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Atlas Copco posts quarterly earnings miss, expects weaker customer activity
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 29, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Quick Summary
Atlas Copco's Q1 earnings fell short of expectations, with a predicted decline in customer activity. Order intake rose 2%, but shares fell 4.3%.
Atlas Copco's Earnings Fall Short, Customer Activity to Decline
(Reuters) -Swedish industrial group Atlas Copco on Tuesday reported a first-quarter operating profit below market expectations and said it expects customer activity to weaken somewhat in the short term.
The maker of air treatment systems, construction gear and power tools had previously said in January that it expected customer activity in the near term would remain at the current level.
Atlas Copco's order intake grew 2% to 46.60 billion Swedish crowns in the first quarter, but was unchanged on an organic basis.
It said orders had fallen in Europe and North America, where the latter accounted for slightly more than a quarter of its 2024 revenue and order intake.
"Overall demand for Atlas Copco Group's equipment and services remained at the same level as the previous year," the group said in a statement.
Operating profit before items affecting comparability fell to 8.87 billion Swedish crowns ($924.06 million) for the January-March period, while analysts were expecting 9.36 billion on average, LSEG data showed.
Shares in the company were down 4.3% at 0943 GMT, after being roughly flat ahead of the report.
(Reporting by Jagoda Darlak, editing by Kirsten Donovan)
Key Takeaways
- •Atlas Copco's Q1 operating profit missed market expectations.
- •The company anticipates a short-term decline in customer activity.
- •Order intake grew 2% but remained flat organically.
- •Orders decreased in Europe and North America.
- •Shares dropped 4.3% following the earnings report.
Frequently Asked Questions about Atlas Copco posts quarterly earnings miss, expects weaker customer activity
1What is the main topic?
The article discusses Atlas Copco's Q1 earnings miss and expected decline in customer activity.
2How did Atlas Copco's order intake perform?
Order intake grew by 2% but was unchanged on an organic basis.
3What was the market reaction to the earnings report?
Shares in Atlas Copco fell by 4.3% following the earnings report.
