Trading days per quarter
Seasonal variations
Ahlsell’s sales are affected by seasonal variations to a certain extent. Sales are strongest in the second and fourth quarters. Sales are affected by the number of trading days in a quarter. The quarter in which Easter falls (Q1 or Q2) will have lower sales. The Easter effect means that Ahlsell’s sales are lower on the trading days during Easter week. Sales are adversely affected as there is a decline in market activity on these days. The Easter effect varies in severity from country to country, and is strongest in Norway and weakest in Finland. In both Q2 2017 and in Q1 2018, Ahlsell estimated that the Easter effect represented the loss of about one trading day for the Group.
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | H1 | H2 | Year | |||
2016 | |||||||||
Sweden | 61 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 123 | 130 | 253 | ||
Norway | 61 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 123 | 130 | 253 | ||
Finland | 61 | 63 | 66 | 63 | 124 | 129 | 253 | ||
Denmark | 61 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 122 | 130 | 252 | ||
2017 | |||||||||
Sweden | 64 | 59 | 65 | 63 | 123 | 128 | 251 | ||
Norway | 65 | 58 | 65 | 63 | 123 | 128 | 251 | ||
Finland | 64 | 60 | 65 | 62 | 124 | 127 | 251 | ||
Denmark | 65 | 58 | 65 | 63 | 123 | 128 | 251 | ||
2018* | |||||||||
Sweden | 63 | 60 | 65 | 62 | 123 | 127 | 250 | ||
Norway | 62 | 60 | 65 | 62 | 122 | 127 | 249 | ||
Finland | 63 | 61 | 65 | 62 | 124 | 127 | 251 | ||
Denmark | 62 | 60 | 65 | 62 | 122 | 127 | 249 | ||
2019* | |||||||||
Sweden | 63 | 59 | 66 | 62 | 122 | 128 | 250 | ||
Norway | 63 | 58 | 66 | 62 | 121 | 128 | 249 | ||
Finland | 63 | 60 | 66 | 62 | 123 | 128 | 251 | ||
Denmark | 63 | 58 | 66 | 62 | 121 | 128 | 249 | ||
2020* | |||||||||
Sweden | 63 | 60 | 66 | 63 | 123 | 129 | 252 | ||
Norway | 64 | 59 | 66 | 63 | 123 | 129 | 252 | ||
Finland | 63 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 123 | 130 | 253 | ||
Denmark | 64 | 57 | 66 | 63 | 121 | 129 | 250 | ||
2021* | |||||||||
Sweden | 62 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 123 | 130 | 253 | ||
Norway | 63 | 59 | 66 | 64 | 122 | 130 | 252 | ||
Finland | 62 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 123 | 130 | 253 | ||
Denmark | 63 | 58 | 66 | 64 | 121 | 130 | 251 | ||
* Preliminary numbers |