Nordic Cantillon File · Investment company

InvestorINVE B

The Wallenberg family's investment company. Investor holds large, long-term stakes in listed companies such as ABB and Atlas Copco, wholly owned companies grouped in Patricia Industries, and a stake in EQT.

SEK 1,262bnMarket value
SEK 412.00Share price
SEK 1,258.0bnNet asset value
In lineAgainst NAV
01 What the company owns

Investor has 12 large holdings. Net asset value was SEK 1,087.1bn at the end of 2025.

HoldingShare of total assetsValue
ABB20%SEK 252.8bn
Atlas Copco13%SEK 172.3bn
Patricia Industries (excl. cash)19%SEK 241.7bn
SEB8%SEK 102.0bn
Saab8%SEK 101.2bn
EQT (company and funds)7%SEK 95.0bn
AstraZeneca7%SEK 84.4bn
Epiroc4%SEK 54.4bn
Sobi4%SEK 54.2bn
Nasdaq4%SEK 53.6bn
Wärtsilä3%SEK 33.3bn
Ericsson2%SEK 31.0bn

Value builds as the holdings grow and pay dividends. Investor collects the dividends, pays its own small costs and passes the rest to its shareholders. The share often trades at a different price from the combined value of the holdings.

Latest report: January–September 2026

NowYear before
Adjusted net asset valueSEK 1,258.0bn (SEK 411 a share)SEK 1,087.1bn at 31 Dec 2025 (SEK 355 a share)
Change incl. dividends added back, 9 months+17%
Total return, Investor B, 9 months+24%SIXRX +11%
Net debt / total adjusted assets1.8%2.1% at 31 Dec 2025
Gross cashSEK 29,460m

Source: Investor, interim report January–September 2026, pp. 2, 4 and 5. Interim reports are not filed in ESEF, so these figures are read by hand from the report.

Net asset value as the company reports it, with listed holdings at market price and unlisted ones at the company's own estimate. The source is named below.

02 Net asset value over time

Equity has grown 15% a year since 2019, before dividends added back. Net asset value as the company reports it was SEK 1,087.1bn at the end of 2025.

Equity at year end
SEK 421bn2019SEK 462bn2020SEK 683bn2021SEK 605bn2022SEK 819bn2024SEK 954bn2025
YearNet asset valueEquity (IFRS)Listed holdings
2019–SEK 420.9bn–
2020–SEK 461.8bnSEK 428.5bn
2021–SEK 682.6bnSEK 634.9bn
2022–SEK 604.9bnSEK 548.1bn
2024–SEK 819.4bnSEK 762.0bn
2025SEK 1,087.1bnSEK 953.7bnSEK 904.8bn

IFRS equity from the annual reports, average annual change before dividends added back. Net asset value by year is added once we have it from the company's own reports.

03 Who gets the dividends

The holdings paid SEK 16.0bn in dividends to the company in 2025, and it paid out SEK 15.9bn to its own shareholders.

YearDividends receivedDividends paidCover
2019–––
2020SEK 8.0bnSEK 6.9bn1.16x
2021SEK 11.3bnSEK 10.7bn1.05x
2022SEK 11.5bnSEK 12.3bn0.94x
2024SEK 15.6bnSEK 14.7bn1.06x
2025SEK 16.0bnSEK 15.9bn1.01x

Dividends received and paid from the cash flow statement.

04 Leverage and cost

Net debt is 1.8% of total adjusted assets, on the company's own measure (30 September 2026).

YearNet debtShare of net asset value
2019––
2020SEK 58.6bn–
2021SEK 68.7bn–
2022SEK 64.9bn–
2024SEK 65.4bn–
2025SEK 93.5bn8.6%

Competitive advantages, our assessment

Active ownership●●●Board seats in the holdings and a very long horizon.
Low cost●●●Running costs are a fraction of one percent of assets.
Low leverage●●●Net debt is under 2% of assets, well below the 0–10% target range.

Leverage = interest-bearing debt minus cash and short-term investments, divided by net asset value.

05 What the price assumes

The share trades in line with net asset value per share, SEK 411.

Net asset value per share SEK 411 at 2026-09-30, share price SEK 412.00.

Discount = share price divided by net asset value per share, minus one. Net asset value is the latest reported.

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Where every number comes from
ItemAmountPeriodSource
EquitySEK 953.7bn2025-12-31Annual report 2025 (ESEF)ifrs-full:EquityAttributableToOwnersOfParent
Listed holdings, fair valueSEK 904.8bn2025-12-31Annual report 2025 (ESEF)ifrs-full:NoncurrentFinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLossDesignatedUponInitialRecognition
Dividends receivedSEK 16.0bn2025-12-31Annual report 2025 (ESEF)ifrs-full:DividendsReceivedClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
Adjusted net asset valueSEK 1,258.0bn2026-09-30Interim report January–September 2026, p. 2
Adjusted net asset valueSEK 1,087.1bn2025-12-31Interim report January–September 2026, p. 2
Holdings and shares2026-09-30Interim report January–September 2026, p. 4
Shares outstanding excl. own shares3,063,715,0662026-09-30Interim report January–September 2026, p. 2

The figures come from the company's annual reports in the machine-readable ESEF format, via filings.xbrl.org and the Swedish financial regulator. The latest filing wins, so restated comparatives replace the originals. Anything not tagged in ESEF is given with its source and page.

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General analysis and educational material, not personal investment advice and not a recommendation to buy or sell. The figures are mechanical and can be rebuilt from the company's public reports; the text is the author's judgement. Author's position in Investor: not disclosed. Data to 2025-12-31, price as of 2026-10-23.