STS - Surface Treatment Systems AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
76of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 93 % of companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Micro: 791 of 11,388 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 1,540 of 23,059 · Handel
Profile
Lion · Leader
High profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 93 and solidity 96 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
STS - Surface Treatment Systems AS is 26 points above the median for companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 11,385 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 24.7% (median 2.6%) and equity ratio 91.7% (median 33.8%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 1 MNOK | 4 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 24.7% | 2.6% |
| Profit margin | 37.4% | 2.2% |
| Return on assets | 48.7% | 6.2% |
| Equity ratio | 91.7% | 33.8% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.09 | 1.23 |
| Current ratio | 11.18 | 1.75 |
| Revenue growth | −90.1% | 4.0% |
The median and “ahead of” refer to companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 76, STS - Surface Treatment Systems AS does better than 93% of companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector (11,388 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- STS - Surface Treatment Systems AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector
STS - Surface Treatment Systems AS has a score of 76 for 2025, rank 1,540 of 23,059 in the sector.
Strongest: Solidity: percentile 96 against peers, equity ratio 91.7% against a median of 33.8%. Liquidity: percentile 95 against peers, current ratio 11.18 against a median of 1.75.
Weakest: Growth: percentile 0 against peers, revenue growth −90.1% against a median of 4.0%.
Worth a closer look
- What lies behind weak growth, 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
STS - Surface Treatment Systems AS had an operating margin of 24.7% and an equity ratio of 91.7% in 2025, and ranks 1,540 of 23,059 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin rose from 6.0% to 24.7% and revenue fell by 90%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 1 MNOK and 4 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 4 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 4 MNOK |
| 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
- positive
Upper quartile on profitability, solidity and liquidity. What sets this company apart from the rest of the sector?
Based on: Operating margin 24.7% (median 2.6%); Equity ratio 91.7% (median 33.8%); Current ratio 11.18 (median 1.75).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 1.2% 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.
See interest rates, prices and exchange rates for the sector
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 1.5%. 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 | 93 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 96 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 95 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 0 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 64 | weight 15% |
Durability: 76 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is STS - Surface Treatment Systems AS?
The operating margin was 24.7% in 2025, against a median of 2.6% among companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector. Return on assets was 48.7%.
How solid is STS - Surface Treatment Systems AS?
The equity ratio was 91.7% in 2025 (median 33.8%). Debt-to-equity was 0.09 (median 1.23).
What is the liquidity of STS - Surface Treatment Systems AS like?
The current ratio was 11.18 in 2025 (median 1.75).
How does STS - Surface Treatment Systems AS compare in Handel?
STS - Surface Treatment Systems AS ranks 1,540 of 23,059 in Handel for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Micro it is number 791 of 11,388. Revenue changed by −90.1% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 929551265
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (46.850)
- Morning company class
- Micro
- Employees
- 0–4 (not registered)
- Founded
- 25 February 1981 45 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.03 MNOK
- Business address
- Vindholmheia 54, 4842 ARENDAL
- Municipality
- Arendal rank 5–10 of 10 in KOSTRA group 11
- Audit
- Audit opted out from 17 October 2026
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- LEI
- 63670077ERBL38FR4I85 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
- Eirik Storvoll
- Chair of the board
- Eirik Storvoll
- Board member
- Mariann Storvoll Skaug
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 31 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 | 75 | 77 | 76 | |
| Rank | 3,045 | 1,504 | 1,540 | |
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 6.0% | 24.7% | |
| Return on assets | 8.7% | 12.2% | 48.7% | |
| Equity ratio | 70.0% | 82.1% | 91.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.24 | 5.53 | 11.18 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 2.7% | −90.1% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 13.8 MNOK | 14.2 MNOK | 1.4 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 0.6 MNOK | 0.9 MNOK | 0.3 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 0.7 MNOK | 0.9 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK |
| Net profit | 0.4 MNOK | 0.8 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Total assets | 8.0 MNOK | 7.8 MNOK | 1.1 MNOK |
| Current assets | 7.8 MNOK | 7.7 MNOK | 1.0 MNOK |
| Equity | 5.6 MNOK | 6.4 MNOK | 1.0 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 5.0 MNOK | 5.8 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 2.4 MNOK | 1.4 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 2.4 MNOK | 1.4 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 27 October 2026, accounts id 6343633.
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