# Beijer Ref (BEIJ-B.ST)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/BEIJ-B.ST

Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z. Financial observations: FY2002–FY2025.

Listing currency: SEK. Reporting currency: SEK.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: SEK 147.90 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low SEK 65.10 per share, central SEK 88.58 per share, high SEK 103.28 per share. Buy at or below the central value SEK 88.58 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 7.2% at the stated quote. About 7.2% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; SE 10-year bond 3.1% + 4 points).

## Checklist

### understandable: pass

- 1 revenue decline in the last 10 years (informational)

- Financial history: 10 years

- Years with declining revenue: 1

- Years with a net loss: 0

- Operating margin variation: 0.13×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 0.07×

- FY2017: 0.07×

- FY2018: 0.08×

- FY2019: 0.08×

- FY2020: 0.07×

- FY2021: 0.08×

- FY2022: 0.08×

- FY2023: 0.10×

- FY2024: 0.10×

- FY2025: 0.10×

### moat: fail

- Recent gross margin fell 21.3pp below the typical margin (limit 4pp)

- ROIC, median of available years: 15.1%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: 13.5%

- Typical minus recent gross margin: 21.3 pp

- Typical gross margin (annual median): 30.4%

- Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 9.1%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 0

- Capital spending / revenue: 1.1%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 8.7%

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 12.2%

- FY2017: 15.0%

- FY2018: 17.4%

- FY2019: 15.8%

- FY2020: 13.7%

- FY2021: 15.0%

- FY2022: 15.6%

- FY2023: 16.6%

- FY2024: 13.5%

- FY2025: 15.2%

### economics: pass

- Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 1.02×

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: SEK 9.3B

- Net income, five-year total: SEK 9.2B

- Return on incremental invested capital: 28.4%

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: 0.6 pp

- Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: 3.6 pp

- Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 36.7%

Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations.

- FY2021: 0.98×

- FY2022: 0.99×

- FY2023: 1.01×

- FY2024: 1.02×

- FY2025: 1.05×

### management: fail

- Historical market-dollar context (not the management verdict): 2016 to 2025 (9 years)

- potential debt-funded buybacks (informational)

- buybacks leaned toward cheaper years (informational)

- ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: 15.0% vs 15.2%

- Per-share earnings: 1.02 to 4.56 (three-year endpoint medians)

- five-year and ten-year diluted share growth both above threshold

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 10-year annual growth: 2.9%

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: 6.0%

- Market cap gain: SEK 68B

- Cumulative retained earnings: SEK 7.0B

- Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 2.9%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 6.0%

- $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2016

- $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2025

- Per-share value growth: 20.6%

- Per-share value change: SEK 3.55

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: SEK 1.02

- Per-share value, ending three-year median: SEK 4.56

- Buybacks concentrated in cheaper years (correlation): 0.30

- Average buyback yield: 0.2%

- Buyback history: 5 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: Yes

- Acquisition spending: SEK 19B

- Cumulative net income, 10 years: SEK 12B

- ROIC, first three-year median: 15.0%

- ROIC, last three-year median: 15.2%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: SEK 1.02

- FY2017: SEK 1.34

- FY2018: SEK 2.02

- FY2019: SEK 2.08

- FY2020: SEK 1.89

- FY2021: SEK 2.33

- FY2022: SEK 3.00

- FY2023: SEK 4.69

- FY2024: SEK 4.39

- FY2025: SEK 4.56

### accounting: pass

- Sloan accruals: -4.2%

- Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 1.02×

- Restructuring years, last five: 0

- Stock compensation / operating cash flow: 0.0%

- Earnings backed by cash: Yes

- Operating cash / earnings: 1.81×

- Accounting red flags: 0

- Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.87×

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 4.7%

- FY2017: 0.1%

- FY2018: 0.8%

- FY2019: -3.5%

- FY2020: -5.3%

- FY2021: 5.8%

- FY2022: 5.3%

- FY2023: 1.6%

- FY2024: -1.8%

- FY2025: -4.2%

## Holders

## Price story

Price needs cash profits to grow 12.4% a year for ten years · sales +3.9%

Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:07.630Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

Price needs cash profits to grow 12.4% a year for ten years

### Sales · FY2024–2025

sales +3.9%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16.

- FY2016: SEK 9.0B 

- FY2017: SEK 9.8B 

- FY2018: SEK 13B 

- FY2019: SEK 15B 

- FY2020: SEK 14B 

- FY2021: SEK 17B 

- FY2022: SEK 23B 

- FY2023: SEK 32B 

- FY2024: SEK 36B 

- FY2025: SEK 37B 

### Gross margin · FY2025

gross margin 9.1%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16.

- FY2016: 30.1% 

- FY2017: 30.5% 

- FY2018: 31.8% 

- FY2019: 31.5% 

- FY2020: 30.3% 

- FY2021: 29.8% 

- FY2022: 30.2% 

- FY2023: 32.1% 

- FY2024: 32.3% 

- FY2025: 9.1% 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Operates in industrial distribution; annual sales are SEK 37.1 billion.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); FY2025: revenue 37067000000; grossProfit 3364000000; margin = grossProfit / revenue.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); BEIJ-B.ST: Beijer Ref AB (publ), together with its subsidiaries, provides commercial and industrial refrigeration, heating, and air conditioning products worldwide. It provides commercial refrigeration systems, which are used in shops, catering, cafes, hotels, and small refrigerated warehouses; and central refrigeration systems, freezer, and refrigeration plants for modern food retailing, as well as for a range of applications, including ice rinks, food processing, manufacturing, and offshore industries. The company also offers HVAC or comfort cooling and heating products, such as products for climate control and ventilation in homes, offices, and shops; and provides air-to-water heat pumps, as well as produces chillers and heat pumps based on natural refrigerants, such as carbon dioxide, ammonia, and propane. The company distributes products through its branch network and logistics centers in EMEA, APAC, and North America regions. The company was formerly known as G & L Beijer AB (publ) and changed its name to Beijer Ref AB (publ) in 2014. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Malmö, Sweden.

### Why customers stay

Margins ranged from 9.1% to 32.3% during 2023–25; it earns 15.1% on its capital.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); FY2023: grossProfit / revenue = 32.1%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 32.3%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 9.1%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); 10-year return on capital observations [[2016,0.12183396782669353],[2017,0.1501491193519524],[2018,0.17379743645743403],[2019,0.15817172199942045],[2020,0.13704357665877342],[2021,0.15009592283275544],[2022,0.1562335563938136],[2023,0.16559614316675103],[2024,0.13515151452197624],[2025,0.15181951520805864]]; median 0.15098431728000553. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Where the cash goes

Paid dividends in 10 of 10 years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); FY2016: growth capex 18136000; upkeep 77963000; owner earnings 388843000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.04664093220142834.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); FY2017: growth capex 1714000; upkeep 85364000; owner earnings 511271000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.0033524295334568166.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); FY2018: growth capex 56152000; upkeep 104411000; owner earnings 769340000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.07298723581251462.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); FY2019: growth capex 57813000; upkeep 106507000; owner earnings 655657800. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.08817556963403776.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); FY2020: growth capex 0; upkeep 185822000; owner earnings 731142000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); FY2021: growth capex 0; upkeep 202072000; owner earnings 955630200. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); FY2022: growth capex 0; upkeep 220000000; owner earnings 1236200000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); FY2023: growth capex 0; upkeep 360000000; owner earnings 2407800000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); FY2024: growth capex 0; upkeep 445000000; owner earnings 2278800000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 421000000; owner earnings 2438400000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); Dividend observations: [[2016,222553000],[2017,233151000],[2018,243748000],[2019,379610000],[2020,221439000],[2021,379954000],[2022,425000000],[2023,477000000],[2024,700000000],[2025,710000000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

### Are managers owners

Insiders own 0.1% of the company.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); BEIJ-B.ST SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 0.136 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16.

### What the price says

The price assumes cash profits grow 12.4% yearly over ten years; actual growth was 17.1%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:31.355Z); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate 0.16512259026904574. Price 147.9; FX 1; discount 0.1; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03. FY2015 owner earnings/share 0.9847730883904288 → FY2025 4.787042944785276. Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

## Monthly share-price history (SEK per share)

- 2016-11: SEK 22.38 per share

- 2016-12: SEK 21.98 per share

- 2017-01: SEK 21.57 per share

- 2017-02: SEK 23.25 per share

- 2017-03: SEK 23.60 per share

- 2017-04: SEK 22.74 per share

- 2017-05: SEK 23.30 per share

- 2017-06: SEK 23.71 per share

- 2017-07: SEK 24.67 per share

- 2017-08: SEK 25.49 per share

- 2017-09: SEK 26.96 per share

- 2017-10: SEK 29.71 per share

- 2017-11: SEK 30.67 per share

- 2017-12: SEK 32.20 per share

- 2018-01: SEK 34.80 per share

- 2018-02: SEK 32.66 per share

- 2018-03: SEK 35.20 per share

- 2018-04: SEK 41.27 per share

- 2018-05: SEK 45.02 per share

- 2018-06: SEK 49.57 per share

- 2018-07: SEK 58.60 per share

- 2018-08: SEK 58.04 per share

- 2018-09: SEK 56.97 per share

- 2018-10: SEK 44.13 per share

- 2018-11: SEK 47.44 per share

- 2018-12: SEK 44.53 per share

- 2019-01: SEK 41.86 per share

- 2019-02: SEK 45.51 per share

- 2019-03: SEK 45.63 per share

- 2019-04: SEK 61.29 per share

- 2019-05: SEK 64.10 per share

- 2019-06: SEK 68.37 per share

- 2019-07: SEK 65.50 per share

- 2019-08: SEK 67.15 per share

- 2019-09: SEK 68.31 per share

- 2019-10: SEK 79.48 per share

- 2019-11: SEK 75.51 per share

- 2019-12: SEK 83.87 per share

- 2020-01: SEK 88.51 per share

- 2020-02: SEK 79.17 per share

- 2020-03: SEK 54.57 per share

- 2020-04: SEK 61.90 per share

- 2020-05: SEK 85.16 per share

- 2020-06: SEK 85.89 per share

- 2020-07: SEK 104.51 per share

- 2020-08: SEK 105.00 per share

- 2020-09: SEK 90.41 per share

- 2020-10: SEK 75.02 per share

- 2020-11: SEK 89.73 per share

- 2020-12: SEK 114.89 per share

- 2021-01: SEK 106.09 per share

- 2021-02: SEK 109.09 per share

- 2021-03: SEK 117.14 per share

- 2021-04: SEK 120.41 per share

- 2021-05: SEK 131.58 per share

- 2021-06: SEK 139.64 per share

- 2021-07: SEK 166.47 per share

- 2021-08: SEK 181.48 per share

- 2021-09: SEK 159.69 per share

- 2021-10: SEK 161.52 per share

- 2021-11: SEK 163.90 per share

- 2021-12: SEK 181.21 per share

- 2022-01: SEK 147.70 per share

- 2022-02: SEK 131.58 per share

- 2022-03: SEK 156.94 per share

- 2022-04: SEK 147.42 per share

- 2022-05: SEK 142.20 per share

- 2022-06: SEK 128.10 per share

- 2022-07: SEK 147.15 per share

- 2022-08: SEK 126.73 per share

- 2022-09: SEK 125.90 per share

- 2022-10: SEK 156.85 per share

- 2022-11: SEK 164.82 per share

- 2022-12: SEK 134.69 per share

- 2023-01: SEK 147.15 per share

- 2023-02: SEK 162.80 per share

- 2023-03: SEK 181.70 per share

- 2023-04: SEK 167.40 per share

- 2023-05: SEK 160.50 per share

- 2023-06: SEK 137.60 per share

- 2023-07: SEK 143.20 per share

- 2023-08: SEK 125.80 per share

- 2023-09: SEK 115.50 per share

- 2023-10: SEK 105.70 per share

- 2023-11: SEK 116.10 per share

- 2023-12: SEK 134.90 per share

- 2024-01: SEK 142.80 per share

- 2024-02: SEK 145.60 per share

- 2024-03: SEK 159.00 per share

- 2024-04: SEK 158.45 per share

- 2024-05: SEK 170.15 per share

- 2024-06: SEK 163.50 per share

- 2024-07: SEK 170.00 per share

- 2024-08: SEK 176.70 per share

- 2024-09: SEK 166.95 per share

- 2024-10: SEK 159.85 per share

- 2024-11: SEK 172.00 per share

- 2024-12: SEK 163.10 per share

- 2025-01: SEK 165.00 per share

- 2025-02: SEK 160.50 per share

- 2025-03: SEK 140.60 per share

- 2025-04: SEK 147.20 per share

- 2025-05: SEK 141.50 per share

- 2025-06: SEK 149.35 per share

- 2025-07: SEK 164.40 per share

- 2025-08: SEK 160.90 per share

- 2025-09: SEK 146.65 per share

- 2025-10: SEK 150.60 per share

- 2025-11: SEK 150.35 per share

- 2025-12: SEK 149.10 per share

- 2026-01: SEK 126.85 per share

- 2026-02: SEK 141.65 per share

- 2026-03: SEK 128.80 per share

- 2026-04: SEK 129.20 per share

- 2026-05: SEK 128.70 per share

- 2026-06: SEK 142.00 per share

- 2026-07: SEK 134.00 per share

- 2026-08: SEK 138.60 per share

- 2026-09: SEK 149.30 per share

- 2026-10: SEK 146.10 per share

## Annual estimated value (SEK per share)

- FY2016: low SEK 13.72 per share, central SEK 18.32 per share, high SEK 21.39 per share

- FY2017: low SEK 15.07 per share, central SEK 19.18 per share, high SEK 22.26 per share

- FY2018: low SEK 21.94 per share, central SEK 29.66 per share, high SEK 34.49 per share

- FY2019: low SEK 22.99 per share, central SEK 32.33 per share, high SEK 37.77 per share

- FY2020: low SEK 28.36 per share, central SEK 39.53 per share, high SEK 46.04 per share

- FY2021: low SEK 30.00 per share, central SEK 42.11 per share, high SEK 49.19 per share

- FY2022: low SEK 43.02 per share, central SEK 60.36 per share, high SEK 70.46 per share

- FY2023: low SEK 48.81 per share, central SEK 67.36 per share, high SEK 78.61 per share

- FY2024: low SEK 58.06 per share, central SEK 80.00 per share, high SEK 93.12 per share

- FY2025: low SEK 66.43 per share, central SEK 89.74 per share, high SEK 104.35 per share

Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year

Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year

Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates

## Sources

Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.
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Beijer Ref

BEIJ-B · ST

STOXX Europe 600

Not a wonderful business

2 quality tests fail. A lower price would not fix the business.

Share price
SEK 147.90
Buy up to
SEK 88.58
Expected / yr
7.2% at today's price (10.0% at central value)

The business

How it makes money
Why customers stay
Where the cash goes
Are managers owners
What the price says

1. Is this a good business?

Evidence only; not required for Buy

Margins varied 13.1% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).

10y median
8.3%
Worst year
6.6%
Latest · 2025
9.8%

Gross margin fell 21.3 percentage points (limit 4).

10y median
15.1%
Worst year
12.2%
Latest · 2025
15.2%

Each $1 of profit left $1.02 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80).

Five-year totals
1.02×
Annual median
1.01×
Latest · 2025
1.05×

Share growth was 2.9% over ten years and 6% over five (either must be at most 1% a year).

10y median
SEK 2.20
Worst year
SEK 1.02
Latest · 2025
SEK 4.56

Profits were backed by cash: accruals were -4.2% of assets (limit 10%).

10y median
0.5%
Worst year
5.8%
Latest · 2025
-4.2%

Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 8.4%, three-year average owner earnings per share 4.68 SEK.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value rangeSEK 65.10 – SEK 103.28
Buy at or belowCentral value SEK 88.58
Discount to value1 − 147.90 / 88.58 = -67.0%
Return / yearAbout 7.2% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%)
Cash-flow inputsOwner cash SEK 4.68/share; 6.8% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash SEK 3.51/share today.
Required return10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value
RevenueSEK 37B
37B020162025
FY2016 · Revenue: SEK 9.0B; FY2017 · Revenue: SEK 9.8B; FY2018 · Revenue: SEK 13B; FY2019 · Revenue: SEK 15B; FY2020 · Revenue: SEK 14B; FY2021 · Revenue: SEK 17B; FY2022 · Revenue: SEK 23B; FY2023 · Revenue: SEK 32B; FY2024 · Revenue: SEK 36B; FY2025 · Revenue: SEK 37B
Revenue
Owner earningsSEK 2.4B
2.4B020162025
FY2016 · Owner earnings: SEK 389M; FY2017 · Owner earnings: SEK 511M; FY2018 · Owner earnings: SEK 769M; FY2019 · Owner earnings: SEK 656M; FY2020 · Owner earnings: SEK 731M; FY2021 · Owner earnings: SEK 956M; FY2022 · Owner earnings: SEK 1.2B; FY2023 · Owner earnings: SEK 2.4B; FY2024 · Owner earnings: SEK 2.3B; FY2025 · Owner earnings: SEK 2.4B
Owner earnings
Operating margin9.8%
10.0%0.0%20162025
FY2016 · Operating margin: 6.6%; FY2017 · Operating margin: 7.4%; FY2018 · Operating margin: 8.3%; FY2019 · Operating margin: 8.3%; FY2020 · Operating margin: 7.4%; FY2021 · Operating margin: 8.0%; FY2022 · Operating margin: 8.4%; FY2023 · Operating margin: 9.8%; FY2024 · Operating margin: 10.0%; FY2025 · Operating margin: 9.8%
Operating margin
Net cash / debtSEK -9.5B
1.00-9.6B20162025
FY2016 · Net cash / debt: SEK -1.7B; FY2017 · Net cash / debt: SEK -1.5B; FY2018 · Net cash / debt: SEK -2.4B; FY2019 · Net cash / debt: SEK -3.1B; FY2020 · Net cash / debt: SEK -2.8B; FY2021 · Net cash / debt: SEK -4.4B; FY2022 · Net cash / debt: SEK -7.1B; FY2023 · Net cash / debt: SEK -8.3B; FY2024 · Net cash / debt: SEK -9.6B; FY2025 · Net cash / debt: SEK -9.5B
Net cash / debt
Diluted shares509M
509M020162025
FY2016 · Diluted shares: 382M; FY2017 · Diluted shares: 382M; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 381M; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 416M; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 381M; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 420M; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 415M; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 507M; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 507M; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 509M
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2025