The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

BUFAB.ST

Concerning the House

Bufab AB (publ), a trading company, provides solutions for procurement, quality assurance, and logistics for c-parts and technical components in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers C-parts, such as bolts, screws, nails, pins, clamps, rivets, nuts and washers, as well as other small metal and rubber or plastic parts, including cables, springs, and electronic fasteners. It also provides machining, turning, cold-formed parts, hot-forged parts; access hardware comprising hinges, locks, and latches; casted parts; magnets; sheet metal; tools and equipment; and wire products. In addition, the company is involved in the provision of security labels, industrial labels, masking and insulators, foams and gaskets, polyamide labels for SMT, labels for wires and cables, decal and membrane, and adhesive transfer tapes services; and magnet services, such as magnetization, assembly, bonding of magnets, and packaging. Further, it provides stainless steel fasteners under the BUMAX brand. The company serves aerospace, agricultural, automotive, construction, defense, energy, furniture and interior, general, pharma and biopharma, and railway industries. The company was formerly known as Bufab Holding AB (publ) and changed its name to Bufab AB (publ) in June 2015. Bufab AB (publ) was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Värnamo, Sweden.

Sweden · www.bufabgroup.com

The Ledger
LineMar 2025Jun 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026
Revenue$2.18B$2.04B$1.93B$2.22B
Gross profit$662.00M$635.00M$652.00M$731.00M
Operating income$268.00M$251.00M$213.00M$316.00M
Net income$182.00M$151.00M$150.00M$206.00M
Diluted EPS0.960.800.791.09
Free cash flow$145.00M$220.00M$201.00M$188.00M
CapEx-$19.00M-$25.00M-$23.00M-$13.00M
Quotation

$133.80

+0.80 (+0.6%)

52w hi$139.40
52w lo$86.30
Vol94.52K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.09

Short-0.11
Medium+0.11
Long+0.48

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Bufab AB (publ)

Industrials · Industrial Distribution

Market cap$25.38B
Enterprise value$28.64B
Trailing P/E36.36x
Forward P/E7.51x
EV / EBITDA23.83x
P / S (ttm)3.04x
Profit margin8.4%
Return on equity17.3%
Revenue growth+11.1%
Earnings growth+34.1%
Debt / equity88.88
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.38
Corr SPX0.20
Annual vol31.3%
Annual ret+27.3%
Sharpe0.87
Max DD-30.2%

Window: 504 trading days (490 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.41
Sector+0.07
Technical+0.00
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$133.20$134.80$133.20$133.8094.52K
Aug 12$133.40$134.20$132.00$133.0080.14K
Aug 11$134.00$134.80$133.00$133.2069.13K
Aug 10$135.20$135.20$132.40$134.0095.13K
Aug 7$134.00$135.40$133.20$135.4059.89K