Newslab AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
51of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 51 % of companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Small: 139 of 282 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 512 of 1,017 · Kultur og fritid
Profile
Lion · Leader
High profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 53 and solidity 56 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
Newslab AS is 1 points above the median for companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 282 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 3.9% (median 5.5%) and equity ratio 37.1% (median 27.6%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 29 MNOK | 20 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 5.5% |
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 4.2% |
| Return on assets | 14.0% | 9.9% |
| Equity ratio | 37.1% | 27.6% |
| Debt-to-equity | 1.69 | 1.84 |
| Current ratio | 1.52 | 1.15 |
| Revenue growth | 0.1% | 6.3% |
| Revenue per employee | 1.39 MNOK | 0.54 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 51, Newslab AS does better than 51% of companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector (282 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- Newslab AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector
Newslab AS has a score of 51 for 2025, rank 512 of 1,017 in the sector.
Strongest: Liquidity: percentile 65 against peers, current ratio 1.52 against a median of 1.15.
Weakest: Growth: percentile 28 against peers, revenue growth 0.1% against a median of 6.3%.
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
Newslab AS had an operating margin of 3.9% and an equity ratio of 37.1% in 2025, and ranks 512 of 1,017 in Kultur og fritid.
From 2024 to 2025: went from a loss to a profit before tax and the operating margin rose from −2.8% to 3.9%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 3 MNOK and 12 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 8 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 12 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 3 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 1.0% 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 2026, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2026, with a median operating margin of −5.4%. 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 | 53 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 56 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 65 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 28 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 47 | weight 15% |
Durability: 44 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is Newslab AS?
The operating margin was 3.9% in 2025, against a median of 5.5% among companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector. Return on assets was 14.0%.
How solid is Newslab AS?
The equity ratio was 37.1% in 2025 (median 27.6%). Debt-to-equity was 1.69 (median 1.84).
What is the liquidity of Newslab AS like?
The current ratio was 1.52 in 2025 (median 1.15).
How does Newslab AS compare in Kultur og fritid?
Newslab AS ranks 512 of 1,017 in Kultur og fritid for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Small it is number 139 of 282. Revenue changed by 0.1% from the year before.
Public contracts
- Contracts awarded since 2024
- 1
- Total awarded value since 2024
- value not stated
- Framework agreements
- 1
- Left out of the total: the value is a ceiling, not actual spend.
| Date | Buyer | Notice | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2024 | Nasjonalbiblioteket | Design- og markedsføringstjenester, rammeavtale | value not stated |
| 30 January 2023 | Medietilsynet | Kommunikasjonstjenester, rammeavtale | 4.9 MNOK |
| 13 April 2021 | Stiftelsen Design og arkitektur Norge | Teksttjenester, rammeavtale | 0.0 MNOK |
| 23 November 2020 | Universitetet i Oslo | Kommunikasjonstjenester | 3.7 MNOK |
Based on notices in Doffin. Does not show call-offs under framework agreements or purchases below the publication threshold. Values are as stated by the buyer.
Source: Doffin (DFØ), fetched 27 October 2026. Winners are matched on organisation number.
Contains data under the Norwegian licence for public data (NLOD 2.0) made available by Doffin/the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ). NLOD 2.0
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 913766784
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Kultur og fritid (90.111)
- Morning company class
- Small
- Employees
- 21 registered 10 May 2026
- Founded
- 28 March 2014 12 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.03 MNOK
- Business address
- Waldemar Thranes gate 86B, 0175 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
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Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 31 October 2026. Only names are shown.
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Figures last fetched 30 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 48 | 35 | 51 | |
| Rank | 523 | 780 | 512 | |
| Operating margin | 6.3% | −2.8% | 3.9% | |
| Return on assets | 16.4% | −11.0% | 14.0% | |
| Equity ratio | 24.7% | 35.0% | 37.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27 | 1.38 | 1.52 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −16.1% | 0.1% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 34.7 MNOK | 29.1 MNOK | 29.1 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 2.2 MNOK | −0.8 MNOK | 1.1 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 2.2 MNOK | −0.9 MNOK | 1.1 MNOK |
| Net profit | 1.7 MNOK | −0.7 MNOK | 0.8 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK |
| Total assets | 13.2 MNOK | 7.4 MNOK | 8.0 MNOK |
| Current assets | 12.6 MNOK | 6.6 MNOK | 7.7 MNOK |
| Equity | 3.3 MNOK | 2.6 MNOK | 3.0 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 0.0 MNOK | −0.7 MNOK | −0.3 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 10.0 MNOK | 4.8 MNOK | 5.0 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 10.0 MNOK | 4.8 MNOK | 5.0 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 30 October 2026, accounts id 7112181.
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