Clas Ohlson AB (publ) (CLAS_B) Q3 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:04.436 Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Claes Olsson Q3 report presentation. 00:00:04.436 -- 00:00:10.102 My name is Christof Thornström and I'm CEO and here together with Pernilla Walfridsson, 00:00:10.102 -- 00:00:11.804 CFO. 00:00:11.804 -- 00:00:17.029 So the agenda for today is to review the business update, the financial development 00:00:17.029 -- 00:00:21.254 for the quarter, and then the events after the reporting period. 00:00:21.254 -- 00:00:25.343 Then we'll do a short summary and move into Q&A. 00:00:25.343 -- 00:00:30.490 So to highlight the highlights of the third quarter, really 00:00:30.490 -- 00:00:35.997 the key takeaway from this quarter is that we again show a combination of continued 00:00:35.997 -- 00:00:38.981 sales growth and improved margins. 00:00:38.981 -- 00:00:44.188 Looking at sales, we came in just above 4 billion Swedish kronas, which represented 00:00:44.188 -- 00:00:46.731 an organic growth of 8%. 00:00:46.731 -- 00:00:52.138 Our operating profit came in at 659 million SEK, which resulted 00:00:52.138 -- 00:00:55.320 in an operating margin of 16.2%. 00:00:56.208 -- 00:01:01.115 Our operating cash flow for the first three quarters amounted to 2,091,000,000, 00:01:01.115 -- 00:01:06.222 and that is also up versus last year. And we still have a solid financial 00:01:06.222 -- 00:01:11.629 position with a net EBITDA minus 1.3, which means we have a net cash position 00:01:11.629 -- 00:01:13.712 closing the quarter. 00:01:13.712 -- 00:01:19.039 EPS for the first three quarters came in at 16.22 kronas, 00:01:19.039 -- 00:01:24.197 also that up versus last year. Today we also reported our sales 00:01:24.197 -- 00:01:29.084 numbers for February. I'll come back to that, but we delivered 9% organic growt...