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Description
Alfa Laval AB (publ) provides heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling products and solutions.
Business Segments
The company operates through four business segments: Energy, Food & Water, Marine, and Operations & Other.
Energy
The Energy seg…
Analysis
Middle-of-the-road
Alfa Laval AB (publ) is a middle-of-the-road business: neither the economics nor the price stand out from the peer group. One caution: reported profits have recently run ahead of actual cash, which we track closely.
The price is expensive. You pay 28.4× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically expensive zone. At today's price, the market is assuming roughly 11% yearly growth; analysts expect 8%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.
The trajectory is moderate and the balance sheet is sturdy. The company scores 18/20 on our value-creation score: strong value creator. Analyst sentiment is cautious.
What to watch: Reported profits have run ahead of actual cash for several periods. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.
360° rank · history
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Jan 202380
58
2023202420252026
All-time high
81
Jan 2023
All-time low
24
Sep 2025
Average rank
49
across all years
Detailed & Historical Ranks
Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.
Current202520242023
Price/Sales
22
15
19
24
Price/Earnings
28
30
27
40
Price/Book
28
31
29
38
Dividend Yield
49
39
33
39
Value (overall)
29
32
14
23
Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.