ARVE OPSAHL AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
9of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 1 % of medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 37,120 of 38,671 · Handel
Profile
Beaver · Builder
Lower profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 7 and solidity 11 out of 100 among medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
ARVE OPSAHL AS is 40 points below the median for medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 49 among 2,198 companies.
Against medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025: operating margin −2.8% (median 3.2%) and equity ratio 10.6% (median 32.6%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 120 MNOK | 173 MNOK |
| Operating margin | −2.8% | 3.2% |
| Profit margin | −27.1% | 3.2% |
| Return on assets | −2.1% | 11.6% |
| Equity ratio | 10.6% | 32.6% |
| Debt-to-equity | 8.41 | 2.03 |
| Current ratio | 0.80 | 1.38 |
| Revenue growth | −14.6% | 6.8% |
| Revenue per employee | 8.54 MNOK | 6.45 MNOK |
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 9, ARVE OPSAHL AS does better than 1% of medium-sized companies in the same sector (2,203 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- ARVE OPSAHL AS
- Median: medium-sized companies in the same sector
ARVE OPSAHL AS has a score of 9 for 2025, rank 37,120 of 38,671 in the sector.
Strongest: Consistency: percentile 13 against peers.
Weakest: Growth: percentile 6 against peers, revenue growth −14.6% against a median of 6.8%. Profitability: percentile 7 against peers, operating margin −2.8% against a median of 3.2%.
Worth a closer look
- Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.2 times current assets. Based on: current ratio 0.80 (median 1.38).
- The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern? Based on: profit margin −27.1% (median 3.2%).
- The operating margin is lower than at three in four companies in the sector. Where do costs differ from competitors? Based on: operating margin −2.8% (median 3.2%).
- 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
ARVE OPSAHL AS had an operating margin of −2.8% and an equity ratio of 10.6% in 2025, and ranks 37,120 of 38,671 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: went from a profit to a loss before tax and the operating margin fell from 8.9% to −2.8%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
One method gives a figure: 12 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | not meaningful |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | not meaningful |
| P/B | 1.0 | 12 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
Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.2 times current assets.
Based on: Current ratio 0.80 (median 1.38).
- watch
The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern?
Based on: Profit margin −27.1% (median 3.2%).
- 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 −2.8% (median 3.2%).
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 −65.6%. 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 | 7 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 11 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 7 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 6 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 13 | weight 15% |
Durability: 37 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is ARVE OPSAHL AS?
The operating margin was −2.8% in 2025, against a median of 3.2% among medium-sized companies in the same sector. Return on assets was −2.1%. The company made a loss before tax.
How solid is ARVE OPSAHL AS?
The equity ratio was 10.6% in 2025 (median 32.6%). Debt-to-equity was 8.41 (median 2.03).
What is the liquidity of ARVE OPSAHL AS like?
The current ratio was 0.80 in 2025 (median 1.38). Current assets did not cover current liabilities.
How does ARVE OPSAHL AS compare in Handel?
ARVE OPSAHL AS ranks 37,120 of 38,671 in Handel for 2025. Among companies of the same size (medium-sized companies) it ranks 2,189 of 2,203. Revenue changed by −14.6% from the year before.
Group accounts · 2025
18 of 100
Rank 940 of 975 groups with group accounts. Groups are ranked only against each other, not against single companies.
| Key figure | The group | The company alone (2025) |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | −4.8% | −2.8% |
| Return on assets | −7.5% | −2.1% |
| Equity ratio | −1.4% | 10.6% |
| Current ratio | 1.77 | 0.80 |
| Revenue growth | −6.4% | −14.6% |
Group index in earlier years: 2023: 29 (973 of 1176), 2024: 25 (882 of 994).
Same formulas and weights as the company index. Group and company are never added together, and the group accounts are not part of sector averages or company rankings.
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre, group accounts 2025 (open data, NLOD 2.0).
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.
- 918040242
- Legal form
- AS · part of a group
- Sector
- Handel (47.810)
- Size tier
- medium
- Employees
- 14 registered 10 September 2026
- Founded
- 14 August 1975 51 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.30 MNOK
- Business address
- Øysandvegen 245A, 7224 MELHUS
- Municipality
- Melhus rank 15–24 of 38 in KOSTRA group 7
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- Website
- www.aoas.no
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
- Bjørn Arve Opsahl
- Chair of the board
- Svenn Arve Opsahl
- Board member
- Bjørn Arve Opsahl
- Auditor
- REVISJONSKOMPANIET MIDT-NORGE AS
- Accountant
- ADMENTO 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 | 52 | 50 | 9 | |
| Rank | 16,049 | 19,086 | 37,120 | |
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 8.9% | −2.8% | |
| Return on assets | 7.0% | 11.0% | −2.1% | |
| Equity ratio | 29.7% | 32.6% | 10.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.51 | 1.20 | 0.80 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −9.2% | −14.6% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 154.2 MNOK | 140.0 MNOK | 119.6 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 8.0 MNOK | 12.4 MNOK | −3.3 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 3.4 MNOK | 6.7 MNOK | −32.4 MNOK |
| Net profit | 2.7 MNOK | 5.1 MNOK | −30.0 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 5.2 MNOK | 7.3 MNOK | 30.1 MNOK |
| Total assets | 123.1 MNOK | 127.5 MNOK | 109.6 MNOK |
| Current assets | 86.5 MNOK | 66.1 MNOK | 55.0 MNOK |
| Equity | 36.5 MNOK | 41.6 MNOK | 11.6 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 35.1 MNOK | – | – |
| Total liabilities | 86.6 MNOK | 85.8 MNOK | 97.9 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 57.4 MNOK | 55.0 MNOK | 68.4 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 7241070.
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