Bufab AB (publ) (BFAAF) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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SA Transcripts159.41K FollowersFollow5ShareSaveCommentsFollow us on Google for the latest stock newsFollow Seeking Alpha on Google for the latest stock newsPlay Earnings CallPlay Earnings Call Bufab AB (publ) (BFAAF) Q1 2026 Earnings Call April 23, 2026 3:00 AM EDT Company Participants Erik Lunden - CEO & PresidentMarcus Andersson - CFO & Head of Investor Relations Conference Call Participants Jonny Jin - SEB, Research DivisionHenric Hintze - ABG Sundal Collier Holding ASA, Research DivisionZino Engdalen Ricciuti - Handelsbanken Capital Markets AB, Research Division Presentation Erik LundenCEO & President Good morning, and good afternoon, everyone, and a warm welcome to this Q1 report from Bufab. My name is Erik Lunden, President and CEO of Bufab Group. And together with me here, I have Marcus Soderberg, our Group CFO. This presentation will be recorded and by attending to the meeting, you agree to the recording. I will start this presentation to give you the highlights of the quarter. After that, I will leave the word over to Marcus for some financial highlights. Then I will take you through the different regions' performance. And at the end, we will have time for sum up and Q&A. If we start then with the highlights of the quarter, I would say that it's a good quarter from our side. I'm overall very pleased with our performance. We delivered organic growth and clear improvements in both gross margin and operating margin. I think we execute very well on our strategy with a clear focus on improved value creation for our customers through our offering and also solutions, and this work has clearly started to pay off in the quarter. The organic growth was 2.2% with positive development in 3 of the 5 regions, driven by mainly higher volumes. The underlying demand remained cautious in the market. We saw good demand in industries like energy, agriculture and food and defense, while demand in construction, furniture and interior design continued to be on a low level.