AQ Group AB (publ) (AQ) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT NOTE Transcription provided by Deepgram Request Id: 01a04264-8488-7d53-8d4e-d38feed99ac3 Created: 2026-08-27T08:44:42.945Z Duration: 1790.928 Channels: 1 00:00:00.160 -- 00:00:01.760 Welcome to the 00:00:03.360 -- 00:00:07.040 AQ Group Presentation for Quarter one. Nice to 00:00:07.040 -- 00:00:09.200 see you all. It's already one minute past 00:00:09.200 -- 00:00:09.759 nine. 00:00:10.160 -- 00:00:10.799 So 00:00:10.960 -- 00:00:12.160 let's 00:00:12.160 -- 00:00:12.559 start. 00:00:17.035 -- 00:00:19.675 We will go to the first point here. 00:00:20.075 -- 00:00:22.875 Normally, I have this slide. It is why 00:00:22.875 -- 00:00:25.195 you should invest in AQ Group. We have 00:00:25.195 -- 00:00:28.170 an earnings per share CAGR of 14% over 00:00:28.170 -- 00:00:29.529 the past ten years. We have made profit 00:00:29.529 -- 00:00:31.769 every quarter since the foundation in 1994. We 00:00:31.769 -- 00:00:34.250 are exposed to industrial market segment with underlying 00:00:34.250 -- 00:00:35.449 growth: electrification, 00:00:35.449 -- 00:00:36.809 including data centers, 00:00:37.129 -- 00:00:38.489 defense and medtech. 00:00:38.730 -- 00:00:40.010 We have a long history of acquisitions. 00:00:41.085 -- 00:00:43.405 And normally, we buy two to four factories. 00:00:43.485 -- 00:00:45.165 And we have a very strong balance sheet 00:00:45.165 -- 00:00:48.204 with SEK 1,000,000,000 of net cash position, 00:00:48.364 -- 00:00:49.245 excluding leasing. 00:00:52.700 -- 00:00:56.219 Some quick facts about AQ. We're 8,000 employees, 00:00:56.379 -- 00:00:58.540 9,000,000,000 in turnover for the last year. We 00:00:58.540 -- 00:01:00.940 have seven business areas, 15 plus market segments 00:01:00.940 -- 00:01:03.100 with manufacturing in 17 countries 00:01:03.420 -- 0...