Operating profit amounted to SEK 5.3 billion, compared with SEK 4.3 billion during the first quarter of 2020. Analysts had on average expected an operating profit of SEK 5 billion, according to data from Refinitiv.
The quarter's sales amounted to SEK 49.8 billion, compared with SEK 49.8 billion a year earlier.
The average forecast for sales was SEK 53.4 billion, according to Refinitiv.