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Autoliv Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Autoliv Inc had return on equity of 30.3%, an operating margin of 10.1%, debt equal to 83.7% of equity and a current ratio of 1.05. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin16.6%22.2%21.0%19.9%19.4%19.5%20.1%20.6%20.6%19.7%18.5%16.7%18.4%15.8%17.4%18.5%19.2%19.0%
Operating margin1.3%12.1%10.8%8.5%8.6%7.8%7.9%10.5%10.6%7.9%8.5%5.1%8.2%7.5%6.6%9.4%10.1%9.1%
Net margin0.2%8.2%7.6%5.8%5.5%5.1%5.0%7.2%5.2%2.2%5.4%2.5%5.3%4.8%4.7%6.2%6.8%5.6%
Free-cash-flow margin6.9%9.6%4.7%3.9%5.1%2.8%3.1%4.6%4.4%0.4%1.8%6.8%3.6%1.4%3.9%4.6%6.6%6.6%
Return on equity0.4%22.2%19.9%13.6%12.6%12.6%13.3%15.9%11.1%6.4%23.1%8.3%17.3%16.1%18.9%26.7%30.3%24.7%
Return on assets0.2%10.9%10.6%7.6%7.2%6.5%6.1%7.2%5.1%2.5%6.8%2.5%5.5%5.5%6.1%8.0%8.9%7.3%
Asset turnover0.991.321.401.301.301.281.231.010.971.141.271.001.051.161.311.291.321.30
Current ratio1.291.471.441.781.521.931.811.591.581.151.251.361.301.020.980.961.051.02
Debt to equity47.7%24.8%58.3%31.4%50.6%47.4%44.5%47.9%33.7%118.4%99.3%100.1%76.3%67.5%72.8%83.9%83.7%78.6%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)1.0x16.0x14.3x16.9x23.1x11.4x11.2x13.4x14.1x10.4x10.4x5.2x11.3x11.0x7.4x9.1x10.6x9.9x
Effective tax rate—26.1%24.3%27.4%33.3%29.7%32.3%28.6%25.8%38.4%28.7%35.4%28.8%29.5%20.1%25.9%25.4%29.0%
R&D as % of revenue——————————4.7%5.0%4.8%4.4%4.1%3.8%3.8%3.9%
SG&A as % of revenue5.9%4.6%4.5%4.4%4.4%4.5%4.5%5.0%5.0%4.5%4.7%5.2%5.2%5.0%4.8%5.1%5.3%5.3%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.7%3.3%4.5%4.4%4.4%4.9%5.1%6.4%7.1%6.5%5.7%4.6%5.6%6.6%5.5%5.6%4.1%3.7%
Free cash flow ÷ net income>999%116.5%62.7%66.9%93.1%54.9%62.3%63.8%83.3%16.1%34.2%270.1%68.0%30.3%83.8%74.3%97.4%117.2%
Dividends ÷ net income148.0%9.8%24.8%36.8%39.3%41.7%42.8%35.8%48.9%112.6%47.0%28.9%37.9%53.0%46.1%33.9%32.4%41.3%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow4.2%8.4%39.5%55.0%74.9%315.9%105.4%56.1%102.8%700.3%137.3%10.7%55.7%264.8%141.1%160.6%82.3%103.8%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 6 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $8.4bn
Short-term assets $4.0bnLonger-term assets $4.5bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $6.3bn
Short-term liabilities $3.9bnShareholders' equity $2.5bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $4.0bn of assets due within a year against $3.9bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $197m of cash against $1.9bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 79% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 62% to 79% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.1bn of operating cash flow against $1.9bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.0bn against $101m of interest.

From Autoliv Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

47 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Autoliv's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 9 / 20

    Net income has been a median 6.5% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 18.8%, moving by 1.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 9 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 8.6%; its worst year was 4.3%.

  • Cash conversion 11 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 4.4% of revenue.

  • Discipline 15 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 15.1% over five years.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (52 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Autoliv Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 31, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Autoliv Inc.