Brownells Norge AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
37of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 26 % of companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Small: 5,504 of 7,421 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 16,881 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 19 and solidity 26 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
Brownells Norge AS is 14 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 −1.1% (median 3.4%) and equity ratio 18.7% (median 36.3%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 17 MNOK | 20 MNOK |
| Operating margin | −1.1% | 3.4% |
| Profit margin | −1.8% | 3.0% |
| Return on assets | −0.3% | 10.0% |
| Equity ratio | 18.7% | 36.3% |
| Debt-to-equity | 4.34 | 1.52 |
| Current ratio | 2.31 | 1.73 |
| Revenue growth | 9.6% | 5.7% |
| Revenue per employee | 3.32 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 37, Brownells Norge AS does better than 26% of companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector (7,421 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- Brownells Norge AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector
Brownells Norge AS has a score of 37 for 2025, rank 16,881 of 23,059 in the sector.
Strongest: Liquidity: percentile 67 against peers, current ratio 2.31 against a median of 1.73. Growth: percentile 62 against peers, revenue growth 9.6% against a median of 5.7%.
Weakest: Profitability: percentile 19 against peers, operating margin −1.1% against a median of 3.4%. Solidity: percentile 26 against peers, equity ratio 18.7% against a median of 36.3%.
Worth a closer look
- The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern? Based on: profit margin −1.8% (median 3.0%).
- The operating margin is lower than at three in four companies in the sector. Where do costs differ from competitors? Based on: operating margin −1.1% (median 3.4%).
- What lies behind weak profitability, and will it last?
- What lies behind weak solidity, 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
Brownells Norge AS had an operating margin of −1.1% and an equity ratio of 18.7% in 2025, and ranks 16,881 of 23,059 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: went from a profit to a loss before tax and the operating margin fell from 1.5% to −1.1%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
One method gives a figure: 1 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | not meaningful |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | not meaningful |
| 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 −1.8% (median 3.0%).
- watch
The operating margin is lower than at three in four companies in the sector. Where do costs differ from competitors?
Based on: Operating margin −1.1% (median 3.4%).
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.
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 | 19 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 26 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 67 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 62 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 40 | weight 15% |
Durability: 34 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is Brownells Norge AS?
The operating margin was −1.1% in 2025, against a median of 3.4% among companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector. Return on assets was −0.3%. The company made a loss before tax.
How solid is Brownells Norge AS?
The equity ratio was 18.7% in 2025 (median 36.3%). Debt-to-equity was 4.34 (median 1.52).
What is the liquidity of Brownells Norge AS like?
The current ratio was 2.31 in 2025 (median 1.73).
How does Brownells Norge AS compare in Handel?
Brownells Norge AS ranks 16,881 of 23,059 in Handel for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Small it is number 5,504 of 7,421. Revenue changed by 9.6% 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.
- 914633508
- Legal form
- AS · part of a group
- Sector
- Handel (47.631)
- Morning company class
- Small
- Employees
- 5 registered 10 July 2026
- Founded
- 12 December 2014 11 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.03 MNOK
- Business address
- Heiveien 882, 4985 VEGÅRSHEI
- Municipality
- Vegårshei rank 10–21 of 39 in KOSTRA group 4
- 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
- Tore Varlid
- Chair of the board
- Olav Aas
- Auditor
- Agder-Team Revisjon AS
- Accountant
- Exacta 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 | 22 | 44 | 37 | |
| Rank | 18,327 | 13,592 | 16,881 | |
| Operating margin | −7.5% | 1.5% | −1.1% | |
| Return on assets | −17.2% | 5.5% | −0.3% | |
| Equity ratio | 8.2% | 17.5% | 18.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.18 | 2.50 | 2.31 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 6.0% | 9.6% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 14.3 MNOK | 15.1 MNOK | 16.6 MNOK |
| Operating profit | −1.1 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK | −0.2 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | −1.1 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | −0.3 MNOK |
| Net profit | −0.9 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | −0.2 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.2 MNOK | 0.3 MNOK | 0.3 MNOK |
| Total assets | 5.4 MNOK | 5.6 MNOK | 6.0 MNOK |
| Current assets | 4.9 MNOK | 5.3 MNOK | 5.9 MNOK |
| Equity | 0.4 MNOK | 1.0 MNOK | 1.1 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 0.4 MNOK | 1.0 MNOK | 1.1 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 4.9 MNOK | 4.6 MNOK | 4.9 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 2.2 MNOK | 2.1 MNOK | 2.6 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 7115601.
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