Financial information

We report our financial results each quarter, four times per year, and our Annual Report and Sustainability Report is published in March.

Södra’s interim report July – September 2020

Net sales, SEK 4,925 million (5,391)
Operating profit before depreciation, amortisation and impairment, SEK 415 million (858)
Operating profit, SEK 93 million (512)
Operating margin, 2 % (9)
Cash flow after investments was SEK 746 million (894)
Return on capital employed, 3 % (16)
Equity ratio, 57 % (58)

Watch the video that summarises Södra's third quarter of 2020.

April 2020:

Q1 - 23 April.

July 2020:

Q2 - 16 July.

October 2020:

Q3 - 22 October.

Februari 2021:

Q4 2020/Year-end report - February 2021.

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Key indicators
	2019	2018	2017	2016*	2015	2014
Net sales, SEK million	23,183	24,230	20,518	18,482	18,267	17,339
Operating profit before depreciation, amortisation and impairment, SEK million	3,897	5,654	3,009	1,887	3,146	2,552
Operating profit/loss, SEK million	2,582	4,508	1,917	979	2,162	1,516
Return on capital employed, %	12	24	12	7	17	13
Equity ratio, %	59	59	56	54	62	61
Cash flow after investing activities, SEK million	2,227	-142	356	-1,581	218	267
Dividends, SEK million	1,068	1,795	868	602	1,002	553
No. of employees	3,150	3,141	3,402	3,594	3,599	3,524
Affiliated forest area, 1,000 hectares		2,591	2,517	2,481	2,440	2,392
Wood volume, million m³sub		16,5	15.9	15.0	15.1	15.3
CO₂ fossil from production, ktonnes	70	103	80	99	87	131
CO₂ fossil from transportation, ktonnes	207	196	191	199	193	210
Rate of forest growth, m³fo/ha per year	7.1	6.7	6.9	6.9	6.6	6.9
Lost-time accidents (LTA**), no. of	62	77	94	94	75	104
Lost-time accident rate (LTAR***)	12	15	17	16	13	18


* As of 2017, the accounting policy for Södra Cell’s planned maintenance shutdowns has changed so that the cost is charged to the profit and loss statement for the current year, rather than being capitalised and subsequently amortised over the period until the next maintenance shutdown. See note 6. LTA (lost time accidents): occupational injuries with absence. * LTAR (lost time accident rate): the number of occupational injuries with absence per million hours worked.

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