KISTEFOS CORPORATE AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
53of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 57 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 859 of 2,035 · Sjøfart
Profile
Elephant · Steward
Lower profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 31 and solidity 91 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
KISTEFOS CORPORATE AS is 3 points above the median for small companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 1,469 companies.
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | – | 8.4% |
| Profit margin | – | 9.2% |
| Return on assets | −0.3% | 3.4% |
| Equity ratio | 99.8% | 51.1% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.00 | 0.67 |
| Current ratio | 0.18 | 1.77 |
| Revenue growth | – | 1.2% |
The median and “ahead of” refer to small companies in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 53, KISTEFOS CORPORATE AS does better than 57% of small companies in the same sector (1,476 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- KISTEFOS CORPORATE AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
KISTEFOS CORPORATE AS has a score of 53 for 2025, rank 859 of 2,035 in the sector.
Strongest: Solidity: percentile 91 against peers, equity ratio 99.8% against a median of 51.1%. Consistency: percentile 74 against peers.
Weakest: Liquidity: percentile 13 against peers, current ratio 0.18 against a median of 1.77. Profitability: percentile 31 against peers.
Worth a closer look
- Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 5.6 times current assets. Based on: current ratio 0.18 (median 1.77).
- The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern? Based on: profit margin – (median 9.2%).
- What lies behind weak profitability, 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
KISTEFOS CORPORATE AS had an operating margin of – and an equity ratio of 99.8% in 2025, and ranks 859 of 2,035 in Sjøfart.
No large changes in the key figures from 2024 to 2025.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
One method gives a figure: 16 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | not meaningful |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | not meaningful |
| P/B | 1.0 | 16 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
- critical
Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 5.6 times current assets.
Based on: Current ratio 0.18 (median 1.77).
- watch
The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern?
Based on: Profit margin – (median 9.2%).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 4.6% 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.
Data quality
- watch Revenue not reported
- watch No revenue but large assets
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 6.1%. 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 | 31 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 91 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 13 | weight 15% |
| Growth | – | no data, left out |
| Consistency | 74 | weight 15% |
Durability: 61 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 85%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is KISTEFOS CORPORATE AS?
The operating margin was – in 2025, against a median of 8.4% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was −0.3%. The company made a loss before tax.
How solid is KISTEFOS CORPORATE AS?
The equity ratio was 99.8% in 2025 (median 51.1%). Debt-to-equity was 0.00 (median 0.67).
What is the liquidity of KISTEFOS CORPORATE AS like?
The current ratio was 0.18 in 2025 (median 1.77). Current assets did not cover current liabilities.
How does KISTEFOS CORPORATE AS compare in Sjøfart?
KISTEFOS CORPORATE AS ranks 859 of 2,035 in Sjøfart for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 629 of 1,476.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 918486240
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Sjøfart (50.201)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 0–4 (not registered)
- Founded
- 16 December 2016 9 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.03 MNOK
- Business address
- c/o Kistefos AS, Dokkveien 1, 0250 OSLO
- Municipality
- Oslo rank 63–221 of 357 in Norway
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- LEI
- 894500J2EMDC03YPVW21 renews 8 June 2027
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
- Gunnar Jacobsen
- Board member
- Bengt Arve Rem
- Auditor
- ERNST & YOUNG 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 | 65 | 65 | 53 | |
| Rank | 364 | 357 | 859 | |
| Operating margin | – | – | – | |
| Return on assets | 50.0% | 0.0% | −0.3% | |
| Equity ratio | 50.1% | 100.0% | 99.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00 | – | 0.18 | |
| Revenue growth | – | – | – |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | – | – | – |
| Operating profit | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 15.6 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK |
| Net profit | 12.2 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Total assets | 31.2 MNOK | 15.6 MNOK | 15.6 MNOK |
| Current assets | 15.6 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Equity | 15.6 MNOK | 15.6 MNOK | 15.6 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 15.6 MNOK | 15.6 MNOK | 15.6 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 15.6 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 15.6 MNOK | – | 0.0 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 6413627.
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