profit from every SEK 100 of sales.
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Essity
SEK 286.50-1.72% today
+8.9% in 1 year
1-year low SEK 241.301-year high SEK 292.50
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay SEK 15.23 for every SEK 1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Essity sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from SEK 131 billion in 2022 to SEK 138 billion in 2025, with SEK 12.7 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Essity handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks SEK 3.2BSEK 5.7B
Free cash flow 2025SEK 8.4B
Bought back its own sharesSEK 3.2B
Paid as dividendsSEK 5.7B
Cash vs. debtSEK 8.5B vs. SEK 37.2B
Essity vs. similar companies
Essity grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from SEK 100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per SEK 1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essity | 15.2× · Fair price | ||
 Procter & Gamble | 24.2× · Fair price | ||
 L'Oréal | 38.9× · Expensive | ||
 Unilever | 13.5× · Cheap | ||
 Colgate-Palmolive | 36.5× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Essity's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of SEK | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131,320 | 147,147 | 145,546 | 138,494 | |
| 32,026 | 43,171 | 47,134 | 46,122 | |
| 8,999 | 16,401 | 18,673 | 18,579 | |
| 17,563 | 23,407 | 26,139 | 25,900 | |
| 5,567 | 9,554 | 20,888 | 12,656 | |
| 7.93 | 13.60 | 29.83 | 18.37 | |
| 24.4% | 29.3% | 32.4% | 33.3% | |
| 6.9% | 11.1% | 12.8% | 13.4% | |
| 4.2% | 6.5% | 14.4% | 9.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of SEK | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 210,600 | 202,993 | 185,284 | 167,116 |
| Cash | 4,288 | 5,159 | 10,962 | 8,487 |
| Total debt | 66,578 | 55,820 | 43,777 | 37,204 |
| Total liabilities | 134,036 | 123,588 | 96,543 | 81,076 |
| 67,346 | 70,846 | 88,314 | 85,625 | |
| 702 | 702 | 700 | 689 | |
| 5.1% | 9.7% | 11.2% | 12.1% | |
| 8.3% | 13.5% | 23.7% | 14.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of SEK | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,874 | 21,568 | 16,801 | 15,459 | |
| 5,416 | 6,850 | 7,396 | 7,090 | |
| 7,458 | 14,718 | 9,405 | 8,369 | |
| Dividends paid | 4,916 | 5,092 | 5,443 | 5,711 |
| 0 | 0 | 2,224 | 3,160 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 15.2×
- –
- 0.47
- 2.1×
- 1.4×
- 23.0×
- 8.6×
- 4.3%
- 6.6%
- 3.0%
Profitability
- 33.3%
- 13.4%
- 9.1%
- –
- 12.1%
- 9.5%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +1.8%
- +32.3%
- –
- –
- −0.6%
Financial health
- 1.1×
- 0.43
- –
- 11.8×
- 1.33
- –
- –
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 35%of 670
Top 37%of 674
Top 36%of 624
Bottom 27%of 673
Bottom 45%of 668
3.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$30a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
45.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 68.2%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
52No pass
Benjamin Graham
64Pass
Philip Fisher
60Pass
Peter Lynch
80Pass
Joel Greenblatt
44No pass
Charlie Munger
44No pass
Terry Smith
33No pass
Questions about Essity
Is Essity a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Essity AI analysis
What does Essity do?
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. It is in Household & Personal Products, based in Stockholm, Sweden, with 36,000 employees.
Does Essity pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.0% a year, about 45% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out SEK 5.71 billion in dividends.
Is Essity stock halal?
Yes. Essity passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 19% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Essity stock done over the past year?
Up 8.9% over the past twelve months, to SEK 286.50. It traded between SEK 241.30 and SEK 292.50 and is 2.1% below its high.
Who are Essity's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Procter & Gamble, L'Oréal, Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Essity's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.