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Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (ERIC)


Market Price (9/18/2025): $8.0 | Market Cap: $26.7 Bil
Sector: Information Technology | Industry: Communications Equipment

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (ERIC)


Market Price (9/18/2025): $8.0
Market Cap: $26.7 Bil
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Communications Equipment

Investment Highlights

0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 65%, ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is 60%, FCF Yield is 138%
Weak multi-year price returns
3Y Excs Rtn is -39%
Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -1.5%, Rev Chg 3Y AvgRevenue Change % averaged over trailing 3 years is 0.7%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -6.2%
1 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 16%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 15%, CFO LTM is 40 Bil, FCF LTM is 37 Bil
  
2 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 33%
  
0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 65%, ERPEquity Risk Premium (ERP) = Total Yield - Risk Free Rate, Reflects the premium above risk free assets offered by the investment. is 60%, FCF Yield is 138%
1 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 16%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 15%, CFO LTM is 40 Bil, FCF LTM is 37 Bil
2 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 33%
3 Weak multi-year price returns
3Y Excs Rtn is -39%
4 Weak revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -1.5%, Rev Chg 3Y AvgRevenue Change % averaged over trailing 3 years is 0.7%, Rev Chg QQuarterly Revenue Change % is -6.2%

Market Valuation

 9/18/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$8.00$7.93$5.95$5.25$9.45
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)26.726.419.817.531.5
Total Debt ($ Bil)43.845.554.342.241.1
Total Cash ($ Bil)42.360.850.352.069.7
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)28.171.974.159.772.6
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM0.10.10.10.10.2
P/EBIT TTM0.94.4-1.10.71.2
P/E TTM1.51342.8-0.81.01.6
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.82.55.0
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)3.9-0.0-0.1-0.51.7
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4-0.50.0
 9/18/2520242023
Share Price CYE$8.00$7.93$5.95
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)26.726.419.8
Total Debt ($ Bil)43.845.554.3
Total Cash ($ Bil)42.360.850.3
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)28.171.974.1
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM0.10.10.1
P/EBIT TTM0.94.4-1.1
P/E TTM1.51342.8-0.8
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.8
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)3.9-0.0-0.1
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4

Business Description

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), together with its subsidiaries, provides communication infrastructure, services, and software solutions to the telecom and other sectors. It operates through four segments: Networks, Digital Services, Managed Services, and Emerging Business and Other. The Networks segment offers radio access network solutions for various network spectrum bands, including integrated high-performing hardware and software. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
ERIC Return38%-7%-44%13%33%1%8%
Peers Return24%51%-19%21%68%32%308%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: MSI, FFIV, CSCO, ANET, UI. See ERIC Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/17/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

ERICMSIFFIVCSCOANETUIMedian
NameTelefona.Motorola.F5 Cisco Sy.Arista N.Ubiquiti  
Mkt Price8.00477.85323.8167.72142.84607.54233.32
Mkt Cap26.779.718.7268.2179.436.758.2
Rev LTM245,86411,0943,02556,6547,9512,5749,522
Op Inc LTM27,6122,78576312,5043,4308363,107
FCF LTM36,8342,38495513,2883,9756273,180
FCF 3Y Avg23,9522,04774114,1782,5403302,293
CFO LTM40,4182,61298814,1934,0476403,330
CFO 3Y Avg28,8312,29378114,9862,5863452,440

Growth & Margins

ERICMSIFFIVCSCOANETUIMedian
NameTelefona.Motorola.F5 Cisco Sy.Arista N.Ubiquiti  
Rev Chg LTM-1.5%6.4%8.9%5.3%26.0%33.4%7.7%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg0.7%9.5%4.2%3.4%32.1%15.8%6.9%
Rev Chg Q-6.2%5.2%12.2%7.6%30.4%49.6%9.9%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM-1.5%1.3%2.9%1.9%6.9%10.8%2.4%
Op Mgn LTM11.2%25.1%25.2%22.1%43.1%32.5%25.2%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg6.2%23.8%21.8%24.5%40.2%28.8%24.1%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM7.0%0.1%0.4%0.3%0.9%1.8%0.6%
CFO/Rev LTM16.4%23.5%32.7%25.1%50.9%24.9%25.0%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg11.4%21.9%27.1%26.7%37.6%15.2%24.3%
FCF/Rev LTM15.0%21.5%31.6%23.5%50.0%24.4%23.9%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg9.5%19.6%25.7%25.3%36.9%14.4%22.4%

Valuation

ERICMSIFFIVCSCOANETUIMedian
NameTelefona.Motorola.F5 Cisco Sy.Arista N.Ubiquiti  
Mkt Cap26.779.718.7268.2179.436.758.2
P/S0.17.26.24.722.614.36.7
P/EBIT0.926.624.521.152.343.925.6
P/E1.537.728.026.355.251.632.9
P/CFO0.730.518.918.944.357.424.7
Total Yield64.9%3.5%3.6%6.2%1.8%2.3%3.5%
Dividend Yield0.0%0.9%0.0%2.4%0.0%0.4%0.2%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg102.2%3.3%6.3%6.4%2.5%2.3%4.8%
D/E1.60.10.00.10.00.00.1
Net D/E0.10.1-0.10.0-0.00.00.0

Returns

ERICMSIFFIVCSCOANETUIMedian
NameTelefona.Motorola.F5 Cisco Sy.Arista N.Ubiquiti  
1M Rtn4.0%3.8%2.4%1.2%3.5%50.1%3.7%
3M Rtn-4.0%18.3%13.0%2.9%58.3%61.5%15.7%
6M Rtn-1.0%13.2%19.8%11.5%69.2%90.3%16.5%
12M Rtn12.4%10.0%50.9%36.7%58.3%195.2%43.8%
3Y Rtn34.4%106.6%117.5%70.3%393.7%104.0%105.3%
1M Excs Rtn1.7%1.5%0.0%-1.2%1.1%47.8%1.3%
3M Excs Rtn-13.7%7.5%1.9%-6.7%49.0%50.1%4.7%
6M Excs Rtn-18.3%-3.7%4.7%-4.5%52.5%75.7%0.5%
12M Excs Rtn-6.4%-8.1%36.6%21.6%41.5%184.4%29.1%
3Y Excs Rtn-39.0%35.0%38.0%-1.7%297.4%40.0%36.5%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20242023202220212020
Networks171,442193,468167,838165,978155,009
Cloud Software and Services63,63060,52456,224  
Enterprise25,74514,5975,513  
Other2,5342,9572,739  
Digital Services   37,32439,857
Emerging Business and Other   6,4886,785
Managed Services   22,60025,565
Total263,351271,546232,314232,390227,216


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity26,159,849
Short Interest: % Change Since 81520254.6%
Average Daily Volume7,720,863
Days-to-Cover Short Interest3.39
Basic Shares Quantity3,333,000,000
Short % of Basic Shares0.8%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
630202571520256-K 6/30/2025
331202541620256-K 3/31/2025
12312024311202520-F 12/31/2024
9302024101520246-K 9/30/2024
630202471220246-K 6/30/2024
331202441720246-K 3/31/2024
12312023312202420-F 12/31/2023
9302023101720236-K 9/30/2023
630202371420236-K 6/30/2023
331202342120236-K 3/31/2023
12312022315202320-F 12/31/2022
9302022102020226-K 9/30/2022
630202271420226-K 6/30/2022
331202241420226-K 3/31/2022
12312021325202220-F 12/31/2021
9302021101920216-K 9/30/2021

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