Ratos AB (publ) (RATO_A) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:03.695 Welcome to RADO's Q1 Earnings Call 2026. 00:00:03.695 -- 00:00:08.301 For the first part of the conference call, the participants will be in listen-only mode. 00:00:08.301 -- 00:00:13.327 During the questions and answers session, participants are able to ask questions by dialing 00:00:13.327 -- 00:00:18.253 pound key five on their telephone keypad. Now I will hand the conference over to CEO 00:00:18.253 -- 00:00:21.817 Gustav Salfordand and CFOIR Anna Vilaguric. 00:00:21.817 -- 00:00:24.230 Please go ahead. 00:00:24.230 -- 00:00:29.519 Good morning everyone and thank you for joining us today. 00:00:29.519 -- 00:00:34.948 I will begin with a brief overview of the quarter and then Anna will go through the financials 00:00:34.948 -- 00:00:37.272 in more detail. 00:00:37.272 -- 00:00:42.662 Overall, we delivered solid growth in what continues to be a mixed market 00:00:42.662 -- 00:00:46.691 environment. Net sales increased by 3.4% 00:00:46.691 -- 00:00:51.757 and adjusted EBITDA came in at 460 million SEK, corresponding to 00:00:51.757 -- 00:00:57.303 a margin of 9.3% and an EBITDA growth of 21%. 00:00:57.303 -- 00:00:59.303 Adjusted 00:01:00.106 -- 00:01:03.808 earnings per share was 67 öre, 00:01:03.830 -- 00:01:08.982 an increase of 81% compared to last year. 00:01:08.982 -- 00:01:12.848 We had a strong start of the year in our industrial product companies. 00:01:12.848 -- 00:01:17.555 Diab and HL Display both posted healthy growth. 00:01:17.555 -- 00:01:20.980 On the industrial services side, the quarter was more challenging. 00:01:20.980 -- 00:01:27.562 Both Nitec Group and Aledo faced softer demand and tougher market conditions. 00:01:27.562 -- 00:01:32.328 Our results for the quarter was negatively impacted by two main factors....