KAO NORWAY AS
Score · fiscal year 2023
46of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 44 % of small companies in the same sector in 2023. What does this mean?
Rank: 19,327 of 34,740 · Handel
Profile
Cheetah · Sprinter
High profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2023, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 62 and solidity 31 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2023. Methodology
Against the sector
KAO NORWAY AS is 4 points below the median for small companies in the same sector in 2023.
Median score 50 among 32,562 companies.
Against small companies in the same sector in 2023: operating margin 4.6% (median 2.5%) and equity ratio 23.9% (median 39.1%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 61 MNOK | 4 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 2.5% |
| Profit margin | 4.4% | 2.2% |
| Return on assets | 9.4% | 4.0% |
| Equity ratio | 23.9% | 39.1% |
| Debt-to-equity | 3.19 | 1.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.30 | 1.70 |
| Revenue growth | – | 0.0% |
| Revenue per employee | 4.69 MNOK | 1.54 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to small companies in the same sector in 2023. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 46, KAO NORWAY AS does better than 44% of small companies in the same sector (32,646 companies) in 2023.
Score 2023–2025
- KAO NORWAY AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
What the numbers say
KAO NORWAY AS had an operating margin of 4.6% and an equity ratio of 23.9% in 2023, and ranks 19,327 of 34,740 in Handel.
This text is generated automatically from the 2023 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 8 MNOK and 38 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 21 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 38 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 8 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
No rules were triggered for this year.
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 1.7% of the debt in 2023. The policy rate averaged 3.54 % 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 | 62 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 31 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 37 | weight 15% |
| Growth | – | no data, left out |
| Consistency | 51 | weight 15% |
Index version 2. Data completeness 85%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is KAO NORWAY AS?
The operating margin was 4.6% in 2023, against a median of 2.5% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 9.4%.
How solid is KAO NORWAY AS?
The equity ratio was 23.9% in 2023 (median 39.1%). Debt-to-equity was 3.19 (median 1.00).
What is the liquidity of KAO NORWAY AS like?
The current ratio was 1.30 in 2023 (median 1.70).
How does KAO NORWAY AS compare in Handel?
KAO NORWAY AS ranks 19,327 of 34,740 in Handel for 2023. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 18,135 of 32,646.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 814164462
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (46.450)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 13 registered 10 February 2026
- Founded
- 5 August 2014 12 years in operation
- Share capital
- 1.60 MNOK
- Business address
- Drammensveien 39, 0271 OSLO
- Municipality
- Oslo rank 106–282 of 357 in Norway
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
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
- Gitte Skouenborg
- Chair of the board
- Gitte Skouenborg
- Board member
- Heiko Michael Maile
- Board member
- Yoko Honda
- Auditor
- DELOITTE AS
- Accountant
- AMESTO ACCOUNTHOUSE AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 25 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 | 46 | 51 | 48 | |
| Rank | 19,327 | 18,172 | 21,119 | |
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 5.3% | 4.0% | |
| Return on assets | 9.4% | 9.9% | 8.2% | |
| Equity ratio | 23.9% | 22.1% | 24.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30 | 1.27 | 1.32 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 10.3% | −2.0% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 60.9 MNOK | 67.2 MNOK | 65.9 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 2.8 MNOK | 3.6 MNOK | 2.7 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 2.7 MNOK | 3.3 MNOK | 2.6 MNOK |
| Net profit | 2.1 MNOK | 2.6 MNOK | 2.0 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.4 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK |
| Total assets | 32.6 MNOK | 36.9 MNOK | 33.1 MNOK |
| Current assets | 32.4 MNOK | 36.5 MNOK | 32.9 MNOK |
| Equity | 7.8 MNOK | 8.2 MNOK | 8.2 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 6.2 MNOK | 6.6 MNOK | 6.6 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 24.9 MNOK | 28.7 MNOK | 24.9 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 24.9 MNOK | 28.7 MNOK | 24.9 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 5412487.
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