ESSILOR NORGE AS
Accounts for 2025 are missing. The deadline was 31 July 2026. The Brønnøysund Register Centre does not publish when accounts arrived, only the latest year filed.
Score · fiscal year 2024
30of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 15 % of companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2024. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Medium: 3,009 of 3,520 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 18,282 of 22,346 · Handel
Profile
Beaver · Builder
Lower profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2024, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 40 and solidity 0 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2024. Methodology
Against the sector
ESSILOR NORGE AS is 20 points below the median for companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2024.
Median score 50 among 3,520 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2024: operating margin 3.9% (median 2.9%) and equity ratio −4.8% (median 30.2%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 174 MNOK | 92 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 2.9% |
| Profit margin | 2.0% | 2.7% |
| Return on assets | 3.5% | 11.8% |
| Equity ratio | −4.8% | 30.2% |
| Debt-to-equity | – | 2.23 |
| Current ratio | 0.85 | 1.40 |
| Revenue growth | 7.1% | 5.1% |
| Revenue per employee | 4.04 MNOK | 4.92 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2024. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 30, ESSILOR NORGE AS does better than 15% of companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector (3,520 companies) in 2024.
Score 2022–2024
- ESSILOR NORGE AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector
ESSILOR NORGE AS has a score of 30 for 2024, rank 18,282 of 22,346 in the sector.
Strongest: Growth: percentile 58 against peers, revenue growth 7.1% against a median of 5.1%.
Weakest: Solidity: percentile 0 against peers, equity ratio −4.8% against a median of 30.2%. Liquidity: percentile 4 against peers, current ratio 0.85 against a median of 1.40.
Worth a closer look
- Equity is negative. How will it be rebuilt, and what do lenders and the auditor say about going concern? Based on: equity ratio −4.8% (median 30.2%).
- Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.2 times current assets. Based on: current ratio 0.85 (median 1.40).
- 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
ESSILOR NORGE AS had an operating margin of 3.9% and an equity ratio of −4.8% in 2024, and ranks 18,282 of 22,346 in Handel.
From 2023 to 2024: the equity ratio rose from −10.8% to −4.8%.
ESSILOR NORGE AS did about the same as the sector in 2022, the sector's weakest year.
This text is generated automatically from the 2024 accounts.
Three simple methods
One method gives a figure: 79 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | not meaningful |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 79 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | not meaningful |
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
- critical
Equity is negative. How will it be rebuilt, and what do lenders and the auditor say about going concern?
Based on: Equity ratio −4.8% (median 30.2%).
- watch
Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.2 times current assets.
Based on: Current ratio 0.85 (median 1.40).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 2.0% of the debt in 2024. The policy rate averaged 4.50 % the same year. This is a plain description of what the debt cost, not a model of interest sensitivity.
Data quality
- critical Negative equity
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
The operating margin was 4.3% in 2022 (sector median 1.5%), and the equity ratio −17.0%. In the other years the operating margin averaged 3.6%.
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 | 40 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 0 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 4 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 58 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 57 | weight 15% |
Durability: 28 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is ESSILOR NORGE AS?
The operating margin was 3.9% in 2024, against a median of 2.9% among companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector. Return on assets was 3.5%.
How solid is ESSILOR NORGE AS?
The equity ratio was −4.8% in 2024 (median 30.2%). Equity is negative, so liabilities exceed assets.
What is the liquidity of ESSILOR NORGE AS like?
The current ratio was 0.85 in 2024 (median 1.40). Current assets did not cover current liabilities.
How does ESSILOR NORGE AS compare in Handel?
ESSILOR NORGE AS ranks 18,282 of 22,346 in Handel for 2024. Among companies in the Morning class Medium it is number 3,009 of 3,520. Revenue changed by 7.1% from the year before.
Public contracts
- Contracts awarded since 2024
- 1
- Total awarded value since 2024
- value not stated
- 1 contracts without a stated value are not in the total.
| Date | Buyer | Notice | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 March 2024 | SYKEHUSINNKJØP HF | OCT-maskin til Helse Stavanger HF | 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.
- 917959269
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (46.430)
- Morning company class
- Medium
- Employees
- 43 registered 10 September 2026
- Founded
- 19 January 1965 61 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.38 MNOK
- Business address
- Dyrmyrgata 35, 3611 KONGSBERG
- Municipality
- Kongsberg rank 4–13 of 27 in KOSTRA group 9
- Latest accounts filed
- 2024
- LEI
- 549300OLR5MFDQ1EO879 not renewed (lapsed)
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
- Carl Åke Fredrik Jönsson
- Board member
- Giulia Uccelli
- Board member
- Carl Pontus Gynning
- Board member
- Henrik Andre Høili Knudsen
- Auditor
- ERNST & YOUNG AS
- Accountant
- VISMA ENTERPRISE AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 29 October 2026. Only names are shown.
- Parent company
- ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (France)
- Ultimate parent
- ESSILORLUXOTTICA (France)
Foreign-owned according to GLEIF.
Source: GLEIF (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation), fetched 30 October 2026. The parent is the one the company itself reported to GLEIF.
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 · 2022–2024
| Key figure | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 30 | 25 | 30 | |
| Rank | 217 | 17,698 | 18,282 | |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 3.3% | 3.9% | |
| Return on assets | 6.6% | 3.9% | 3.5% | |
| Equity ratio | −17.0% | −10.8% | −4.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.83 | 0.88 | 0.85 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −7.0% | 7.1% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 174.4 MNOK | 162.2 MNOK | 173.7 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 7.4 MNOK | 5.3 MNOK | 6.8 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 6.2 MNOK | 2.5 MNOK | 3.5 MNOK |
| Net profit | 4.8 MNOK | 1.9 MNOK | −2.8 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 2.1 MNOK | 4.5 MNOK | 5.2 MNOK |
| Total assets | 125.2 MNOK | 178.1 MNOK | 247.5 MNOK |
| Current assets | 121.0 MNOK | 173.9 MNOK | 220.1 MNOK |
| Equity | −21.2 MNOK | −19.3 MNOK | −12.0 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | −21.6 MNOK | −19.7 MNOK | −12.4 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 146.4 MNOK | 197.4 MNOK | 259.5 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 146.4 MNOK | 197.4 MNOK | 259.5 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 6283833.
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