AUTOLIV, INC.
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $122.07, AUTOLIV, INC. (ALV) is priced for -1.6% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 25, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Airbags and seatbelts are fitted because regulators and crash-test programs require them, and Autoliv's own 10-K puts its position at ⟦"a combined market shares of around 44%"⟧ in airbags and steering wheels, which is the structural fact behind everything else in this report. • The exposure is to vehicle units the company does not control: its assumption for global light vehicle production in 2026 has been cut to a decline of about 2.5% from about 1% [Source: Autoliv second-quarter 2026 financ
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393 institutional managers reported holding ALV in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 64% of the company; the top 10 hold 37%. 59 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Swedbank Robur, FMR (Fidelity), among others. On the short side, 3.8M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 5% of shares outstanding (5.3 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
ALV has cut its share count 14.4% over the past five years, spending $1.37B on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (17 and counting), raised 5 years straight; the current rate is $3.12 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $634.00M in dividends and $1.17B in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at ALV over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 24 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
ALV's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-22 | +10.1% | -6.9% |
| 2023-10-21 | +7.1% | +13.4% |
| 2024-02-21 | +1.4% | +6.7% |
| 2024-04-27 | +5.6% | -12.5% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
ALV's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-17 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-06-30 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-05-11 (items 2.05, 2.06, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-04-17 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-03-11 (items 5.02, 7.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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