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Essity Steps Up SEK 3bn Share Buyback, Lifts Treasury Stock to Nearly 10 Million Shares

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  • Essity is advancing its SEK 3bn buyback, repurchasing 73,113 Class B shares in week 51.
  • Total buybacks now exceed 9.16 million shares, reinforcing Essity’s shareholder-return strategy.
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Essity Steps Up SEK 3bn Share Buyback, Lifts Treasury Stock to Nearly 10 Million Shares

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Essity AB ( ($SE:ESSITY.B) ) just unveiled an update.

Essity has continued executing its SEK 3bn share buyback program, repurchasing 73,113 Class B shares on Nasdaq Stockholm during the week of December 15–19, 2025, at a total value of about SEK 19.4m and an average price of SEK 265.33 per share. The program, financed from operating cash flow after dividends and conducted under EU market regulations, has so far resulted in the buyback of more than 9.16 million Class B shares, bringing Essity’s treasury holding to 9.95 million Class B shares out of a total 693 million outstanding, underscoring the company’s commitment to ongoing shareholder returns as a recurring element of its capital allocation strategy.

The most recent analyst rating on ($SE:ESSITY.B) stock is a Hold with a SEK253.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Essity AB stock, see the SE:ESSITY.B Stock Forecast page.

More about Essity AB

Essity is a global leading hygiene and health company whose products, solutions and services are used daily by around a billion people worldwide. It sells in about 150 countries, focused on incontinence care, tissue and professional hygiene under leading brands such as TENA, Tork, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Tempo, Zewa, Knix and Modibodi, among others. Headquartered in Stockholm and listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Essity generated net sales of about SEK 146bn (EUR 13bn) in 2024 and employs roughly 36,000 people.

YTD Price Performance: -7.72%

Average Trading Volume: 1,301,356

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: SEK182.8B

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