ERATO AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
28of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 20 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 31,660 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 25 and solidity 0 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
ERATO AS is 22 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 −3.3% (median 2.5%) and equity ratio −46.7% (median 38.3%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 1 MNOK | 3 MNOK |
| Operating margin | −3.3% | 2.5% |
| Profit margin | −3.3% | 2.2% |
| Return on assets | −7.8% | 4.0% |
| Equity ratio | −46.7% | 38.3% |
| Debt-to-equity | – | 0.99 |
| Current ratio | 7.99 | 1.70 |
| Revenue growth | −9.3% | 3.5% |
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 28, ERATO AS does better than 20% of small companies in the same sector (36,579 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- ERATO AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
ERATO AS has a score of 28 for 2025, rank 31,660 of 38,670 in the sector.
Strongest: Liquidity: percentile 87 against peers, current ratio 7.99 against a median of 1.70.
Weakest: Solidity: percentile 0 against peers, equity ratio −46.7% against a median of 38.3%. Consistency: percentile 23 against peers.
Worth a closer look
- Equity is negative. How will it be rebuilt, and what do lenders and the auditor say about going concern? Based on: equity ratio −46.7% (median 38.3%).
- The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern? Based on: profit margin −3.3% (median 2.2%).
- What lies behind weak solidity, and will it last?
- What lies behind weak consistency, 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
ERATO AS had an operating margin of −3.3% and an equity ratio of −46.7% in 2025, and ranks 31,660 of 38,670 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: the equity ratio fell from −33.1% to −46.7%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | not meaningful |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | not meaningful |
| P/B | 1.0 | not meaningful |
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
- critical
Equity is negative. How will it be rebuilt, and what do lenders and the auditor say about going concern?
Based on: Equity ratio −46.7% (median 38.3%).
- watch
The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern?
Based on: Profit margin −3.3% (median 2.2%).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 0.0% 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
- critical Negative equity
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 | 25 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 0 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 87 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 26 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 23 | weight 15% |
Durability: 26 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is ERATO AS?
The operating margin was −3.3% in 2025, against a median of 2.5% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was −7.8%. The company made a loss before tax.
How solid is ERATO AS?
The equity ratio was −46.7% in 2025 (median 38.3%). Equity is negative, so liabilities exceed assets.
What is the liquidity of ERATO AS like?
The current ratio was 7.99 in 2025 (median 1.70).
How does ERATO AS compare in Handel?
ERATO AS ranks 31,660 of 38,670 in Handel for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 29,352 of 36,579. Revenue changed by −9.3% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 838236642
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (47.120)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 0–4 (not registered)
- Founded
- 1 February 1986 40 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.10 MNOK
- Business address
- Løkenvegen 5, 2034 HOLTER (NANNESTAD)
- Municipality
- Nannestad rank 17–38 of 38 in KOSTRA group 7
- Audit
- Audit opted out from 14 December 2011
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- Website
- www.erato.no
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
- Terje Andreassen
- Chair of the board
- Terje Andreassen
- Deputy member
- Lisbeth Brotnow
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 | 23 | 28 | 28 | |
| Rank | 29,182 | 30,556 | 31,660 | |
| Operating margin | −10.9% | −3.3% | −3.3% | |
| Return on assets | −20.6% | −7.3% | −7.8% | |
| Equity ratio | −6.5% | −33.1% | −46.7% | |
| Current ratio | 4.69 | 5.35 | 7.99 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −3.9% | −9.3% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 1.6 MNOK | 1.6 MNOK | 1.4 MNOK |
| Operating profit | −0.2 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | −0.2 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Net profit | −0.2 MNOK | −0.2 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Total assets | 0.9 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK | 0.6 MNOK |
| Current assets | 0.8 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK | 0.6 MNOK |
| Equity | −0.1 MNOK | −0.2 MNOK | −0.3 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | −0.2 MNOK | −0.3 MNOK | −0.4 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 0.9 MNOK | 0.9 MNOK | 0.9 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 0.2 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 6951630.
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