Autoliv reports record quarterly sales and operating cash flow for Q4 2025
Autoliv posted its best quarter ever with $2,817 million in net sales and a record $544 million in operating cash flow, driven by strong growth in Asia and with Chinese OEMs.
$2,817 million
$544 million
12.0%
What Happened
Autoliv, the automotive safety supplier, reported record quarterly net sales of $2,817 million for Q4 2025, a 7.7% increase year-over-year. Organic sales growth was 4.2%, outperforming global light vehicle production by 2.9 percentage points, driven mainly by new product launches and strong demand from Chinese OEMs.
$544 million
Record high for a quarter, up 30% year-over-year, driven by profit and balance sheet control.
“We reached new record high sales for a quarter and a full year, driven mainly by strong growth in India and with Chinese OEMs. Sales to COEMs grew by almost 40% in the quarter and by 23% for the full year.”
For 2026, Autoliv expects around 0% organic sales growth and an adjusted operating margin of 10.5-11.0%, assuming a 1% decline in global light vehicle production. The company anticipates a weaker first quarter followed by improvements in the remaining quarters.
Why this matters
The results show Autoliv's ability to grow sales and generate cash even in a low-growth global vehicle market, while returning value to shareholders through dividends and buybacks.
Terms in This Story
- Organic sales growth
- Sales growth excluding effects from acquisitions, divestitures, and currency fluctuations.
- Operating margin
- Operating income divided by net sales, a measure of profitability from core operations.
- Adjusted operating margin
- Operating margin excluding certain one-time items like capacity alignment costs.
- ROCE
- Return on capital employed, a measure of how efficiently a company uses its capital to generate profits.
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