ESSITY NORWAY AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
50of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 50 % of large companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 15,205 of 30,442 · Handel
Profile
Cheetah · Sprinter
High profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 97 and solidity 8 out of 100 among large companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
ESSITY NORWAY AS is at the median for large companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 287 companies.
Against large companies in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 13.4% (median 2.1%) and equity ratio 6.4% (median 33.4%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 2,161 MNOK | 2,055 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 13.4% | 2.1% |
| Profit margin | 14.6% | 2.1% |
| Return on assets | 36.4% | 8.3% |
| Equity ratio | 6.4% | 33.4% |
| Debt-to-equity | 14.64 | 1.96 |
| Current ratio | 1.07 | 1.27 |
| Revenue growth | 8.3% | 6.2% |
| Revenue per employee | 28.06 MNOK | 17.20 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to large companies in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 50, ESSITY NORWAY AS does better than 50% of large companies in the same sector (287 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- ESSITY NORWAY AS
- Median: large companies in the same sector
ESSITY NORWAY AS has a score of 50 for 2025, rank 15,205 of 30,442 in the sector.
Strongest: Profitability: percentile 97 against peers, operating margin 13.4% against a median of 2.1%.
Weakest: Solidity: percentile 8 against peers, equity ratio 6.4% against a median of 33.4%. Liquidity: percentile 32 against peers, current ratio 1.07 against a median of 1.27.
Worth a closer look
- The equity ratio is very low. Could the company absorb a bad year, and does it need more equity? Based on: equity ratio 6.4% (median 33.4%).
- What lies behind weak solidity, and will it last?
- 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
ESSITY NORWAY AS had an operating margin of 13.4% and an equity ratio of 6.4% in 2025, and ranks 15,205 of 30,442 in Handel.
No large changes in the key figures from 2024 to 2025.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 55 MNOK and 2,449 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 2,449 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 2,316 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 55 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 equity ratio is very low. Could the company absorb a bad year, and does it need more equity?
Based on: Equity ratio 6.4% (median 33.4%).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
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 −134.9%. 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 | 97 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 8 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 32 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 60 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 35 | weight 15% |
Durability: 48 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is ESSITY NORWAY AS?
The operating margin was 13.4% in 2025, against a median of 2.1% among large companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 36.4%.
How solid is ESSITY NORWAY AS?
The equity ratio was 6.4% in 2025 (median 33.4%). Debt-to-equity was 14.64 (median 1.96).
What is the liquidity of ESSITY NORWAY AS like?
The current ratio was 1.07 in 2025 (median 1.27).
How does ESSITY NORWAY AS compare in Handel?
ESSITY NORWAY AS ranks 15,205 of 30,442 in Handel for 2025. Among companies of the same size (large companies) it ranks 145 of 287. Revenue changed by 8.3% from the year before.
Public contracts
- Contracts awarded since 2024
- 3
- Total awarded value since 2024
- value not stated
- 2 contracts without a stated value are not in the total.
- Framework agreements
- 1
- Left out of the total: the value is a ceiling, not actual spend.
| Date | Buyer | Notice | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 June 2026 | SYKEHUSINNKJØP HF | Utstyr til lymfødembehandling for helseforetakene i Norge | 58.5 MNOK (framework) |
| 16 February 2026 | Bergen kommune - Etat for bygg og eiendom | K0003EBE - Levering av sensorteknologi og administrasjonsløsning, inkl. målesensorer og besøkstellere | value not stated |
| 10 December 2024 | SYKEHUSINNKJØP HF | Kontraktstildeling: Sårbehandlingsprodukter til sykehusene i Helse Midt-Norge | value not stated |
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.
- 915620019
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (46.450)
- Size tier
- large
- Employees
- 77 registered 10 October 2026
- Founded
- 13 February 1946 80 years in operation
- Share capital
- 52.00 MNOK
- Business address
- Fredrik Selmers vei 6, 0663 OSLO
- Municipality
- Oslo rank 106–282 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
- Chief executive
- Morten Kjos
- Chair of the board
- Per Christen Conradi Andersen
- Board member
- Asle Victor Nistad
- Board member
- Jørgen Bergvatn Tiltnes
- Board member
- Morten Kjos
- Board member
- Christina Maria Rydebrink
- Deputy member
- Caroline Smestad
- Deputy member
- Bjørg Gjertrud Stokke
- Deputy member
- Lene Bang-Johansen
- Deputy member
- Maria Sætre Wierdal
- Auditor
- ERNST & YOUNG AS
- Accountant
- AZETS INSIGHT AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 25 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 | 42 | 52 | 50 | |
| Rank | 16,645 | 13,239 | 15,205 | |
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 12.1% | 13.4% | |
| Return on assets | 23.7% | 33.6% | 36.4% | |
| Equity ratio | 7.0% | 7.0% | 6.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08 | 1.07 | 1.07 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 7.1% | 8.3% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 1,863.9 MNOK | 1,995.3 MNOK | 2,160.7 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 155.0 MNOK | 240.8 MNOK | 289.6 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 173.4 MNOK | 264.3 MNOK | 315.2 MNOK |
| Net profit | 134.7 MNOK | 205.6 MNOK | 244.9 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 1.8 MNOK | 1.2 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK |
| Total assets | 741.0 MNOK | 791.1 MNOK | 865.3 MNOK |
| Current assets | 739.1 MNOK | 789.2 MNOK | 863.5 MNOK |
| Equity | 52.2 MNOK | 55.3 MNOK | 55.3 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 0.2 MNOK | 3.3 MNOK | 3.3 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 688.8 MNOK | 735.8 MNOK | 809.9 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 687.3 MNOK | 734.2 MNOK | 808.7 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 6897916.
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