Autoliv Stock Is Up 32% in a Year, But One Fund Just Cut $3.8 Million

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Jonathan Ponciano, The Motley Fool

Tue, February 3, 2026 astatine 6:15 AM CST 4 min read

On February 2, Tweedy, Browne Co disclosed successful an SEC filing that it sold 31,740 shares of Autoliv (NYSE:ALV), an estimated $3.79 cardinal commercialized based connected quarterly mean pricing.

In an SEC filing dated February 2, Connecticut-based fiscal planner Tweedy, Browne reported selling 31,740 shares of Autoliv during the 4th quarter. The estimated transaction worth was $3.79 million, calculated utilizing the mean unadjusted closing terms for the period. The simplification brought the involvement to 400,924 shares astatine quarter’s end. The worth of the fund’s Autoliv presumption dropped by $5.84 million, reflecting some the merchantability and marketplace question implicit the quarter.

Tweedy, Browne’s involvement successful Autoliv present represents 3.84% of its $1.24 cardinal reportable U.S. equity AUM.

Top holdings aft the filing:

NASDAQ: IONS: $195.00 cardinal (15.8% of AUM)
NYSE: CNH: $186.07 cardinal (15.0% of AUM)
NYSE: KOF: $112.59 cardinal (9.1% of AUM)
UNK: BRK-A: $108.69 cardinal (8.8% of AUM)
NASDAQ: GOOGL: $62.46 cardinal (5.0% of AUM)

As of February 2, ALV shares were priced astatine $120.49, up 32.0% implicit the past twelvemonth and outperforming the S&P 500 by 12.78 percent points.

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Value

Revenue (TTM)	$10.81 billion
Net Income (TTM)	$735.00 million
Dividend Yield	2.59%
Price (as of marketplace adjacent 2/2/26)	$120.49

Autoliv develops and manufactures passive information systems, including airbags, seatbelts, steering wheels, inflator technologies, and pedestrian extortion solutions.
The institution generates gross done the merchantability of information strategy modules and components to automotive manufacturers worldwide, with a absorption connected some OEM proviso contracts and ongoing merchandise innovation.
It serves planetary automotive OEMs arsenic superior customers, targeting large car manufacturers crossed Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

Autoliv, Inc. is simply a starring supplier of automotive information systems with a planetary footprint and a diversified lawsuit basal among large car manufacturers. The institution leverages decades of expertise and standard to present precocious passive information solutions, supporting its presumption arsenic a captious spouse successful conveyance occupant protection. Autoliv's strategy centers connected continuous innovation and operational excellence to support its competitory borderline successful the car parts industry.

Strong gains tin alteration however adjacent diligent investors negociate exposure, and Autoliv’s past twelvemonth is simply a textbook case. With shares up much than 30% and comfortably up of the S&P 500, trimming present looks little similar a nonaccomplishment of condemnation and much similar hazard power aft a crisp rerating.

Fundamentally, Autoliv is inactive executing. In the astir caller quarterly release, the institution posted $2.82 cardinal successful revenue, up 7.7% twelvemonth implicit year, with operating currency travel hitting a grounds $544 million. Full-year operating currency travel reached $1.16 billion, supporting dividends, buybacks, and a leverage ratio good beneath management’s 1.5x ceiling.

But the guardant representation is much nuanced. Management is guiding for astir level integrated maturation successful 2026 and an adjusted operating borderline of 10.5% to 11.0%, with a weaker archetypal 4th expected earlier betterment aboriginal successful the year. That is solid, not explosive, particularly aft a valuation reset driven by borderline betterment and China momentum.

Within Tweedy Browne’s portfolio, Autoliv remains a meaningful presumption astatine astir 4% of assets, sitting alongside high-conviction holdings similar CNH and Coca-Cola FEMSA. For semipermanent investors, the awesome present is discipline. Autoliv inactive looks similar a prime compounder, but aft a large run, adjacent bully businesses tin warrant a partial measurement backmost alternatively than an all-or-nothing call.