HOFSETH AQUA AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
38of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 24 % of large companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 2,430 of 3,375 · Sjømat
Profile
Cheetah · Sprinter
High profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 70 and solidity 14 out of 100 among large companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
HOFSETH AQUA AS is 12 points below the median for large companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 75 companies.
Against large companies in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 9.5% (median 5.1%) and equity ratio 17.6% (median 40.5%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 1,065 MNOK | 1,826 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 5.1% |
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Return on assets | 8.9% | 5.1% |
| Equity ratio | 17.6% | 40.5% |
| Debt-to-equity | 4.67 | 1.47 |
| Current ratio | 1.09 | 1.37 |
| Revenue growth | −21.9% | 7.5% |
| Revenue per employee | 9.96 MNOK | 11.76 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to large companies in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 38, HOFSETH AQUA AS does better than 24% of large companies in the same sector (75 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- HOFSETH AQUA AS
- Median: large companies in the same sector
HOFSETH AQUA AS has a score of 38 for 2025, rank 2,430 of 3,375 in the sector.
Strongest: Profitability: percentile 70 against peers, operating margin 9.5% against a median of 5.1%.
Weakest: Growth: percentile 4 against peers, revenue growth −21.9% against a median of 7.5%. Solidity: percentile 14 against peers, equity ratio 17.6% against a median of 40.5%.
Worth a closer look
- What lies behind weak growth, and will it last?
- What lies behind weak solidity, 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
HOFSETH AQUA AS had an operating margin of 9.5% and an equity ratio of 17.6% in 2025, and ranks 2,430 of 3,375 in Sjømat.
From 2024 to 2025: went from a loss to a profit before tax and revenue fell by 22%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 273 MNOK and 811 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 326 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 811 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 273 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.
Data quality
No anomalies found in the figures.
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
We have no accounts for 2022, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2022, with a median operating margin of −1.7%. Based on the 7 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 70 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 14 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 33 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 4 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 51 | weight 15% |
Durability: 33 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is HOFSETH AQUA AS?
The operating margin was 9.5% in 2025, against a median of 5.1% among large companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 8.9%.
How solid is HOFSETH AQUA AS?
The equity ratio was 17.6% in 2025 (median 40.5%). Debt-to-equity was 4.67 (median 1.47).
What is the liquidity of HOFSETH AQUA AS like?
The current ratio was 1.09 in 2025 (median 1.37).
How does HOFSETH AQUA AS compare in Sjømat?
HOFSETH AQUA AS ranks 2,430 of 3,375 in Sjømat for 2025. Among companies of the same size (large companies) it ranks 57 of 75. Revenue changed by −21.9% from the year before.
Group accounts
The company is registered as part of a group, but we have no group accounts for it. Group accounts are filed by the parent company, and open data does not say which company that is.
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.
- 828764292
- Legal form
- AS · part of a group
- Sector
- Sjømat (03.211)
- Size tier
- large
- Employees
- 107 registered 10 October 2026
- Founded
- 6 August 1975 51 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.94 MNOK
- Business address
- Fjordgata 52, 6005 ÅLESUND
- Municipality
- Ålesund rank 2–6 of 10 in KOSTRA group 11
- 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
- Roger Hofseth
- Chair of the board
- Roger Hofseth
- Board member
- Hiroshi Okada
- Auditor
- REVISORKONSULT AS
- Accountant
- VIEW GROUP 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 | 32 | 31 | 38 | |
| Rank | 2,252 | 2,497 | 2,430 | |
| Operating margin | 9.6% | 5.7% | 9.5% | |
| Return on assets | 6.0% | 4.3% | 8.9% | |
| Equity ratio | 11.6% | 9.0% | 17.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.57 | 1.14 | 1.09 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 24.6% | −21.9% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 1,094.6 MNOK | 1,363.6 MNOK | 1,065.2 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 105.5 MNOK | 77.3 MNOK | 101.0 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 49.6 MNOK | −34.4 MNOK | 37.4 MNOK |
| Net profit | 39.6 MNOK | −26.9 MNOK | 32.6 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 88.9 MNOK | 148.5 MNOK | 100.0 MNOK |
| Total assets | 2,299.6 MNOK | 2,668.8 MNOK | 1,551.6 MNOK |
| Current assets | 1,727.4 MNOK | 1,807.2 MNOK | 598.6 MNOK |
| Equity | 267.8 MNOK | 240.9 MNOK | 273.5 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 90.0 MNOK | 63.1 MNOK | 95.7 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 2,031.8 MNOK | 2,427.9 MNOK | 1,278.1 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 1,099.1 MNOK | 1,586.1 MNOK | 550.3 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 7082836.
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