Storskogen Group AB (publ) (STOR_B) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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presentation for 2026. During the questions and answers session, participants are able to ask questions by dialing pound key 5 on their telephone keypad. Thank you for joining us for the presentation of Storskogen's interim report for the first quarter of 2026. I'm Christian Hansson, CEO, and with me today is Leanna Glader, our CFO. As we closed our last year, our message was clear. Operational execution remained our top priority. We have strengthened our balance sheet, maintained financial discipline, and navigate a continuously challenging macro environment. That work has put us in a strong position as we move into this new year. I expect an increased focus on growth in its broadest sense, whether it comes through organic initiatives, acquisitions, or the opportunity that arise when they both work together. How we will achieve this growth? We believe that the groundwork laid over the past years gives us the platform to pursue our capital allocation agenda with confidence. I will shortly share more details related to this topic and why we believe there's potential for an interesting year for the group. Storskogen is a diversified international business group with sales of approximately 33 billion SEK over the last year, and adjusted the EBITDA of about 3.1 billion SEK spread across our three business areas, services, trade, and industry. At the end of Q1, the group consisted of 113 business units with average annual sales of around 290 million SEK. Overall, I'm pleased with the developments for both industry and trade. Orderbook are strong for industry and trade continues its underlying positive trajectory from the second half of the last year. Services, however, is not performing where I want it to be. Turning to the highlights for the quarter, Q1 is historically o...