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Ericsson Q2 profit beats expectations, but US tariffs crimped margin growth
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 15, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 15, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Ericsson's Q2 profit exceeded expectations, driven by North American sales, despite US tariffs impacting margins. Shares fell 3% post-results.
By Anna Ringstrom and Supantha Mukherjee
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson reported on Tuesday a swing to a bigger second-quarter adjusted profit than expected, helped by sales growth in North America and cost cuts, but said U.S. tariffs dampened a rise in its profit margin.
Ericsson's shares fell 3% in early trading after the result.
Operating profit excluding restructuring charges was 7.0 billion crowns ($728.5 million) against a year-earlier loss of 11.9 billion and a mean forecast of 6.1 billion in an LSEG poll of analysts.
"We have structurally lowered our cost base and are strongly focused on delivering further efficiencies," CEO Borje Ekholm said in a statement.
U.S. tariffs hampered growth in its profit margins, the company said. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 30% tariff on imports from the European Union starting on August 1.
"With production in many parts of the world, including in North America, we will try to balance production, given the development with tariffs," Sandström said. "But of course, we cannot guarantee that we are immune to tariffs."
Ericsson missed sales growth estimates, with quarterly group sales, which included a currency headwind of 4.7 billion crowns, falling 6% to 56.1 billion crowns against a mean forecast of 59.3 billion in the poll. Organic sales, however, grew 2%.
The company said sales growth was strongest in its largest market, North America, offsetting slowdowns in markets such as India.
Business in the U.S. continues to benefit from a solid pace of investments by mobile operators, CFO Lars Sandström told Reuters.
He added that he expects the Indian market to pick up soon.
Growth in the U.S. has helped Ericsson's profit margin, which stood at 47.5%, a jump from 43.1% in the year-earlier period when sales were higher in low-margin markets such as India.
(Reporting by Anna Ringstrom and Supantha Mukherjee in Stockholm; Editing by Stine Jacobsen and Sonali Paul)
Ericsson reported an adjusted profit of 7.0 billion crowns ($728.5 million) in Q2, compared to a loss of 11.9 billion crowns a year earlier.
The company stated that U.S. tariffs hampered growth in its profit margins, impacting overall profitability despite strong sales in North America.
Sales growth was strongest in North America, which offset slowdowns in other markets such as India.
Ericsson's profit margin stood at 47.5%, a significant increase from 43.1% in the same period last year.
CFO Lars Sandström expressed optimism, stating he expects the Indian market to pick up soon despite current slowdowns.
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