Ericsson Company Profile (NASDAQ:ERIC)

About Ericsson

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson is a Sweden-based telecommunications operator. The Company offers hardware, software and services that drive development in mobility, broadband and the cloud, creating ecosystems across various industries. Ericsson's core businesses are Radio, Core and Transmission, and Telecom Services. Ericsson operates through three business segments: Networks, Global Services and Support Solutions. Its targeted areas include business support systems (OSS) and business support systems (BSS); television and media, and Internet protocol (IP) and cloud. Networks segment delivers products and solutions for mobile and fixed communication, various generations of radio networks, IP and transmission networks, core networks and cloud. Global Services segment delivers managed services, product-related services, consulting and systems integration services, as well as broadcast and media services. Its Support Solutions segment provides software suites for operators.

Industry, Sector and Symbol:

Sector: Computer and Technology
Industry: Communication Equipment
Sub-Industry: N/A
Exchange: NASDAQ
Symbol: ERIC
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Key Metrics:

Previous Close: $7.10
50 Day Moving Average: $7.096
200 Day Moving Average: $7.913
52-Week Range: $6.68 - $10.58
Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.713
Foreward P/E Ratio: 11.45
P/E Growth: -270.600
Market Cap: $23.37B
Outstanding Shares: 3,261,729,000
Beta: 1.01

Profitability:

Net Margins: 5.70%
Return on Equity: 13.14%
Return on Assets: 6.66%

Debt:

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.13%
Current Ratio: 1.98%
Quick Ratio: 1.60%

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Consensus Ratings for Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	2 Sell Ratings, 15 Hold Ratings, 1 Buy Rating
Consensus Rating:	Hold (Score: 1.94)
Consensus Price Target:	$8.25 (16.22% upside)

Analysts' Ratings History for Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/28/2016	BNP Paribas	Reiterated Rating	Hold
9/26/2016	Credit Suisse Group AG	Upgrade	Underperform -> Neutral
8/12/2016	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Neutral
7/26/2016	Bank of America Corp.	Reiterated Rating	Hold
7/25/2016	BMO Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$7.00
7/20/2016	Canaccord Genuity	Lower Price Target	Hold	$8.50 -> $7.00
7/20/2016	Charter Equity	Downgrade	Market Perform -> Underperform
7/6/2016	Barclays PLC	Upgrade	Underweight -> Equal Weight
6/21/2016	Goldman Sachs Group Inc.	Upgrade	Sell -> Neutral
5/4/2016	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy
5/3/2016	Swedbank	Downgrade	Buy -> Neutral
4/22/2016	Cowen and Company	Downgrade	Outperform -> Market Perform	$11.00 -> $7.00
4/22/2016	Sanford C. Bernstein	Downgrade	Outperform -> Market Perform	$8.23 -> $8.27
4/12/2016	Credit Agricole SA	Initiated Coverage	Sell
3/11/2016	Wells Fargo & Co.	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform
2/29/2016	Deutsche Bank AG	Reiterated Rating	Neutral
1/5/2016	Societe Generale	Downgrade	Buy -> Hold
12/27/2015	Royal Bank Of Canada	Downgrade	Hold
9/25/2015	Liberum Capital	Upgrade	Hold -> Buy
8/26/2015	Danske	Upgrade	Sell -> Hold
5/29/2015	Kepler Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Hold
5/28/2015	Citigroup Inc.	Upgrade	Neutral -> Buy
3/12/2015	Berenberg Bank	Downgrade	Buy -> Hold

(Data available from 9/30/2014 forward)

Earnings History for Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC)

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Release Link	Conference Call
7/19/2016	Q116	$0.12	$0.10			View	Listen
4/21/2016	Q1	$0.13	$0.11	$54.15 billion	$52.20 billion	View	Listen
1/27/2016	Q415	$0.24	$0.25	$73.40 billion	$73.60 billion	View	Listen
10/23/2015	Q315	$0.16	$0.16	$60.50 billion	$59.20 billion	View	Listen
7/17/2015	Q215	$0.13	$0.17	$6.61 billion	$60.70 billion	View	Listen
4/23/2015	Q1	$0.13	$0.77	$53.59 billion	$53.50 billion	View	N/A
1/27/2015	Q414	$0.24	$1.71	$70.54 billion	$68.00 billion	View	N/A
10/24/2014	Q314	$0.17	$0.15		$57.60 billion	View	Listen
7/18/2014		$1.02	$1.07	$52.60 billion	$54.80 billion	View	N/A
4/23/2014		$0.93	$0.90	$51.40 billion	$47.50 billion	View	N/A
1/31/2014	Q413	$0.25	$0.38	$10.09 billion	$10.30 billion	View	N/A
10/24/2013		$1.22	$1.31	$54.62 billion	$53.00 billion	View	N/A
7/18/2013	Q213	$1.16	$0.88	$8.54 billion	$55.30 billion	View	N/A
4/24/2013		$0.93	$0.99	$53.05 billion	$52.00 billion	View	N/A
1/31/2013	Q412	$1.20	$0.36	$63.70 billion	$66.90 billion	View	N/A
10/26/2012		$0.82	$1.04			View	N/A
7/18/2012		$0.75	$0.78			View	N/A
4/25/2012		$0.63	$0.77			View	N/A
1/25/2012		$1.65	$0.36			View	N/A
10/20/2011		$1.39	$1.44			View	N/A
7/21/2011		$1.50	$0.96			View	N/A
1/25/2011		$1.51	$1.34			View	N/A

(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward)

Earnings Estimates for Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $0.57 EPS
Next Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $0.62 EPS

Quarter	Number of Estimates	Low Estimate	High Estimate	Average Estimate
Q2 2016	1	$0.10	$0.10	$0.10
Q3 2016	1	$0.11	$0.11	$0.11
Q4 2016	1	$0.21	$0.21	$0.21

(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research)

Dividend History for Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC)
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Insider Trading History for Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC)
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Latest Headlines for Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC)

Date	Headline
	Sauber’s Ericsson fit to race after Thai chicken accident (NASDAQ:ERIC) sports.yahoo.com - September 30 at 9:58 AM
	Tampnet selects Ericsson for LTE and virtualized core network (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.lightwaveonline.com - September 30 at 9:58 AM
	Ericsson to help UP handloom weavers go digital (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.fibre2fashion.com - September 30 at 9:58 AM
	Intel and Ericsson Transform Hyperscale Cloud Technologies – Conversations in the Cloud – Episode 61 (NASDAQ:ERIC) connectedsocialmedia.com - September 30 at 9:58 AM
	Ericsson To Relocate Chief HR Officer Position To Stockholm From California (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.nasdaq.com - September 30 at 9:58 AM
	Digicel on their One Catalogue – One Customer View Approach (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.ericsson.com - September 30 at 9:58 AM
	Ericsson bruised and battered in chicken clash (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.msn.com - September 30 at 9:58 AM
	Ericsson announces change in Executive leadership team (NASDAQ:ERIC) finance.yahoo.com - September 30 at 9:58 AM
	Arnt Arvik Joins PCTEL's Management Team (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.publicnow.com - September 30 at 9:58 AM
	Marcus Ericsson escapes injury after hitting a big chicken in Thailand (NASDAQ:ERIC) formulaspy.com - September 29 at 4:49 PM
	Ericsson and HomeSend partner to extend and simplify mobile financial services (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.vanillaplus.com - September 29 at 4:49 PM
	Ericsson fit to race after chicken accident (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.supersport.com - September 29 at 4:49 PM
	NXP Semiconductors Rockets On Qualcomm Acquisition Report (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.investors.com - September 29 at 4:49 PM
	F1 gossip: Perez, Hamilton, Rosberg, Button, Ericsson, Mercedes, Manor, Wehrlein, Ocon (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.bbc.com - September 29 at 9:54 AM
	Ericsson lucky to avoid broken bones in chicken shunt (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.motorsport.com - September 29 at 9:54 AM
	Motor racing: Sauber’s Ericsson fit to race after Thai chicken accident (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.reuters.com - September 29 at 9:54 AM
	Ericsson Upgrades Expert Analytics, Boosts CEM Portfolio (NASDAQ:ERIC) finance.yahoo.com - September 29 at 9:54 AM
	Ericsson, HomeSend partner in mobile financial service (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.biztechafrica.com - September 28 at 4:45 PM
	Ericsson escapes cycle collision with chicken (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.gpupdate.net - September 28 at 4:45 PM
	F1 driver Marcus Ericsson collides with chicken while cycling in Thailand (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.thescore.com - September 28 at 4:45 PM
	Ericsson in talks with telecom operators for video optimization, deploys technology for Airtel (NASDAQ:ERIC) telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com - September 28 at 4:45 PM
	Here’s why the ’10,000 hour rule’ might be bogus (NASDAQ:ERIC) finance.yahoo.com - September 28 at 4:45 PM
	Ericsson: Getting Interesting (NASDAQ:ERIC) seekingalpha.com - September 28 at 4:45 PM
	Here’s why the '10,000 hour rule' might be bogus (NASDAQ:ERIC) finance.yahoo.com - September 28 at 4:45 PM
	Ericsson introduces mobile broadband solutions (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.itweb.co.za - September 28 at 9:46 AM
	Ericsson & HomeSend Partner to Simplify Remittances in EMs (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.zacks.com - September 28 at 9:46 AM
	Ericsson bets on the multiplay experience (NASDAQ:ERIC) telecoms.com - September 28 at 9:46 AM
	Ericsson, HomeSend partner on mobile financial services (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.mobileworldlive.com - September 28 at 9:46 AM
	HomeSend And Ericsson Partner To Speed Up International Remittances Via Mobile (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.pymnts.com - September 28 at 9:46 AM
	Ericsson launches customer experience management for multi-play networks (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.voicendata.com - September 28 at 9:46 AM
	Ericsson introduces customer experience management for multi-play networks (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.publicnow.com - September 28 at 9:46 AM
	Mastercard : Ericsson and HomeSend Partner to Make Remittances Easy and Accessible in Emerging Markets (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.4-traders.com - September 27 at 4:54 PM
	BMW, Audi, Daimler join telecom bigwigs in new 5G Automotive Association (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.fiercewireless.com - September 27 at 4:54 PM
	NOVUS SELECTS ERICSSON MEDIAROOM FOR IPTV LAUNCH (NASDAQ:ERIC) globenewswire.com - September 27 at 4:54 PM
	Ericsson raises the bar with high-current 780W power interface module for ATCA applications (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.eejournal.com - September 27 at 4:54 PM
	BRIEF-Ericsson says enters DVR partnership in Latin America (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.reuters.com - September 27 at 9:29 AM
	Global automotive, ICT vendors form cross-industry 5G group (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.zdnet.com - September 27 at 9:29 AM
	Ericsson launches first 4G radios built for rural Africa (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.htxt.co.za - September 27 at 9:29 AM
	Ericsson outlines Radio System rollout (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.itwebafrica.com - September 27 at 9:29 AM
	Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, Qualcomm, Intel and German carmakers form 5G telecom association (NASDAQ:ERIC) telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com - September 27 at 9:29 AM
	Ericsson and HomeSend partner in mobile financial service (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.ericsson.com - September 27 at 9:29 AM
	Top Gainers of the Day: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (NASDAQ:ERIC) from Communication Equipment (NASDAQ:ERIC) twincountynews.com - September 27 at 9:29 AM
	Viability tests of Ericsson's pre-commercial 5G technology (NASDAQ:ERIC) phys.org - September 26 at 5:02 PM
	Ericsson evangelists handloom weavers' cluster in UP (NASDAQ:ERIC) wap.business-standard.com - September 26 at 5:02 PM
	Ericsson launches Handloom Cluster Digital Development Project- Baank-e-Loom- in Uttar Pradesh (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.voicendata.com - September 26 at 5:02 PM
	Ericsson keeps open mind on LPWA technologies (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.mobileworldlive.com - September 26 at 5:02 PM
	Ericsson to digitally empower 1,500 handloom weavers in UP (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.telecomlead.com - September 26 at 5:02 PM
	Ericsson (ERIC), Monsanto (MON) & More: These Stocks Are Getting Some Love from Analysts (NASDAQ:ERIC) feedproxy.google.com - September 26 at 12:18 PM
	Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AmSurg, Invesco, Monsanto, NetApp, Twitter, Ericsson, Pentair and More (NASDAQ:ERIC) feedproxy.google.com - September 26 at 9:46 AM
	Telecom Career: Ericsson names head of strategy, technology - Telecom Asia (NASDAQ:ERIC) www.telecomasia.net - September 26 at 9:36 AM