Full-year profit and ROCE
Delivered close to SEK 3.3 billion for FY2025 and achieved a return on capital employed of 15% for the industry (sawmills + Board & Paper).
Strong balance sheet and shareholder returns
Debt-to-equity roughly 10%; net debt/EBITDA around 1x. Board proposed increasing the ordinary dividend from SEK 9.00 to SEK 9.50 (≈+5.6%). Last 5 years: SEK 13 billion returned to shareholders (dividends + buybacks).
Forest asset base and valuation
Owns ~1.3 million hectares (≈1.0–1.1M productive). Updated valuation of forest holdings SEK 57 billion (down ~2% YoY). Long-term historical average annual property price increase ~4.3% since 2005.
Energy division rebound and wind capacity added
Energy produced an uptick in Q4 versus earlier loss-making quarters; SE2 prices rose and January weather supported higher spot prices. Blisterliden wind farm started up just before year-end; Energy division trades unhedged at spot, benefiting from current higher prices and stable winter conditions.
Board & Paper Q4 performance (with one-off support)
Reported a strong Q4 result in Board & Paper, helped by approx. SEK 250 million of positive effects in Q4 from lower-than-normal energy costs and higher-than-normal income from green certificates and emission rights (split roughly evenly).
Forest underlying Q4 performance
Forest division reported Q4 result SEK 403 million; excluding a write-down of felling rights, underlying result increased by ~SEK 25 million vs Q3, driven by higher harvesting volumes (harvested a bit more than 800 cubic meters in Q4 per transcript).
CapEx expected to moderate
CapEx expected to be materially lower in 2026 versus 2025 (2026 guidance ~a bit above SEK 1 billion) after prior year wind farm investments.
Operational flexibility in hydropower
Hydropower generation was run efficiently in Q4 (produced when prices were high, reduced when low), providing a tailwind to Energy / Paper economics versus previous quarters.