Alfa said adjusted earnings before interest, tax, amortisation and other items (EBITA) rose to 1.94 billion crowns ($233.4 million) from a year-ago 1.41 billion, versus a mean forecast of 1.75 billion in a Reuters poll of analysts.
Order bookings rose 22 percent, adjusted for currency swings, to 10.5 billion crowns, topping the 9.8 billion seen by analysts. However, re-valuation of the order backlog of acquired Frank Mohn added 1.0 billion to the total.