BEMA AS
Score · fiscal year 2023
76of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 88 % of medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2023. What does this mean?
Rank: 3,693 of 34,740 · Handel
Profile
Lion · Leader
High profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2023, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 65 and solidity 92 out of 100 among medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2023. Methodology
Against the sector
BEMA AS is 27 points above the median for medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2023.
Median score 49 among 1,875 companies.
Against medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2023: operating margin 6.3% (median 3.2%) and equity ratio 81.2% (median 32.2%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 153 MNOK | 177 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 3.2% |
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 3.1% |
| Return on assets | 12.6% | 11.4% |
| Equity ratio | 81.2% | 32.2% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.23 | 2.06 |
| Current ratio | 5.07 | 1.39 |
| Revenue growth | – | 4.2% |
| Revenue per employee | 3.32 MNOK | 6.27 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2023. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 76, BEMA AS does better than 88% of medium-sized companies in the same sector (1,875 companies) in 2023.
Score 2023–2025
- BEMA AS
- Median: medium-sized companies in the same sector
What the numbers say
BEMA AS had an operating margin of 6.3% and an equity ratio of 81.2% in 2023, and ranks 3,693 of 34,740 in Handel.
This text is generated automatically from the 2023 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 80 MNOK and 95 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 95 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 93 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 80 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
- positive
Upper quartile on profitability, solidity and liquidity. What sets this company apart from the rest of the sector?
Based on: Operating margin 6.3% (median 3.2%); Equity ratio 81.2% (median 32.2%); Current ratio 5.07 (median 1.39).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 4.6% of the debt in 2023. The policy rate averaged 3.54 % 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 | 65 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 92 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 94 | weight 15% |
| Growth | – | no data, left out |
| Consistency | 52 | weight 15% |
Index version 2. Data completeness 85%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is BEMA AS?
The operating margin was 6.3% in 2023, against a median of 3.2% among medium-sized companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 12.6%.
How solid is BEMA AS?
The equity ratio was 81.2% in 2023 (median 32.2%). Debt-to-equity was 0.23 (median 2.06).
What is the liquidity of BEMA AS like?
The current ratio was 5.07 in 2023 (median 1.39).
How does BEMA AS compare in Handel?
BEMA AS ranks 3,693 of 34,740 in Handel for 2023. Among companies of the same size (medium-sized companies) it ranks 224 of 1,875.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 921347405
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (46.720)
- Size tier
- medium
- Employees
- 46 registered 10 September 2026
- Founded
- 20 January 1977 49 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.10 MNOK
- Business address
- Vardegaten 17, 4876 GRIMSTAD
- Municipality
- Grimstad rank 9–19 of 27 in KOSTRA group 9
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- LEI
- 5493004WEIX09C44K243 renews 13 December 2026
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
- Roy Harald Asbjørnsen
- Chair of the board
- Magne Frede Kjølsrud
- Board member
- Marit Kjølsrud
- Board member
- Børuf Eivind Håkedal
- Board member
- Inger Lise Håkedal
- Auditor
- CEDRA NORGE AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 29 October 2026. Only names are shown.
- Parent company
- No parent company: owned by persons
Source: GLEIF (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation), fetched 29 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 · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 76 | 72 | 67 | |
| Rank | 3,693 | 4,114 | 6,652 | |
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 7.9% | 6.5% | |
| Return on assets | 12.6% | 16.4% | 11.1% | |
| Equity ratio | 81.2% | 76.4% | 80.9% | |
| Current ratio | 5.07 | 4.06 | 5.04 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 4.6% | −3.2% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 152.7 MNOK | 159.7 MNOK | 154.6 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 9.6 MNOK | 12.6 MNOK | 10.1 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 11.6 MNOK | 15.7 MNOK | 11.1 MNOK |
| Net profit | 9.5 MNOK | 12.5 MNOK | 8.7 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.8 MNOK | 0.6 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK |
| Total assets | 98.8 MNOK | 99.3 MNOK | 104.5 MNOK |
| Current assets | 94.3 MNOK | 95.4 MNOK | 100.7 MNOK |
| Equity | 80.3 MNOK | 75.8 MNOK | 84.5 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 21.9 MNOK | 17.5 MNOK | 26.1 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 18.6 MNOK | 23.5 MNOK | 20.0 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 18.6 MNOK | 23.5 MNOK | 20.0 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 5007021.
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