VERNING AS
Score · fiscal year 2023
53of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 56 % of small companies in the same sector in 2023. What does this mean?
Rank: 1,644 of 3,738 · Sjømat
Profile
Lion · Leader
High profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2023, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 55 and solidity 54 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2023. Methodology
Against the sector
VERNING AS is 3 points above the median for small companies in the same sector in 2023.
Median score 50 among 3,282 companies.
Against small companies in the same sector in 2023: operating margin 11.6% (median 9.0%) and equity ratio 48.1% (median 35.9%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 6 MNOK | 2 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 11.6% | 9.0% |
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 5.5% |
| Return on assets | 3.9% | 2.7% |
| Equity ratio | 48.1% | 35.9% |
| Debt-to-equity | 1.08 | 1.08 |
| Current ratio | 1.91 | 1.66 |
| Revenue growth | – | 10.5% |
The median and “ahead of” refer to small companies in the same sector in 2023. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 53, VERNING AS does better than 56% of small companies in the same sector (3,284 companies) in 2023.
Score 2023–2025
- VERNING AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
What the numbers say
VERNING AS had an operating margin of 11.6% and an equity ratio of 48.1% in 2023, and ranks 1,644 of 3,738 in Sjømat.
This text is generated automatically from the 2023 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 1 MNOK and 8 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 1 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | debt above value |
| P/B | 1.0 | 8 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 5.9% of the debt in 2023. The policy rate averaged 3.54 % 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 2022, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2022, with a median operating margin of −5.0%. Based on the 10 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 55 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 54 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 54 | weight 15% |
| Growth | – | no data, left out |
| Consistency | 47 | weight 15% |
Index version 2. Data completeness 85%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is VERNING AS?
The operating margin was 11.6% in 2023, against a median of 9.0% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 3.9%.
How solid is VERNING AS?
The equity ratio was 48.1% in 2023 (median 35.9%). Debt-to-equity was 1.08 (median 1.08).
What is the liquidity of VERNING AS like?
The current ratio was 1.91 in 2023 (median 1.66).
How does VERNING AS compare in Sjømat?
VERNING AS ranks 1,644 of 3,738 in Sjømat for 2023. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 1,446 of 3,284.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 911604418
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Sjømat (03.110)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 0–4 (not registered)
- Founded
- 8 February 2013 13 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.30 MNOK
- Business address
- c/o John Roar Grotle, Grotlevegen 369, 6727 BREMANGER
- Municipality
- Bremanger rank 6–15 of 33 in KOSTRA group 5
- 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
- John-Roar Grotle
- Chair of the board
- John-Roar Grotle
- Board member
- Ola Martin Grotle
- Deputy member
- Reidun Lovise Grotle
- Auditor
- FIRDA REVISJON & RÅDGIVNING AS
- Accountant
- SOLVENS 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 | 53 | 54 | 60 | |
| Rank | 1,644 | 1,690 | 1,133 | |
| Operating margin | 11.6% | 11.1% | 19.1% | |
| Return on assets | 3.9% | 3.1% | 7.2% | |
| Equity ratio | 48.1% | 39.3% | 42.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.91 | 1.63 | 2.19 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 0.7% | 34.3% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 5.6 MNOK | 5.6 MNOK | 7.5 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 0.6 MNOK | 0.6 MNOK | 1.4 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 0.1 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK |
| Net profit | 0.1 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK | 0.6 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.5 MNOK | 0.6 MNOK | 0.8 MNOK |
| Total assets | 16.8 MNOK | 20.8 MNOK | 20.6 MNOK |
| Current assets | 1.5 MNOK | 1.6 MNOK | 1.9 MNOK |
| Equity | 8.1 MNOK | 8.2 MNOK | 8.7 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 1.2 MNOK | 1.2 MNOK | 1.8 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 8.7 MNOK | 12.6 MNOK | 11.8 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 0.8 MNOK | 1.0 MNOK | 0.8 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 5170477.
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