and Matöppet, complemented by B2B wholesaler Snabbgross and logistics and purchasing arm Dagab. The wider Axfood family also includes Urban Deli and partly owned companies Apohem and Eurocash, employing more than 15,000 people and generating close to SEK 90 billion in annual sales, with its shares listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and Axel Johnson AB as principal owner.

Average Trading Volume: 277,908

Technical Sentiment Signal: Strong Buy

Current Market Cap: SEK66.51B

See more data about AXFO stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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