Clas Ohlson Company profile
About Clas Ohlson AB
Clas Ohlson AB is a Sweden-based company active in the retail sector. The Company’s product portfolio comprises five categories: Hardware, offering tools and material to renovate, build, paint and repair; Home, including products for kitchen and bathroom, cleaning, laundry and storage, hygiene and health, school work and leisure; Multimedia, which provides computer and telephone accessories, as well as music equipment; Electrical, such as chargers, cable, clocks and lamps; and Leisure, which supplies products for outdoor and indoor activities. Its distribution channels include retail and online stores, as well as catalogue and telephone sales. Furthermore, It owns a range of brands: Asaklitt, Cocraft, Gavia, Exibel, Coline, and Prologue, among others. The Company operates worldwide through a number of wholly owned subsidiaries, such as Clas Ohlson AS, Clas Ohlson OY, Clas Ohlson Ltd, Clas Ohlson GmbH and Clas Ohlson Ltd.
Financial summary
BRIEF: For the nine months ended 31 January 2022, Clas Ohlson AB revenues increased 4% to SEK7B. Net income applicable to common stockholders increased 11% to SEK538.1M. Revenues reflect Sweden segment increase of 6% to SEK3.17B, Norway segment increase of 3% to SEK3.01B, Retail Sales, Total increase of 9% to SEK6.46B, Online Sales, Total increase of 12% to SEK696M.
Equity composition
5 October 1995: 7,480,000 Clas Ohlson B-Shares listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange O-list. 9 October 2001: Stock split in the ratio 1:4. Par value reduced from SEK10.00 to SEK2.50. 10 October 2004: Stock Split in the ratio 1:2, par value reduced from SEK10.000 to SEK1.25.