ISTA NORGE AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
69of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 86 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 5,428 of 38,670 · Handel
Profile
Lion · Leader
High profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 84 and solidity 74 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
ISTA NORGE AS is 19 points above 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 14.2% (median 2.5%) and equity ratio 74.2% (median 38.3%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 31 MNOK | 3 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 14.2% | 2.5% |
| Profit margin | 14.1% | 2.2% |
| Return on assets | 26.2% | 4.0% |
| Equity ratio | 74.2% | 38.3% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.35 | 0.99 |
| Current ratio | 3.08 | 1.70 |
| Revenue growth | −5.1% | 3.5% |
| Revenue per employee | 1.64 MNOK | 1.62 MNOK |
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 69, ISTA NORGE AS does better than 86% of small companies in the same sector (36,579 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- ISTA NORGE AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
ISTA NORGE AS has a score of 69 for 2025, rank 5,428 of 38,670 in the sector.
Strongest: Profitability: percentile 84 against peers, operating margin 14.2% against a median of 2.5%. Solidity: percentile 74 against peers, equity ratio 74.2% against a median of 38.3%.
Weakest: Growth: percentile 32 against peers, revenue growth −5.1% against a median of 3.5%.
Worth a closer look
- What lies behind weak growth, 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
ISTA NORGE AS had an operating margin of 14.2% and an equity ratio of 74.2% in 2025, and ranks 5,428 of 38,670 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin rose from 4.6% to 14.2% and the equity ratio rose from 60.5% to 74.2%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 13 MNOK and 44 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 41 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 44 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 13 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 1.8% 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
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 | 84 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 74 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 71 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 32 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 67 | weight 15% |
Durability: 60 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is ISTA NORGE AS?
The operating margin was 14.2% in 2025, against a median of 2.5% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 26.2%.
How solid is ISTA NORGE AS?
The equity ratio was 74.2% in 2025 (median 38.3%). Debt-to-equity was 0.35 (median 0.99).
What is the liquidity of ISTA NORGE AS like?
The current ratio was 3.08 in 2025 (median 1.70).
How does ISTA NORGE AS compare in Handel?
ISTA NORGE AS ranks 5,428 of 38,670 in Handel for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 5,107 of 36,579. Revenue changed by −5.1% 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.
- 911071347
- Legal form
- AS · part of a group
- Sector
- Handel (46.640)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 19 registered 10 August 2026
- Founded
- 11 November 1952 73 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.20 MNOK
- Business address
- Trollåsveien 34, 1414 TROLLÅSEN (NORDRE FOLLO)
- Municipality
- Nordre Follo rank 1 of 10 in KOSTRA group 11
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- Website
- www.ista.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
- Espen Karlsholmen
- Chair of the board
- Benny Martin Mathiesen
- Board member
- Marco Henrik Ødemark
- Auditor
- TELL NORGE AS
- Accountant
- AZETS INSIGHT 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 | 50 | 61 | 69 | |
| Rank | 17,392 | 10,327 | 5,428 | |
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 4.6% | 14.2% | |
| Return on assets | 9.2% | 11.0% | 26.2% | |
| Equity ratio | 49.9% | 60.5% | 74.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.71 | 1.87 | 3.08 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 4.9% | −5.1% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 31.3 MNOK | 32.8 MNOK | 31.2 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 1.2 MNOK | 1.5 MNOK | 4.4 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 0.9 MNOK | 1.4 MNOK | 4.4 MNOK |
| Net profit | 0.9 MNOK | 1.4 MNOK | 4.1 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.4 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK |
| Total assets | 14.5 MNOK | 14.2 MNOK | 17.1 MNOK |
| Current assets | 10.5 MNOK | 10.5 MNOK | 13.1 MNOK |
| Equity | 7.2 MNOK | 8.6 MNOK | 12.7 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | −2.3 MNOK | −0.9 MNOK | 3.2 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 7.2 MNOK | 5.6 MNOK | 4.4 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 6.2 MNOK | 5.6 MNOK | 4.2 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 7230228.
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