As we already knew from the positive profit warning, the numbers were indeed good. Good growth and profitability.
This paragraph in Mikael’s text caught my eye as the most positive takeaway:
The investments made in recent years are beginning to show in growth and profitability. We have continued to invest throughout a shrinking or weak market environment. Now there are signs of a turnaround in the market situation, which, combined with a significantly strengthened product portfolio, opens up opportunities for profitable growth for us. The brightening market environment is reflected in an increase in IPO activity in Helsinki and Stockholm. In addition, the recovery of the Finnish economy supports many domestic market-driven client companies. However, not all investments have been successful yet, and international growth is not at the targeted level. International net sales are growing in the Research and Software business areas, and we continue our work to turn the Swedish events business back to growth.
So, the market is picking up, the product offering is in good shape, and in Sweden, the business areas that in my opinion are more valuable—research and software—are performing quite well.