KNOT FSO AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
73of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 91 % of medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 178 of 2,035 · Sjøfart
Profile
Lion · Leader
High profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 93 and solidity 81 out of 100 among medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
KNOT FSO AS is 25 points above the median for medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 48 among 456 companies.
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | – | 22.9% |
| Profit margin | – | 13.4% |
| Return on assets | 34.2% | 7.6% |
| Equity ratio | 93.4% | 50.4% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.07 | 0.85 |
| Current ratio | 1.02 | 1.33 |
| Revenue growth | – | 2.4% |
The median and “ahead of” refer to medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 73, KNOT FSO AS does better than 91% of medium-sized companies in the same sector (456 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- KNOT FSO AS
- Median: medium-sized companies in the same sector
KNOT FSO AS has a score of 73 for 2025, rank 178 of 2,035 in the sector.
Strongest: Profitability: percentile 93 against peers. Solidity: percentile 81 against peers, equity ratio 93.4% against a median of 50.4%.
Weakest: Liquidity: percentile 35 against peers, current ratio 1.02 against a median of 1.33.
Worth a closer look
- What lies behind weak liquidity, 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
KNOT FSO AS had an operating margin of – and an equity ratio of 93.4% in 2025, and ranks 178 of 2,035 in Sjøfart.
From 2024 to 2025: the equity ratio rose from 87.6% to 93.4%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 926 MNOK and 3,207 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 3,207 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | not meaningful |
| P/B | 1.0 | 926 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 5.8% 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
- watch Revenue not reported
- watch No revenue but large assets
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
We have no accounts for 2026, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2026, with a median operating margin of 6.1%. Based on the 7 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 93 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 81 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 35 | weight 15% |
| Growth | – | no data, left out |
| Consistency | 59 | weight 15% |
Durability: 59 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 85%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is KNOT FSO AS?
The operating margin was – in 2025, against a median of 22.9% among medium-sized companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 34.2%.
How solid is KNOT FSO AS?
The equity ratio was 93.4% in 2025 (median 50.4%). Debt-to-equity was 0.07 (median 0.85).
What is the liquidity of KNOT FSO AS like?
The current ratio was 1.02 in 2025 (median 1.33).
How does KNOT FSO AS compare in Sjøfart?
KNOT FSO AS ranks 178 of 2,035 in Sjøfart for 2025. Among companies of the same size (medium-sized companies) it ranks 41 of 456.
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.
- 911772531
- Legal form
- AS · part of a group
- Sector
- Sjøfart (50.201)
- Size tier
- medium
- Employees
- 0–4 (not registered)
- Founded
- 20 March 2013 13 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.10 MNOK
- Business address
- Smedasundet 40, 5529 HAUGESUND
- Municipality
- Haugesund rank 1–6 of 13 in KOSTRA group 10
- 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
- Chair of the board
- Trygve Seglem
- Board member
- Seiji Yanai
- Auditor
- ERNST & YOUNG 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 | 47 | 57 | 73 | |
| Rank | 951 | 662 | 178 | |
| Operating margin | – | – | – | |
| Return on assets | 4.3% | 9.4% | 34.2% | |
| Equity ratio | 94.6% | 87.6% | 93.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.81 | 1.00 | 1.02 | |
| Revenue growth | – | – | – |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | – | – | – |
| Operating profit | −0.1 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 41.6 MNOK | 93.9 MNOK | 335.0 MNOK |
| Net profit | 32.4 MNOK | 86.4 MNOK | 320.7 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.2 MNOK | 5.3 MNOK | 3.8 MNOK |
| Total assets | 977.6 MNOK | 1,056.6 MNOK | 991.7 MNOK |
| Current assets | 42.3 MNOK | 132.0 MNOK | 67.1 MNOK |
| Equity | 925.3 MNOK | 925.3 MNOK | 926.1 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 14.3 MNOK | 60.0 MNOK | 270.0 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 52.4 MNOK | 131.4 MNOK | 65.7 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 52.4 MNOK | 131.4 MNOK | 65.7 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 6465889.
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