The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

SKF-B.ST

Concerning the House

AB SKF (publ) designs, manufactures, and sells bearings and units, seals, lubrication systems, condition monitoring, and services worldwide. It operates in two segments, Industrial and Automotive. The company offers rolling, mounted and housings, super-precision, slewing, plain, magnetic, and thin section bearings; industrial and automotive seals; lubricants, manual lubrication tools, lubricators, automatic lubrication systems, and lubrication system components; maintenance products, such as hydraulic, mechanical, and alignment tools, as well as heaters; belts, pulleys, chains, sprockets, bushings and hubs, couplings, and bolts and tightening systems; condition monitoring systems; test and measuring equipment, such as waviness and roundness analyzers, noise and vibration testers, and grease test rigs, as well as calibration with traceability, machine training and support, and upgrades and refurbishment services; and vehicle aftermarket products. It provides application engineering services consisting of technical consultancy, numerical simulation and design, and root cause analysis; asset management services, such as assessment and benchmarking, maintenance strategy review, spare parts and inventory management, and lubrication management; condition-based maintenance, including vibration analysis and diagnostics, thermography, lubrication analysis, and condition monitoring system installation; mechanical maintenance comprising mounting and dismounting, precision alignment, and balancing; remanufacturing and customization; and training solutions, which include instructor-led training, e-learning courses, and webinar recordings. It serves the aerospace, agriculture, automotive, construction, food and beverage, general machinery, machine tools, marine, material handling, metals, mining, mineral processing, ocean energy, pulp and paper, railways, and wind industries. The company was incorporated in 1907 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Sweden · www.skf.com

The Ledger
LineMar 2025Jun 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026
Revenue$23.97B$23.17B$21.97B$21.87B
Gross profit$7.14B$5.64B$5.65B$6.41B
Operating income$2.88B$1.30B$1.56B$2.64B
Net income$1.80B$516.00M$568.00M$1.63B
Diluted EPS3.951.131.253.57
Free cash flow$60.00M$1.89B$1.74B-$1.22B
CapEx-$917.00M-$931.00M-$1.02B-$772.00M
Quotation

$259.50

-1.10 (-0.4%)

52w hi$266.50
52w lo$207.28
Vol541.61K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.04

Short-0.09
Medium+0.05
Long+0.27

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

AB SKF (publ)

Industrials · Tools & Accessories

Market cap$119.04B
Enterprise value$128.60B
Trailing P/E26.42x
Forward P/E14.57x
EV / EBITDA12.37x
P / S (ttm)1.33x
Profit margin5.0%
Return on equity8.3%
Revenue growth+0.1%
Earnings growth+145.1%
Debt / equity34.36
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.47
Corr SPX0.27
Annual vol28.7%
Annual ret+13.6%
Sharpe0.47
Max DD-32.3%

Window: 504 trading days (490 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.32
Sector+0.07
Technical+0.00
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$259.50$261.60$259.30541.61K
Aug 12$261.50$261.50$258.80$259.50662.27K
Aug 11$260.80$262.20$258.70$260.60590.19K
Aug 10$262.00$262.10$259.70$261.40588.37K
Aug 7$261.00$262.50$258.50$261.80746.87K