UNIVAR SOLUTIONS AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
64of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 77 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 8,873 of 38,670 · Handel
Profile
Elephant · Steward
Lower profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 42 and solidity 83 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
UNIVAR SOLUTIONS AS is 14 points above the median for small companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 36,110 companies.
Against small companies in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 0.4% (median 2.5%) and equity ratio 86.1% (median 38.3%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 95 MNOK | 3 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 2.5% |
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 2.2% |
| Return on assets | 2.4% | 4.0% |
| Equity ratio | 86.1% | 38.3% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.16 | 0.99 |
| Current ratio | 2.72 | 1.70 |
| Revenue growth | 14.7% | 3.5% |
| Revenue per employee | 3.50 MNOK | 1.62 MNOK |
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 64, UNIVAR SOLUTIONS AS does better than 77% of small companies in the same sector (36,579 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- UNIVAR SOLUTIONS AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
UNIVAR SOLUTIONS AS has a score of 64 for 2025, rank 8,873 of 38,670 in the sector.
Strongest: Solidity: percentile 83 against peers, equity ratio 86.1% against a median of 38.3%. Growth: percentile 71 against peers, revenue growth 14.7% against a median of 3.5%.
No area is clearly below its peers.
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
UNIVAR SOLUTIONS AS had an operating margin of 0.4% and an equity ratio of 86.1% in 2025, and ranks 8,873 of 38,670 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin fell from 4.9% to 0.4% and revenue grew by 15%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 1 MNOK and 159 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 12 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 1 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 159 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
No rules were triggered for this year.
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 11.4% 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
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 | 42 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 83 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 68 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 71 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 63 | weight 15% |
Durability: 61 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is UNIVAR SOLUTIONS AS?
The operating margin was 0.4% in 2025, against a median of 2.5% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 2.4%.
How solid is UNIVAR SOLUTIONS AS?
The equity ratio was 86.1% in 2025 (median 38.3%). Debt-to-equity was 0.16 (median 0.99).
What is the liquidity of UNIVAR SOLUTIONS AS like?
The current ratio was 2.72 in 2025 (median 1.70).
How does UNIVAR SOLUTIONS AS compare in Handel?
UNIVAR SOLUTIONS AS ranks 8,873 of 38,670 in Handel for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 8,329 of 36,579. Revenue changed by 14.7% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 918821015
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (46.120)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 27 registered 10 August 2026
- Founded
- 24 December 1958 67 years in operation
- Share capital
- 1.00 MNOK
- Business address
- Rosenholmveien 25, 1414 TROLLÅSEN (NORDRE FOLLO)
- Municipality
- Nordre Follo rank 1 of 10 in KOSTRA group 11
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- LEI
- 549300KOWB5SEUKLS408 renews 22 October 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
- Chief executive
- Pär Mikael Lindén
- Chair of the board
- Paul Graham Bryant
- Board member
- Pär Mikael Lindén
- Auditor
- ERNST & YOUNG AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 29 October 2026. Only names are shown.
- Parent company
- Parent not made public
Source: GLEIF (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation), fetched 29 October 2026. The parent is the one the company itself reported to GLEIF.
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Figures last fetched 26 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 49 | 72 | 64 | |
| Rank | 18,133 | 3,943 | 8,873 | |
| Operating margin | −27.7% | 4.9% | 0.4% | |
| Return on assets | −3.9% | 5.9% | 2.4% | |
| Equity ratio | 67.4% | 87.1% | 86.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34 | 2.59 | 2.72 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 28.2% | 14.7% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 64.3 MNOK | 82.5 MNOK | 94.6 MNOK |
| Operating profit | −17.8 MNOK | 4.1 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | −11.9 MNOK | 5.3 MNOK | 1.6 MNOK |
| Net profit | −9.3 MNOK | 4.1 MNOK | 1.2 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 3.0 MNOK | 5.5 MNOK | 2.9 MNOK |
| Total assets | 227.7 MNOK | 181.0 MNOK | 184.6 MNOK |
| Current assets | 92.9 MNOK | 50.1 MNOK | 61.5 MNOK |
| Equity | 153.6 MNOK | 157.7 MNOK | 158.9 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 148.0 MNOK | 152.1 MNOK | 153.3 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 74.2 MNOK | 23.3 MNOK | 25.7 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 69.4 MNOK | 19.3 MNOK | 22.6 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 7125989.
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