Atlas Copco Expects Near-Term Demand to Remain at Current Level

By Dominic Chopping

STOCKHOLM--Atlas Copco said it expects near-term customer activity to remain at the current level as it announced a higher dividend payout for the year.

The Swedish industrial tool maker proposed an ordinary dividend of 3 kronor (34 U.S. cents) a share for 2025 plus an additional distribution of 2 kronor a share. That is up from the 3 kronor in total it paid in 2024.

It said net profit in the fourth quarter of 2025 fell to 6.62 billion kronor from 7.8 billion kronor a year earlier, as revenue dropped 7% to 42.78 billion kronor.

Analysts polled by FactSet had expected net profit of 7.01 billion kronor on revenue of 43.19 billion kronor.

The company's adjusted operating profit margin slipped to 20.5% from 21.8% in the same period a year prior.

Order intake for industrial compressors and volumes for vacuum equipment increased, with the latter rising notably, it said. Orders for industrial assembly equipment and vision solutions decreased somewhat, while power equipment orders weakened.

"Looking at the full-year summary for 2025 it reflects the year's geopolitical environment and the level of hesitancy that it entailed," Chief Executive Vagner Rego said. "Presently there are a number of external parameters we as a group can not entirely control."

The company received orders worth 38.61 billion kronor in the quarter, against a FactSet analyst forecast of 38.92 billion kronor.

Shares were down 0.7% in European midday trading.

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