Autoliv: financial report october - december 2010

Stockholm--(business wire)--regulatory news: autoliv (sto:alivsdb) (nyse:alv) sales: $1,907 million operating margin: 12.7% operating cash flow: $326 million eps: $1.89 for the three-month period ended december 31, 2010, autoliv inc (http://www.autoliv.com). (nyse: alv and sse: aliv) – the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems – once again reported record results. operating income improved to $243 million, income before taxes to $231 million, net income to $179 million and earnings per share assuming dilution to $1.89. gross margin amounted to 22.2% and operating margin to 12.7%. operational cash flow of $326 million and $245 million before financing were also new record highs. net sales increased by 14% to $1,907 million with the organic sales portion growing at a rate of 12% compared to a growth rate of 9% for global light vehicle production (lvp). for the first quarter of 2011, the company expects its consolidated net sales to rise by around 20% compared to the same quarter in 2010, with the organic sales portion growing by more than 10%. the current indication is that consolidated sales could increase by more than 10% for the full year 2011 with the organic sales portion growing by around 6%. an operating margin of at least 11.5% is expected for both the first quarter and the full year. an earnings conference call will be held at 3:00 p.m. (cet) today tuesday, february 1. the webcast and the tele-conference number can be accessed at our web site, www.autoliv.com. this information was brought to you by cision http://www.cisionwire.com
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