Ericsson's third quarter prints 7 percent organic sales growth

The release at 05:00 GMT

Ericsson's press release of October 15, 2026, timed 05:00 GMT, reports third-quarter sales of SEK 59.5 billion, against SEK 56.2 billion a year earlier, up 6 percent. The more precise sales figure in the tables is SEK 59.478 billion. Organic sales rose 7 percent, mainly in Networks, across three of four market areas. The networking desk is Asked directly, What else does the release print? Net income SEK 5.8 billion, diluted earnings per share SEK 1.77, free cash flow before M&A of SEK 4.9 billion, and net cash of SEK 60.7 billion. Prior-year earnings per share included SEK 1.72 from a divestment gain.Networking.

Margins, with the gain left visible

Adjusted gross margin was 47.7 percent, against 48.1 percent. Reported gross margin was 47.1 percent. Adjusted EBITA was SEK 10.1 billion, a 17.0 percent margin, against SEK 15.8 billion and 28.1 percent a year earlier. That earlier margin included a SEK 7.6 billion capital gain. Reported EBITA was SEK 9.2 billion, a 15.5 percent margin. Stripping the gain is required before anyone calls the margin down by half. The paper is The document named in the sources is the record this page will keep.Futureweb.

Cash and the per-share line

Net income was SEK 5.8 billion, SEK 5.797 billion in the table. Diluted earnings per share were SEK 1.77. A year earlier, earnings per share included SEK 1.72 from a divestment gain. Free cash flow before mergers and acquisitions was SEK 4.9 billion. Net cash was SEK 60.7 billion. Those are the release's figures, in kronor. Hardware is Asked directly, Why are there no dollar figures here? A market page mixed kronor and implausible dollar conversions. This brief stays in the SEK the release prints. Cision is a mirror of the same release, not a second set of books.Hardware.

The flat-market headline

RCR Wireless headlined the same morning as a retooling in a flat market. The release prints 7 percent organic growth. A market can feel flat to a reporter and still show organic growth in the company's own table, especially if the growth is concentrated in Networks and in three of four areas. This page will not edit 7 percent down to flat. Software is The document named in the sources is the record this page will keep.Software.

Cision is the mirror

The Cision copy is Ericsson's release under another URL. It is not an independent audit. Two URLs and one set of figures. RCR is the outside account, and its job in this brief is the headline tension, not a replacement table. Energy is Asked directly, What is the organic figure? Plus 7 percent, which Ericsson says came mainly from Networks and from three of four market areas. Reported sales rose 6 percent, to SEK 59.5 billion from SEK 56.2 billion.Energy.

No dollar conversion

A transcript page elsewhere mixed SEK with dollar figures that do not survive a unit check. Those dollars are not repeated. A component-cost warning, if it appears on a call, is management's outlook and would need the transcript this page is not using as a source. The story that is sourced is the quarterly table. Privacy is Asked directly, What does the RCR headline say instead? That Ericsson is retooling in a flat market. The release prints 7 percent organic growth. A flat-market headline and a 7 percent organic line are not the same claim.Privacy.

What BGP has to do with it

Very little. Ericsson sells the equipment that carries traffic between networks. What BGP carries is the standing question of how networks exchange routes. It is not the dependency of a quarterly sales print. The link is there so a reader does not think this brief is a routing incident. That brief is Asked directly, Why is the margin comparison easy to misread? Adjusted gross margin was 47.7 percent, against 48.1 percent. Adjusted EBITA was SEK 10.1 billion, a 17.0 percent margin, against a year-earlier 28.1 percent that included a SEK 7.6 billion capital gain. Reported EBITA was SEK 9.2 billion, a 15.5 percent margin.what BGP carries.

Three of four is the geography

Ericsson says the organic growth showed up in three of four market areas, mainly Networks. The release does not, in the lines this page is using, name a single country as the whole of the 7 percent. A reader who wants the area table has the release. This brief stops at the sentence Ericsson put in the summary. Open source is The document named in the sources is the record this page will keep. The document named in the sources is the record this page will keep.Open Source.

How to say it in one line

Sales up 6 percent as reported, 7 percent organic, margins softer once last year's gain is left in last year, and a headline that says the market is flat. The document to keep is the release. Mobile is The short answer this page will stand on is this: Reported sales of SEK 59.5 billion, against SEK 56.2 billion a year earlier, up 6 percent. Organic sales rose 7 percent, mainly in Networks, in three of four market areas. Adjusted gross margin was 47.7 percent, compared with 48.1 percent. Net income was SEK 5.8 billion.Mobile.