Essity B (ESSITY-B) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What ESSITY-B does

Essity B (ESSITY-B) develops, produces, and sells hygiene and health products and services in Europe, North and Latin America, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Health & Medical, Consumer Goods, and Professional Hygiene. The Health & Medical segment offers incontinence products, wound care, compression therapy, orthopedics, skincare products, and digital solutions with sensor technology under brands such as TENA, Leukoplast, JOBST, Actimove, Cutimed, Delta-Cast, AquaCast Liner, and Hydrofera to family carers, professional caregivers, patients, and consumers through pharmacies, medical device stores, hospitals, distributors, care institutions, and e-commerce. The Consumer Goods segment provides pads, panty liners, tampons, diapers, wet wipes, shampoos, lotions, baby oil, skin creams, intimate soaps, intimate wipes, leakproof apparel, menstrual cups, toilet papers, household towels, handkerchiefs, facial tissues, and napkins under brands such as TENA, Knix, Modibodi, Libero, Lotus, Libresse, Bodyform, Nana, Saba, Nosotras, TOM Organic, Tempo, Zewa, Cushelle, Plenty, Regio, and Familia through retail trade and e-commerce. Essity B (ESSITY-B) is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm market and belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector, Household & Personal Products industry.

Key numbers explained

• Essity B (ESSITY-B) is currently priced at 258.9 SEK on the Nasdaq Stockholm market.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 14.6 shows how much investors pay per unit of recent earnings; a lower number can suggest a cheaper valuation relative to earnings, while a higher number can suggest the opposite.
• The forward P/E ratio of 19.6 uses expected future earnings and can be more relevant for growth expectations than the trailing figure.
• The dividend yield of 3.38% represents the annual dividend payment as a percentage of the current share price, a common way to compare income returns across stocks.
• The ex-dividend date is Mar 27, 2026; buying before this date is typically required to receive the next dividend payment.
• 49% of earnings are paid out as dividends, indicating that roughly half of the company's profit is returned to shareholders.
• The beta of 0.37 suggests the stock tends to move less than the overall market, which can mean lower volatility.
• The profit margin of 8.8% means the company keeps 8.8 SEK of profit for every 100 SEK of revenue.
• The return on equity of 14% indicates how effectively the company generates profit from shareholders' equity.
• The price-to-book ratio of 1.89 compares the market price to the company's book value per share.

What to watch

• Revenue growth of 2.6% year over year shows modest top-line expansion, which is typical for mature consumer defensive companies.
• The debt-to-equity ratio of 45.7% indicates the level of debt relative to equity, a factor that can affect financial risk and interest costs.
• The 52-week price range of 239.4 – 293.1 shows the recent trading boundaries, and the 6.9% price change over the last 52 weeks reflects the one-year return.
• The next earnings date is Oct 22, 2026, a key event for updated financial results and guidance.
• As a Consumer Defensive stock, Essity B (ESSITY-B) can be influenced by consumer spending trends, raw material costs, and currency movements. It is part of the OMXS30 index, which tracks the largest stocks on the Nasdaq Stockholm market. For investors comparing household and personal products companies, peers such as Beiersdorf (BEI) and Carlsberg Group (CARL-B) operate in adjacent consumer segments.