GYLDENDAL ASA
Score · fiscal year 2025
41of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 34 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 25,885 of 38,670 · Handel
Profile
Beaver · Builder
Lower profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 26 and solidity 46 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
GYLDENDAL ASA is 9 points below the median for small companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 36,110 companies.
Against small companies in the same sector in 2025: operating margin −72.5% (median 2.5%) and equity ratio 40.5% (median 38.3%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 63 MNOK | 3 MNOK |
| Operating margin | −72.5% | 2.5% |
| Profit margin | 17.6% | 2.2% |
| Return on assets | 2.0% | 4.0% |
| Equity ratio | 40.5% | 38.3% |
| Debt-to-equity | 1.47 | 0.99 |
| Current ratio | 0.87 | 1.70 |
| Revenue growth | 76.9% | 3.5% |
| Revenue per employee | 3.96 MNOK | 1.62 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to small companies in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 41, GYLDENDAL ASA does better than 34% of small companies in the same sector (36,579 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- GYLDENDAL ASA
- Median: small companies in the same sector
GYLDENDAL ASA has a score of 41 for 2025, rank 25,885 of 38,670 in the sector.
Strongest: Growth: percentile 90 against peers, revenue growth 76.9% against a median of 3.5%.
Weakest: Liquidity: percentile 20 against peers, current ratio 0.87 against a median of 1.70. Profitability: percentile 26 against peers, operating margin −72.5% against a median of 2.5%.
Worth a closer look
- Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.2 times current assets. Based on: current ratio 0.87 (median 1.70).
- The operating margin is lower than at three in four companies in the sector. Where do costs differ from competitors? Based on: operating margin −72.5% (median 2.5%).
- Strong growth with weak liquidity. Is the growth financed, or does it tie up capital the company does not have? Based on: revenue growth 76.9% (median 3.5%); current ratio 0.87 (median 1.70).
- What lies behind weak profitability, and will it last?
Written by fixed rules from the figures. Describes the figures, does not explain causes. Not investment or financial advice. How the summary is made
What the numbers say
GYLDENDAL ASA had an operating margin of −72.5% and an equity ratio of 40.5% in 2025, and ranks 25,885 of 38,670 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin rose from −117.7% to −72.5% and went from a loss to a profit before tax.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 127 MNOK and 407 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 127 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | not meaningful |
| P/B | 1.0 | 407 MNOK |
A mechanical estimate from public accounts, not advice. Mechanical estimate from public accounts with fixed multiples. Not a valuation and not advice to buy or sell. The multiples are provisional default values and must be adjusted per sector before the figures are used for anything. See the calculation
Worth a closer look
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Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.2 times current assets.
Based on: Current ratio 0.87 (median 1.70).
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The operating margin is lower than at three in four companies in the sector. Where do costs differ from competitors?
Based on: Operating margin −72.5% (median 2.5%).
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Strong growth with weak liquidity. Is the growth financed, or does it tie up capital the company does not have?
Based on: Revenue growth 76.9% (median 3.5%); Current ratio 0.87 (median 1.70).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 1.6% of the debt in 2025. The policy rate averaged 4.30 % the same year. This is a plain description of what the debt cost, not a model of interest sensitivity.
Data quality
No anomalies found in the figures.
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
We have no accounts for 2017, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2017, with a median operating margin of −65.6%. Based on the 11 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 26 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 46 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 20 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 90 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 35 | weight 15% |
Durability: 40 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is GYLDENDAL ASA?
The operating margin was −72.5% in 2025, against a median of 2.5% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 2.0%.
How solid is GYLDENDAL ASA?
The equity ratio was 40.5% in 2025 (median 38.3%). Debt-to-equity was 1.47 (median 0.99).
What is the liquidity of GYLDENDAL ASA like?
The current ratio was 0.87 in 2025 (median 1.70). Current assets did not cover current liabilities.
How does GYLDENDAL ASA compare in Handel?
GYLDENDAL ASA ranks 25,885 of 38,670 in Handel for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 24,102 of 36,579. Revenue changed by 76.9% from the year before.
Group accounts · 2025
48 of 100
Rank 682 of 1270 groups with group accounts. Groups are ranked only against each other, not against single companies.
- Operating revenue, group
- 2,917 MNOK
- Operating profit, group
- 113 MNOK
- Profit before tax, group
- 98 MNOK
- Total assets, group
- 2,320 MNOK
- Equity, group
- 970 MNOK
| Key figure | The group | The company alone (2025) |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | −72.5% |
| Return on assets | 5.6% | 2.0% |
| Equity ratio | 41.8% | 40.5% |
| Current ratio | 1.17 | 0.87 |
| Revenue growth | 6.8% | 76.9% |
Group index in earlier years: 2023: 41 (1033 of 1644), 2024: 42 (861 of 1312).
Same formulas and weights as the company index. Group and company are never added together, and the group accounts are not part of sector averages or company rankings.
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre, group accounts 2025 (open data, NLOD 2.0).
Read the figures with care: a company in a group can look strong because of group contributions, or weak because dividends go up to the parent. The figures are indications, not the full picture.
We do not show the group structure, because open data does not say who owns whom.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 812206222
- Legal form
- ASA · part of a group
- Sector
- Handel (47.610)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 16 registered 10 August 2026
- Founded
- 4 July 1925 101 years in operation
- Share capital
- 23.52 MNOK
- Business address
- Sehesteds gate 4, 0164 OSLO
- Municipality
- Oslo rank 63–221 of 357 in Norway
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- LEI
- 5967007LIEEXZXHQPC18 renews 8 February 2027
Source: Central Coordinating Register, Brønnøysund Register Centre. The employee count is reported by the company and may be older than the accounts. See the company at the Brønnøysund Register Centre
Ownership and roles
- Chief executive
- John Tørres Thuv
- Chair of the board
- Trine Must
- Board member
- Arild Nysæther
- Board member
- Siri Birgit Teigum
- Board member
- Thomas Jelle
- Board member
- Lisa Edvardsen Haugan
- Board member
- Håvard Kvalheim
- Board member
- Oddbjørn Snekkerbakken
- Board member
- Karina Rohde
- Deputy member
- Marit Näumann
- Deputy member
- Ola Mørk
- Deputy member
- Oskar Galewicz
- Deputy member
- Lillian Aalen
- Deputy member
- Anne Marie Tønnessen
- Deputy member
- Anita Elizabeth Jonvei Wiksaas
- Auditor
- ERNST & YOUNG AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 29 October 2026. Only names are shown.
Owners and shareholdings will appear here once the shareholder data extract is in place.
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Figures last fetched 26 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 42 | 35 | 41 | |
| Rank | 21,618 | 27,644 | 25,885 | |
| Operating margin | −127.3% | −117.7% | −72.5% | |
| Return on assets | 1.3% | 1.6% | 2.0% | |
| Equity ratio | 52.0% | 48.4% | 40.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04 | 0.97 | 0.87 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −3.8% | 76.9% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 37.2 MNOK | 35.8 MNOK | 63.4 MNOK |
| Operating profit | −47.4 MNOK | −42.2 MNOK | −45.9 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | −9.9 MNOK | −2.6 MNOK | 11.1 MNOK |
| Net profit | −10.5 MNOK | −3.4 MNOK | 12.7 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 20.9 MNOK | 17.5 MNOK | 9.4 MNOK |
| Total assets | 843.3 MNOK | 911.0 MNOK | 1,004.8 MNOK |
| Current assets | 349.9 MNOK | 395.6 MNOK | 464.2 MNOK |
| Equity | 438.4 MNOK | 440.9 MNOK | 406.8 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 415.3 MNOK | 417.8 MNOK | 383.7 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 404.9 MNOK | 470.1 MNOK | 598.0 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 336.0 MNOK | 408.0 MNOK | 535.0 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 7141493.
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