Aquarium AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
30of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 17 % of companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Small: 6,196 of 7,421 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 18,969 of 23,059 · Handel
Profile
Beaver · Builder
Lower profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 36 and solidity 29 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
Aquarium AS is 21 points below the median for companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 51 among 7,421 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 1.5% (median 3.4%) and equity ratio 20.5% (median 36.3%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 16 MNOK | 20 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 3.4% |
| Profit margin | −0.1% | 3.0% |
| Return on assets | 6.4% | 10.0% |
| Equity ratio | 20.5% | 36.3% |
| Debt-to-equity | 3.87 | 1.52 |
| Current ratio | 1.19 | 1.73 |
| Revenue growth | −1.6% | 5.7% |
| Revenue per employee | 1.06 MNOK | 2.08 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 30, Aquarium AS does better than 17% of companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector (7,421 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- Aquarium AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector
Aquarium AS has a score of 30 for 2025, rank 18,969 of 23,059 in the sector.
Strongest: Profitability: percentile 36 against peers, operating margin 1.5% against a median of 3.4%.
Weakest: Liquidity: percentile 25 against peers, current ratio 1.19 against a median of 1.73. Consistency: percentile 27 against peers.
Worth a closer look
- The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern? Based on: profit margin −0.1% (median 3.0%).
- What lies behind weak liquidity, 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
Aquarium AS had an operating margin of 1.5% and an equity ratio of 20.5% in 2025, and ranks 18,969 of 23,059 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin rose from −3.5% to 1.5%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 1 MNOK and 2 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | not meaningful |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 2 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 1 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
The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern?
Based on: Profit margin −0.1% (median 3.0%).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 8.6% 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.
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 1.5%. 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 | 36 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 29 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 25 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 28 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 27 | weight 15% |
Durability: 28 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is Aquarium AS?
The operating margin was 1.5% in 2025, against a median of 3.4% among companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector. Return on assets was 6.4%. The company made a loss before tax.
How solid is Aquarium AS?
The equity ratio was 20.5% in 2025 (median 36.3%). Debt-to-equity was 3.87 (median 1.52).
What is the liquidity of Aquarium AS like?
The current ratio was 1.19 in 2025 (median 1.73).
How does Aquarium AS compare in Handel?
Aquarium AS ranks 18,969 of 23,059 in Handel for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Small it is number 6,196 of 7,421. Revenue changed by −1.6% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 910255290
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (47.762)
- Morning company class
- Small
- Employees
- 15 registered 10 October 2026
- Founded
- 16 May 1936 90 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.10 MNOK
- Business address
- Lilleakerveien 14, 0283 OSLO
- Municipality
- Oslo rank 63–220 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
- Monica Paus
- Chair of the board
- Ole Paus
- Board member
- Monica Paus
- Deputy member
- Aase Mathilde Paus
- Auditor
- BDO 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 | 38 | 17 | 30 | |
| Rank | 14,273 | 20,853 | 18,969 | |
| Operating margin | 0.1% | −3.5% | 1.5% | |
| Return on assets | 0.7% | −15.1% | 6.4% | |
| Equity ratio | 38.4% | 20.6% | 20.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 0.85 | 1.19 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −6.3% | −1.6% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 17.2 MNOK | 16.1 MNOK | 15.8 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 0.0 MNOK | −0.6 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | −0.1 MNOK | −0.7 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Net profit | −0.1 MNOK | −0.7 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.1 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK |
| Total assets | 3.9 MNOK | 3.7 MNOK | 3.6 MNOK |
| Current assets | 2.8 MNOK | 2.5 MNOK | 3.4 MNOK |
| Equity | 1.5 MNOK | 0.8 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 1.4 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK | 0.6 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 2.4 MNOK | 2.9 MNOK | 2.9 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 2.3 MNOK | 2.9 MNOK | 2.9 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 7081147.
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