Consumer Defensive
Essity AB (publ)(ETTYF)
Live Price
Offline$27.73
+0.00% today
1Y Change
+0.54%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
- Market Cap
- $171.47B
- Revenue Growth
- -4.8%
- EPS Growth
- -38.4%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.5%
Coverage: 252 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Essity AB (publ) (ETTYF) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $171.47B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $27.73 and up 0.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -4.8%, EPS growth of -38.4%, a dividend yield of 3.5%. What stands out right now is revenue -4.8%, EPS -38.4%, free cash flow -10.6% with operating margin 13.5% and ROIC 9.7%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 13.8 and price/sales 1.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines ETTYF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-4.8% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+13.5% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Near sector median
13.8 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 23, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -4.8% and EPS is at -38.4%, with operating margin around 13.5%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 3.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +4.7% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 23, 2026 | โ | +0.0% | +0.0% | -0.5% |
2026 Jan 22, 2026 | -3.2% | +0.0% | +4.8% | +5.2% |
2025 Oct 23, 2025 | +2.6% | +0.0% | +9.4% | +7.5% |
Benchmark Edge
ETTYF vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
ETTYF
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
ETTYF Max Drawdown
-15.77%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for ETTYF and SPY.
Company Overview
Essity AB (publ)
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Essity AB (publ) develops, produces, and sells hygiene and health products and services worldwide. It offers health and medical products, including incontinence products, wound care, compression therapy, orthopedics, skincare products, and digital solutions with sensor technology. It operates in Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, Professional Hygiene, and Other segments. The company also provides consumer goods, such as incontinence products, pads, diapers, wet wipes, skincare products, intimate soaps, washable absorbent underwear, menstrual cups, toilet papers, household towels, handkerchiefs, facial tissues, and napkins; and professional hygiene products that consist of toilet papers, paper hand towels, napkins, hand soaps, hand lotions, hand sanitizers, dispensers, and cleaning and wiping products. In addition, it offers digital solutions, such as Internet of Things sensor technology enabling data-driven cleaning, as well as related service and maintenance to companies and office buildings, universities, healthcare facilities, industries, restaurants, hotels, stadiums, and other public venues. The company markets its health and medical products under the TENA, Leukoplast, Cutimed, JOBST, Actimove, and Delta-Castbrands brands through pharmacies, medical devices stores, hospitals, distributors, and care institutions, as well as e-commerce; consumer goods products under the Libero, Libresse, Nosotras, Saba, TOM Organic, Lotus, Regio, Tempo, and Vinda brands through retail trade and online; and professional hygiene products under the TORK brand through distributors and online. It serves in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, and internationally. Essity AB (publ) was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Leadership
- Ulrika Kolsrud
- IPO Date
- Aug 10, 2017
- Employees
- 36.0k
- Street Address
- Klarabergsviadukten 63
- Mailing
- Stockholm, 101 23
- Region
- Stockholm, SE
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 46 87 88 51 00
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 13.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 7.9
- Price/Sales
- 1.3
- Price/Book
- 2.0
Growth
- Revenue
- -4.8%
- EPS
- -38.4%
- Free Cash Flow
- -10.6%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 33.5%
- Operating Margin
- 13.5%
- Net Margin
- 9.1%
- ROE
- 14.8%
- ROIC
- 9.7%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.48
- Current Ratio
- 1.05
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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