The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

ESSITY-B.ST

Concerning the House

Essity AB (publ) develops, produces, and sells hygiene and health products and services in Europe, North and Latin America, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Health & Medical, Consumer Goods, and Professional Hygiene. The Health & Medical segment offers incontinence products, wound care, compression therapy, orthopedics, skincare products, and digital solutions with sensor technology under the TENA, Leukoplast, JOBST, Actimove, Cutimed, Delta-Cast, AquaCast Liner, and Hydrofera brands to family carers, professional caregivers, and patients and consumers through pharmacies, medical device stores, hospitals, distributors, care institutions, and e-commerce. The Consumer Goods segment provides pads, panty liners, tampons, diapers, wet wipes, shampoos, lotions, baby oil, skin creams, intimate soaps, intimate wipes, leakproof apparel, menstrual cups, toilet papers, household towels, handkerchiefs, facial tissues, and napkins under the TENA, Knix, Modibodi, Libero, Lotus, Libresse, Bodyform, Nana, Saba, Nosotras, TOM Organic, Tempo, Zewa, Cushelle, Plenty, Regio, and Familia brands through retail trade and e-commerce. The Professional Hygiene segment offers toilet papers, paper hand towels, napkins, hand soaps, hand lotions, hand sanitizers, dispensers, and cleaning and wiping products, as well as vision cleaning and data-driven cleaning solutions under the Tork brand to companies and office buildings, universities, healthcare facilities, airports, industries, restaurants, hotels, stadiums, and other public venues through direct to the end-customer, e-commerce, or distributors. Essity AB (publ) was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Sweden · www.essity.com

The Ledger
LineJun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026
Revenue$34.19B$34.70B$33.18B
Gross profit$11.39B$11.67B$11.11B
Operating income$4.44B$4.86B$4.38B
Net income$3.04B$3.21B$2.89B
Diluted EPS4.394.694.23
Free cash flow$248.00M$3.08B$2.98B
CapEx-$1.72B-$2.46B-$1.26B
Quotation

$277.40

+2.10 (+0.8%)

52w hi$282.80
52w lo$231.21
Vol946.84K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.04

Short-0.08
Medium-0.13
Long+0.22

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Essity AB (publ)

Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products

Market cap$187.80B
Enterprise value$222.97B
Trailing P/E15.65x
Forward P/E20.98x
EV / EBITDA9.10x
P / S (ttm)1.37x
Profit margin8.8%
Return on equity14.0%
Revenue growth+2.6%
Earnings growth-10.3%
Debt / equity45.73
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX-0.14
Corr SPX-0.12
Annual vol19.2%
Annual ret-2.1%
Sharpe-0.11
Max DD-25.8%

Window: 504 trading days (490 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.39
Sector+0.02
Technical+0.00
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$276.40$278.50$276.30$277.40946.84K
Aug 12$278.00$278.20$275.30$275.30921.43K
Aug 11$280.30$281.10$278.00$278.00840.62K
Aug 10$282.20$282.60$278.80$280.90805.17K
Aug 7$281.20$283.50$280.80$282.20704.25K