Karcher a.s
Score · fiscal year 2025
42of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 33 % of medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 25,457 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 29 and solidity 39 out of 100 among medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
Karcher a.s is 7 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 0.9% (median 3.2%) and equity ratio 26.8% (median 32.6%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 437 MNOK | 173 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 3.2% |
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 3.2% |
| Return on assets | 8.2% | 11.6% |
| Equity ratio | 26.8% | 32.6% |
| Debt-to-equity | 2.73 | 2.03 |
| Current ratio | 1.23 | 1.38 |
| Revenue growth | 11.6% | 6.8% |
| Revenue per employee | 5.99 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 42, Karcher a.s does better than 33% of medium-sized companies in the same sector (2,203 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- Karcher a.s
- Median: medium-sized companies in the same sector
Karcher a.s has a score of 42 for 2025, rank 25,457 of 38,671 in the sector.
Strongest: Growth: percentile 64 against peers, revenue growth 11.6% against a median of 6.8%.
Weakest: Profitability: percentile 29 against peers, operating margin 0.9% against a median of 3.2%. Liquidity: percentile 37 against peers, current ratio 1.23 against a median of 1.38.
Worth a closer look
- The operating margin is lower than at three in four companies in the sector. Where do costs differ from competitors? Based on: operating margin 0.9% (median 3.2%).
- What lies behind weak profitability, and will it last?
- What lies behind weak liquidity, 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
Karcher a.s had an operating margin of 0.9% and an equity ratio of 26.8% in 2025, and ranks 25,457 of 38,671 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: revenue grew by 12%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 29 MNOK and 48 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 31 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 48 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 29 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 operating margin is lower than at three in four companies in the sector. Where do costs differ from competitors?
Based on: Operating margin 0.9% (median 3.2%).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 6.1% 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 | 29 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 39 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 37 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 64 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 54 | weight 15% |
Durability: 42 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is Karcher a.s?
The operating margin was 0.9% in 2025, against a median of 3.2% among medium-sized companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 8.2%.
How solid is Karcher a.s?
The equity ratio was 26.8% in 2025 (median 32.6%). Debt-to-equity was 2.73 (median 2.03).
What is the liquidity of Karcher a.s like?
The current ratio was 1.23 in 2025 (median 1.38).
How does Karcher a.s compare in Handel?
Karcher a.s ranks 25,457 of 38,671 in Handel for 2025. Among companies of the same size (medium-sized companies) it ranks 1,483 of 2,203. Revenue changed by 11.6% from the year before.
Group accounts
The company is registered as part of a group, but we have no group accounts for it. Group accounts are filed by the parent company, and open data does not say which company that is.
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.
- 929066669
- Legal form
- AS · part of a group
- Sector
- Handel (46.640)
- Size tier
- medium
- Employees
- 73 registered 10 October 2026
- Founded
- 21 May 1980 46 years in operation
- Share capital
- 5.05 MNOK
- Business address
- Stanseveien 31, 0976 OSLO
- Municipality
- Oslo rank 106–282 of 357 in Norway
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- Website
- www.karcher.no
- LEI
- 5299008JOB1UY2ZNKE16 not renewed (lapsed)
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
- Martin Pedersen
- Chair of the board
- Christian May
- Board member
- Marc Margaretha J Van Ingelgem
- Board member
- Patricia Peiro Gonzalez
- Auditor
- BDO AS
- Accountant
- AZETS INSIGHT AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 29 October 2026. Only names are shown.
- Parent company
- Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG (Germany)
Foreign-owned according to GLEIF.
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 27 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 48 | 38 | 42 | |
| Rank | 18,686 | 26,615 | 25,457 | |
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 0.5% | 0.9% | |
| Return on assets | 17.8% | 7.5% | 8.2% | |
| Equity ratio | 25.8% | 23.7% | 26.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24 | 1.22 | 1.23 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 7.6% | 11.6% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 363.9 MNOK | 391.7 MNOK | 437.2 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 11.3 MNOK | 2.1 MNOK | 4.0 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 11.1 MNOK | 1.3 MNOK | 4.0 MNOK |
| Net profit | 8.7 MNOK | 1.0 MNOK | 3.1 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 6.0 MNOK | 6.9 MNOK | 4.8 MNOK |
| Total assets | 96.4 MNOK | 108.9 MNOK | 108.0 MNOK |
| Current assets | 88.8 MNOK | 101.4 MNOK | 97.4 MNOK |
| Equity | 24.9 MNOK | 25.8 MNOK | 28.9 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 19.8 MNOK | 20.8 MNOK | 23.9 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 71.6 MNOK | 83.1 MNOK | 79.1 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 71.6 MNOK | 83.1 MNOK | 79.1 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 27 October 2026, accounts id 6836402.
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