For the quarter ended December 2025, Autoliv, Inc. (ALV) reported revenue of $2.82 billion, up 7.7% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $3.19, compared to $3.05 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.76 billion, representing a surprise of +2.25%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +11.75%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.86.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Autoliv performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Organic change - Airbags, Steering Wheels and Other: 5.1% versus 0% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Organic change - Total: 4.2% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 2.9%.
- Organic change - Seatbelt Products and Other: 2.2% versus -2.4% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Net Sales- Americas: $841 million compared to the $867.08 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +7% year over year.
- Net Sales- Europe: $779 million versus $722.01 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +9% change.
- Net Sales- Asia excl. China: $552 million versus $561.65 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4.7% change.
- Net Sales- China: $645 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $601.73 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.9%.
- Net Sales- Seatbelt Products and Other: $910 million compared to the $933.81 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +6.3% year over year.
- Net Sales- Airbags, Steering Wheels and Other: $1.91 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $1.82 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +8.4%.
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Shares of Autoliv have returned +6.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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