SSKFExecutive Cockpit

Brands & Portfolio 360

The portfolio lens — each brand's revenue, margin journey, integration and value-added mix across the SKF brand family, as the group sharpens into an industrial pure-play and spins out SKF Vertevo.

AB SKF (SKF Group) · FY2025 (Jan–Dec 2025, audited anchor)
World's largest bearing maker today — clear #1 in industrial bearings
37,271 employees · 90+ sites · 130 countries
Executive read· the answer, then the moves

The portfolio is working — SEK 13.2 bn of brand EBITDA and 79% of the value plan banked — but 4 maturing brands (SEK 27.1 bn revenue) still hold blended margin back. Finish their integration to close the gap to a fully scaled portfolio, the highest-return work in the company.

4 of 4 headline metrics improving vs prior · still off target: Program Realization (rightsizing & WCM) 70.0% vs 100.0%, Adjusted Operating Margin 12.7% vs 17.0%, DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) 65d vs 60d

Do now — ranked by urgency
  1. 1
    Finish integrating the 4 maturing brands to close the value gapAct now
    Why it matters

    Avg value capture is only 79% of plan; the unrealized balance is margin already in the strategy but not yet earned.

    What's driving it
    • Avg value capture 79% of plan
    • 4 brands maturing (SEK 27.1 bn revenue)
    FYI
    • Maturing: condition monitoring, RecondOil, split-roller, SKF Vertevo
    • Brand EBITDA to date SEK 13.2 bn
  2. 2
    Push RecondOil — lowest value capture at 55%Act now
    Why it matters

    RecondOil is the least-integrated brand on value capture; a 90-day plan on the gap is unrealized margin.

    What's driving it
    • RecondOil value capture 55% · 70% integrated
    • 0 maturing brand(s) with DSO above the as-scaled level
    FYI
    • Status: In progress
    • EBITDA 5% margin → SEK 15 M
  3. 3
    Blocker: Production Transfers / Footprint — Vertevo Carve-outAct now
    Why it matters

    Gates the program go-live (restated ledger, production-line transfers & the Q4 2026 Vertevo listing window).

    What's driving it
    • due 2026-10-30 · Mitigating
    • Signal: Program blocker
    FYI
    • Automotive's dependence on Industrial contract manufacturing must be cut before listing — the extra production-line transfers moved the window H1 → Q4 2026 (cost stays inside the envelope).
    • Owner: Separation PMO · Operations
  4. 4
    IAC guidance BSEK −2.5 to −3.0 for 2026Watch
    Why it matters

    Keep separation spend inside the announced envelope; track footprint payback quarter by quarter.

    What's driving it
    • Items affecting comparability
    • Signal: Alert
    FYI

    Separation plus Americas footprint consolidation front-load costs (Q2 2026 IAC −1,004, roughly half separation / half footprint).

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SKF is a portfolio of brands — the SKF master brand (since 1907), Lincoln & Alemite lubrication, Kaydon slewing & thin-section, PEER value bearings, Cooper split-roller, RecondOil circularity, the @ptitude / IMx / Axios condition-monitoring stack, and the SKF Vertevo automotive spin. This view shows, for each brand, where its margin started vs what it earns now — and flags the maturing brands where richer mix, faster cash and higher margin are still on the table.

Data backing: brand_cohort (acquired vs current EBITDA, DSO, value-added revenue, integration %, value capture)
Brand-led revenue
SEK 98.9 bn
9 brands (overlapping lenses)
Value-added rev
SEK 38.9 bn
across the portfolio
Brand EBITDA
SEK 13.2 bn
current run-rate
Avg value capture
79%
of plan banked
Fully scaled
5/9
integrated
Still maturing
SEK 27.1 bn
4 brands
The shift, in one line

SEK 13.2 bn of brand EBITDA, 79% of the value plan banked

Finishing the 4 maturing brands (condition monitoring, RecondOil, split-roller, SKF Vertevo) closes the gap to a fully scaled portfolio — the single highest-return work in the company.

Brand by brand

Acquired → today

Each card: how the margin has moved since the brand joined, how far integration has gone, and the next move.

SKF
since 1907 · SEK 65.6 bn revenue · SEK 24.9 bn value-added
Integrated
EBITDA
8% → SEK 10.6 bn
DSO
70→62d
Value capture
90%
Integration95%
Next: Fully scaled. Harvest it — attach services & aftermarket into its installed base and protect the margin gains.
PEER
since 2008 · SEK 900 M revenue · SEK 150 M value-added
Integrated
EBITDA
10% → SEK 120 M
DSO
55→50d
Value capture
85%
Integration92%
Next: Fully scaled. Harvest it — attach services & aftermarket into its installed base and protect the margin gains.
Lincoln
since 2010 · SEK 2.5 bn revenue · SEK 1.2 bn value-added
Integrated
EBITDA
14% → SEK 450 M
DSO
60→52d
Value capture
95%
Integration100%
Next: Fully scaled. Harvest it — attach services & aftermarket into its installed base and protect the margin gains.
Alemite
since 2010 · SEK 600 M revenue · SEK 300 M value-added
Integrated
EBITDA
12% → SEK 90 M
DSO
58→52d
Value capture
92%
Integration100%
Next: Fully scaled. Harvest it — attach services & aftermarket into its installed base and protect the margin gains.
Kaydon
since 2013 · SEK 2.2 bn revenue · SEK 500 M value-added
Integrated
EBITDA
16% → SEK 380 M
DSO
65→58d
Value capture
88%
Integration96%
Next: Fully scaled. Harvest it — attach services & aftermarket into its installed base and protect the margin gains.
@ptitude / IMx / Axios (condition monitoring)
since 2015 · SEK 2.9 bn revenue · SEK 2.9 bn value-added
In progress
EBITDA
18% → SEK 610 M
DSO
50→44d
Value capture
80%
Integration88%
Next: Fully scaled. Harvest it — attach services & aftermarket into its installed base and protect the margin gains.
RecondOil
since 2018 · SEK 150 M revenue · SEK 120 M value-added
In progress
EBITDA
5% → SEK 15 M
DSO
45→40d
Value capture
55%
Integration70%
Next: Recover value capture — 55% of plan banked. Put a 90-day plan on the gap; this is unrealized margin.
Cooper (split-roller)
since 2020 · SEK 450 M revenue · SEK 160 M value-added
In progress
EBITDA
15% → SEK 80 M
DSO
62→56d
Value capture
70%
Integration84%
Next: Recover value capture — 70% of plan banked. Put a 90-day plan on the gap; this is unrealized margin.
SKF Vertevo
since 2026 · SEK 23.6 bn revenue · SEK 8.6 bn value-added
In progress
EBITDA
4% → SEK 896 M
DSO
78→75d
Value capture
60%
Integration78%
Next: Recover value capture — 60% of plan banked. Put a 90-day plan on the gap; this is unrealized margin.
Rack & stack

Which brand is performing best?

Each brand ranked within the set on five KPIs (direction per metric), then a composite Overall Rank from summed rank points — the dashboard's RANKX leaderboard. Top & bottom highlighted.

OverallUnitRevenue↑ betterEBITDA MSEK↑ betterValue-added↑ betterValue capture↑ betterDSO gain↑ betterRank pts
1SKFSEK 65.6 bn#1SEK 10.6 bn#1SEK 24.9 bn#190%#38d#17
2LincolnSEK 2.5 bn#4SEK 450 M#4SEK 1.2 bn#495%#18d#114
3condition monitoringSEK 2.9 bn#3SEK 610 M#3SEK 2.9 bn#380%#66d#419
4KaydonSEK 2.2 bn#5SEK 380 M#5SEK 500 M#588%#47d#322
5SKF VertevoSEK 23.6 bn#2SEK 896 M#2SEK 8.6 bn#260%#83d#923
6AlemiteSEK 600 M#7SEK 90 M#7SEK 300 M#692%#26d#426
7PEERSEK 900 M#6SEK 120 M#6SEK 150 M#885%#55d#732
8split-rollerSEK 450 M#8SEK 80 M#8SEK 160 M#770%#76d#434
9RecondOilSEK 150 M#9SEK 15 M#9SEK 120 M#955%#95d#743

Higher EBITDA, revenue, value-added revenue and value capture rank better; DSO gain = days of receivables improvement since the brand scaled (more = better). Composite rank points are the sum of the five per-KPI ranks (lower = better).

The full portfolio

Every brand, one row

Acquired → current across EBITDA, DSO, integration and value-added mix.

BrandSinceRevenueValue-added revEBITDADSOIntegratedValue captureStatus
SKF1907SEK 65.6 bnSEK 24.9 bn8% → SEK 10.6 bn7062d95%90%Integrated
PEER2008SEK 900 MSEK 150 M10% → SEK 120 M5550d92%85%Integrated
Lincoln2010SEK 2.5 bnSEK 1.2 bn14% → SEK 450 M6052d100%95%Integrated
Alemite2010SEK 600 MSEK 300 M12% → SEK 90 M5852d100%92%Integrated
Kaydon2013SEK 2.2 bnSEK 500 M16% → SEK 380 M6558d96%88%Integrated
@ptitude / IMx / Axios (condition monitoring)2015SEK 2.9 bnSEK 2.9 bn18% → SEK 610 M5044d88%80%In progress
RecondOil2018SEK 150 MSEK 120 M5% → SEK 15 M4540d70%55%In progress
Cooper (split-roller)2020SEK 450 MSEK 160 M15% → SEK 80 M6256d84%70%In progress
SKF Vertevo2026SEK 23.6 bnSEK 8.6 bn4% → SEK 896 M7875d78%60%In progress