LARS BERNTSEN AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
41of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 36 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 12,136 of 18,536 · Handel
Profile
Beaver · Builder
Lower profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 34 and solidity 33 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
LARS BERNTSEN AS is 9 points below the median for small companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 17,434 companies.
Against small companies in the same sector in 2025: operating margin −0.2% (median 2.2%) and equity ratio 22.5% (median 32.5%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 55 MNOK | 3 MNOK |
| Operating margin | −0.2% | 2.2% |
| Profit margin | −0.2% | 1.9% |
| Return on assets | −1.9% | 3.7% |
| Equity ratio | 22.5% | 32.5% |
| Debt-to-equity | 3.45 | 1.09 |
| Current ratio | 1.23 | 1.58 |
| Revenue growth | 1.2% | 3.1% |
| Revenue per employee | 3.90 MNOK | 1.60 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 41, LARS BERNTSEN AS does better than 36% of small companies in the same sector (17,678 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- LARS BERNTSEN AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
What the numbers say
LARS BERNTSEN AS had an operating margin of −0.2% and an equity ratio of 22.5% in 2025, and ranks 12,136 of 18,536 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: went from a profit to a loss before tax.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
One method gives a figure: 1 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | not meaningful |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | not meaningful |
| P/B | 1.0 | 1 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 company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern?
Based on: Profit margin −0.2% (median 1.9%).
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 2022, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2022, with a median operating margin of 0.6%. 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 | 34 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 33 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 38 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 46 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 67 | weight 15% |
Durability: 43 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is LARS BERNTSEN AS?
The operating margin was −0.2% in 2025, against a median of 2.2% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was −1.9%. The company made a loss before tax.
How solid is LARS BERNTSEN AS?
The equity ratio was 22.5% in 2025 (median 32.5%). Debt-to-equity was 3.45 (median 1.09).
What is the liquidity of LARS BERNTSEN AS like?
The current ratio was 1.23 in 2025 (median 1.58).
How does LARS BERNTSEN AS compare in Handel?
LARS BERNTSEN AS ranks 12,136 of 18,536 in Handel for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 11,377 of 17,678. Revenue changed by 1.2% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 920415202
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (47.110)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 14 registered 10 September 2026
- Founded
- 23 January 2018 8 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.50 MNOK
- Business address
- Melkevegen 2, 2165 HVAM (NES)
- Municipality
- Nes rank 19 of 27 in KOSTRA group 9
- 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
- Lars Berntsen
- Chair of the board
- Lars Berntsen
- Auditor
- PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AS
- Accountant
- REMA 1000 NORGE 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 | 39 | 49 | 41 | |
| Rank | 12,255 | 9,871 | 12,136 | |
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 0.8% | −0.2% | |
| Return on assets | 4.1% | 9.2% | −1.9% | |
| Equity ratio | 16.9% | 24.4% | 22.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15 | 1.27 | 1.23 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 1.7% | 1.2% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 53.0 MNOK | 53.9 MNOK | 54.5 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 0.2 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 0.2 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK |
| Net profit | 0.2 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Total assets | 5.4 MNOK | 5.3 MNOK | 5.1 MNOK |
| Current assets | 5.2 MNOK | 5.1 MNOK | 4.9 MNOK |
| Equity | 0.9 MNOK | 1.3 MNOK | 1.2 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 0.4 MNOK | 0.8 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 4.5 MNOK | 4.0 MNOK | 4.0 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 4.5 MNOK | 4.0 MNOK | 4.0 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 6444503.
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