Financials

Our targets

Atlas Copco Group sets ambitious targets to deliver sustainable, profitable growth. The targets have different time horizons: annual, three-year, over a business cycle, and by 2030 for the more long-term ambitions. 

Financial targets

REVENUES

8% average growth per year over a business cycle

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RETURNS

Sustained high return on capital employed (ROCE)

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DIVIDEND

Distribute about 50% of net profit in annual dividend

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Annual revenue growth rate, average1)
Capital employed and return1)
Dividend/earnings per share, average including discontinued operations2)
Graph showing Atlas Copco Group's annual revenue growth rate, average
Graph showing Atlas Copco Group capital employed and return
Dividend/earnings per share, average graph

1) Figures for the years between 2014 and 2017 are best estimated numbers, as the effects of the distribution of Epiroc and restatements for IFRS 15 are not fully reconciled.

  • Blue bars: Capital employed, MSEK 
  • Yellow line: Return on capital employed, %

2) Dividend for the fiscal year 2023 is based on the proposal from the Board of Directors.

Dividend policy history
–2003                 30–40% of earnings
2003–2011        40–50% of earnings
2011–                 about 50% of earnings

Sustainability targets

Sustainability plays a central role in the Group’s vision and is an integral part of the mission. An integrated sustainable strategy, backed by ambitious targets, helps the company deliver greater value to all stakeholders in a way that is economically, environmentally and socially responsible.

Sustainability targets