West Auto AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
35of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 24 % of companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Small: 666 of 878 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 1,792 of 2,362 · Transport og lagring
Profile
Beaver · Builder
Lower profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 39 and solidity 31 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
West Auto AS is 15 points below the median for companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 878 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 1.5% (median 4.0%) and equity ratio 21.0% (median 31.9%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 15 MNOK | 23 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 4.0% |
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 3.5% |
| Return on assets | 8.4% | 9.7% |
| Equity ratio | 21.0% | 31.9% |
| Debt-to-equity | 3.76 | 1.75 |
| Current ratio | 0.58 | 1.39 |
| Revenue growth | 12.3% | 7.3% |
| Revenue per employee | 1.39 MNOK | 1.39 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 35, West Auto AS does better than 24% of companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector (878 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- West Auto AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector
West Auto AS has a score of 35 for 2025, rank 1,792 of 2,362 in the sector.
Strongest: Growth: percentile 62 against peers, revenue growth 12.3% against a median of 7.3%.
Weakest: Liquidity: percentile 4 against peers, current ratio 0.58 against a median of 1.39. Solidity: percentile 31 against peers, equity ratio 21.0% against a median of 31.9%.
Worth a closer look
- Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.7 times current assets. Based on: current ratio 0.58 (median 1.39).
- 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
West Auto AS had an operating margin of 1.5% and an equity ratio of 21.0% in 2025, and ranks 1,792 of 2,362 in Transport og lagring.
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin fell from 11.2% to 1.5% and revenue grew by 12%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 1 MNOK and 11 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 11 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 1 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 2 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
- watch
Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.7 times current assets.
Based on: Current ratio 0.58 (median 1.39).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 2.5% 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.
See interest rates, prices and exchange rates for the sector
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 2.7%. Based on the 8 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 39 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 31 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 4 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 62 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 39 | weight 15% |
Durability: 43 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is West Auto AS?
The operating margin was 1.5% in 2025, against a median of 4.0% among companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector. Return on assets was 8.4%.
How solid is West Auto AS?
The equity ratio was 21.0% in 2025 (median 31.9%). Debt-to-equity was 3.76 (median 1.75).
What is the liquidity of West Auto AS like?
The current ratio was 0.58 in 2025 (median 1.39). Current assets did not cover current liabilities.
How does West Auto AS compare in Transport og lagring?
West Auto AS ranks 1,792 of 2,362 in Transport og lagring for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Small it is number 666 of 878. Revenue changed by 12.3% 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.
- 894570822
- Legal form
- AS · part of a group
- Sector
- Transport og lagring (49.320)
- Morning company class
- Small
- Employees
- 11 registered 10 July 2026
- Founded
- 23 September 2009 17 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.90 MNOK
- Business address
- Brendehaugen 13, 6065 ULSTEINVIK
- Municipality
- Ulstein rank 6 of 40 in KOSTRA group 1
- 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
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Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 1 November 2026. Only names are shown.
Shareholders (2025)
- Number of shareholders
- 1 (one owner)
- Largest owner
- 100.0%
- Split
- companies 100% · private persons 0% · foreign 0%
- Owned from the same municipality
- 100%
- Group chain
-
Owned by: Westgroup AS (100%)
Ultimate owner: private person
- Westgroup AS · 100.0%
The company is new in the shareholder register in 2025.
Majority owner of: Norway Excursions AS (100%)
Holds shares in: Norway Excursions AS (100%), Westmotor AS (25%)
Source: the Norwegian Tax Administration's shareholder register as of 2025. Figures may be older than today's ownership. Private persons are not shown by name.
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Figures last fetched 30 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 51 | 44 | 35 | |
| Rank | 1,068 | 1,445 | 1,792 | |
| Operating margin | 9.1% | 11.2% | 1.5% | |
| Return on assets | 25.4% | 15.1% | 8.4% | |
| Equity ratio | 34.2% | 24.2% | 21.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.58 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 1.0% | 12.3% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 13.4 MNOK | 13.6 MNOK | 15.2 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 1.2 MNOK | 1.5 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 1.2 MNOK | 1.8 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK |
| Tax expense | – | – | – |
| Net profit | 0.9 MNOK | 1.5 MNOK | 1.1 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.0 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK |
| Total assets | 4.8 MNOK | 12.8 MNOK | 11.4 MNOK |
| Current assets | 3.1 MNOK | 5.9 MNOK | 3.5 MNOK |
| Equity | 1.6 MNOK | 3.1 MNOK | 2.4 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 0.7 MNOK | 2.2 MNOK | 1.5 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 3.2 MNOK | 9.7 MNOK | 9.0 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 3.1 MNOK | 6.1 MNOK | 6.0 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 30 October 2026, accounts id 7158583.
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