Autoliv, Inc.
Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV) is a leading global developer, manufacturer, and supplier of passive safety systems for the automotive industry. The company operates through a single reportable segment focused on passive safety products, primarily airbags, steering wheels, seatbelts, and related inflator technologies.… From the company’s description.
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What Autoliv, Inc. does
In the company’s own words
Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV) is a leading global developer, manufacturer, and supplier of passive safety systems for the automotive industry. The company operates through a single reportable segment focused on passive safety products, primarily airbags, steering wheels, seatbelts, and related inflator technologies. Autoliv's comprehensive product portfolio also includes side-impact airbag systems, pedestrian protection systems, battery cut-off switches, and emerging mobility safety solutions for commercial vehicles, motorcycles, and bicycles through its Mobility Safety Solutions division. The company's website is www.autoliv.com.
With approximately 64,300 employees worldwide as of December 31, 2025, Autoliv operates 62 production facilities across 23 countries. The company maintains a geographically diverse workforce, with 35 percent located in Europe, 29 percent in the Americas, 22 percent in Asia excluding China, and 14 percent in China. In 2025, the company generated net sales of $10.8 billion, with approximately 68 percent derived from airbag and steering wheel products and 32 percent from seatbelt products.
Autoliv holds the leading global market position in passive safety systems with an estimated market share of approximately 44 percent. The company's customer base includes the world's largest automobile manufacturers, with the top five customers representing around 44 percent of consolidated net sales and the top ten customers representing approximately 70 percent of sales. Asian OEMs represent the largest customer segment at approximately 48 percent of sales, followed by European-based brands at 30 percent and U.S.-based OEMs at 20 percent.
The company maintains significant competitive advantages through its superior global production and engineering footprint, continuous innovation in passive safety technologies, and unwavering commitment to quality excellence. Since its founding in 1997, Autoliv has achieved a compound annual growth rate of approximately 5 percent in passive safety sales, substantially outpacing the broader market growth rate of 2.8 percent. Direct material costs represent approximately 54 percent of net sales, reflecting the company's manufacturing-intensive business model. The company invests substantially in research, development, and engineering, with gross expenditures of $616 million in 2025, demonstrating its commitment to advancing automotive safety technologies.
Company details
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Industry (SIC)
- Transportation Equipment
- Headquarters
- OGDEN, UT
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 1034670
- SIC
- 3714
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Autoliv, Inc. — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Superinvestors in Autoliv, Inc. · what they did last quarter
Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.
Largest fund holders · Autoliv, Inc.’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Autoliv, Inc.’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 2 issues of Autoliv, Inc.’s debt, $3.51M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.13%, maturing 2028 to 2030.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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