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Lagercrantz Group⚫ Interim Report 2020/21 Q3 Third quarter ( 1 October - 31 December 2020 ) • Net revenue totalled MSEK 1,078 ( 1,099 ) . Operating profit ( EBITA ) increased by 8 percent to MSEK 168 ( 156 ) , equivalent to an operating margin of 15.6 percent ( 14.2 ) . Profit after financial items increased by 8 percent to MSEK 139 ( 129 ) . Profit after taxes increased by 6 percent to MSEK 111 ( 105 ) and earnings per share ( after dilution and carried out split ) amounted to SEK 0.54 ( 0.52 ) . Cash flow from operating activities increased to MSEK 226 ( 178 ) . Return on equity for the latest 12 - month period amounted to 22 percent ( 25 ) and the equity ratio at the end of the period was 40 percent ( 38 ) . Acquisitions carried out during the quarter included Sajas Group ( annual revenue MEUR 10 ) , VP Metall AS ( annual revenue MNOK 40 ) , Hovicon International B.V. ( annual revenue MEUR 6 ) and Oy Esari Ab ( annual revenue MEUR 5 ) . Nine months ( 1 April - 31 December 2020 ) • Net revenue for the first nine months of the financial year amounted to MSEK 2,973 ( 3,068 ) . • Operating profit ( EBITA ) increased by 3 percent to MSEK 424 ( 413 ) , equivalent to an operating margin of 14.3 percent ( 13.5 ) . • • Profit after financial items amounted to MSEK 336 ( 334 ) and profit after taxes amounted to MSEK 262 ( 265 ) . Cash flow from operating activities amounted to MSEK 552 ( 369 ) for the first nine months of the financial year and to MSEK 690 ( 524 ) for the latest 12 - month period . Earnings per share ( after dilution and carried out split ) amounted to SEK 1.78 for the latest 12 - month period , compared to SEK 1.80 for the 2019/20 financial year . Lagercrantz Group AB ( publ ) PO Box 3508 SE - 103 69 Stockholm , Sweden Phone +46 8 700 66 70 Corporate identity no . 556282-4556 Registered office Stockholm www.lagercrantz.com