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Alfa Laval AB (publ) ALFA.ST
Alfa Laval AB (publ) (ALFA.ST) earns a Piotroski F-score of 7/9 (strong financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 1.47% (safety: moderate). FY2025 revenue was kr 69.7B at a 11.9% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-09 | Barclays | Underweight (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
How it ranks in Industrials · percentile among 186 companies
Percentile vs other Industrials companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 7/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.067 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.449 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.12 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.798 |
About Alfa Laval AB (publ)
Alfa Laval AB (publ) provides heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling products and solutions worldwide. The company operates through three divisions: Energy, Food & Pharma, and Ocean. It offers ballast water management systems; oil/gas-fired steam and composite steam boilers, exhaust gas economizers, electric steam boilers, and exhaust gas steam boilers; and exhaust gas cleaning products, as well as decanters and separators. The company also provides sensing and control, cleaning validation, and condition monitoring automation products; hygienic fittings, hygienic tubes, ultrapure fittings, and ultrapure tubes; agitators, tank mixers, and powder mixers; and centrifugal pumps, circumferential piston pumps, rotary lobe pumps, twin screws, three screw pumps, gear pumps, and reciprocating pumps. In addition, it offers rotary jet heads, rotary spray heads, wall mounted cleaning devices for tank cleaning, and static spray balls; and tank covers and accessories, as well as valves. Further, the company provides plate heat exchangers, air cooled heat exchangers, scraped surface heat exchangers, and tubular heat exchangers. It serves energy and utilities, home and personal care, food, dairy and beverage, marine and transportation, pharma and biotech, and water and wastewater industries. Alfa Laval AB (publ) was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Lund, Sweden.
FAQ
Is ALFA.ST financially healthy?
Alfa Laval AB (publ)'s Piotroski F-score is 7/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does ALFA.ST pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Alfa Laval AB (publ) pays a dividend yielding about 1.47% with a 42.5% payout ratio, rated “moderate” for safety.
How profitable is ALFA.ST?
In FY2025, Alfa Laval AB (publ) had a net margin of 11.9% and a return on equity of 19.1%.
Is ALFA.ST overvalued or undervalued?
Alfa Laval AB (publ) trades at about 28.9× trailing earnings — near its 10-year norm (10-year range 25.1×–30.0×, median 27.7×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for ALFA.ST?
The average Wall-Street price target for Alfa Laval AB (publ) is kr 552.00, about 4.6% below the recent price, from 17 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is ALFA.ST a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Alfa Laval AB (publ): a Piotroski F-score of 7/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 28.9×, a dividend yield of 1.47%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · SE · as of 2025-12-31. Figures in SEK. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.