Norstein AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
46of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 41 % of companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Small: 4,387 of 7,414 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 13,343 of 22,952 · 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 58 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
Norstein AS is 5 points below the median for companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 51 among 7,414 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 3.2% (median 3.4%) and equity ratio 44.3% (median 36.3%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 39 MNOK | 20 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 3.0% |
| Return on assets | 5.5% | 10.0% |
| Equity ratio | 44.3% | 36.3% |
| Debt-to-equity | 1.25 | 1.51 |
| Current ratio | 2.86 | 1.73 |
| Revenue growth | −20.9% | 5.7% |
| Revenue per employee | 7.70 MNOK | 2.08 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 46, Norstein AS does better than 41% of companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector (7,414 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- Norstein AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector
Norstein AS has a score of 46 for 2025, rank 13,343 of 22,952 in the sector.
Strongest: Liquidity: percentile 77 against peers, current ratio 2.86 against a median of 1.73.
Weakest: Growth: percentile 6 against peers, revenue growth −20.9% against a median of 5.7%.
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
Norstein AS had an operating margin of 3.2% and an equity ratio of 44.3% in 2025, and ranks 13,343 of 22,952 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: went from a loss to a profit before tax and revenue fell by 21%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 4 MNOK and 10 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 4 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 5 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 10 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 5.8% 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 | 42 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 58 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 77 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 6 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 44 | weight 15% |
Durability: 52 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is Norstein AS?
The operating margin was 3.2% in 2025, against a median of 3.4% among companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector. Return on assets was 5.5%.
How solid is Norstein AS?
The equity ratio was 44.3% in 2025 (median 36.3%). Debt-to-equity was 1.25 (median 1.51).
What is the liquidity of Norstein AS like?
The current ratio was 2.86 in 2025 (median 1.73).
How does Norstein AS compare in Handel?
Norstein AS ranks 13,343 of 22,952 in Handel for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Small it is number 4,387 of 7,414. Revenue changed by −20.9% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 934077229
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (46.830)
- Morning company class
- Small
- Employees
- 5 registered 10 August 2026
- Founded
- 2 May 1983 43 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.50 MNOK
- Business address
- Strandvegen 3, 6490 EIDE (HUSTADVIKA)
- Municipality
- Hustadvika rank 13–22 of 38 in KOSTRA group 7
- 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
- Rolf Gunnar Ahtola
- Chair of the board
- Lisbeth Smørholm
- Board member
- Ole Helge Nerland
- Board member
- Sonja Kristin Dale Sørvik
- Board member
- Olav Ståle Silnes
- Board member
- Willy Johannes Nergård
- Deputy member
- Jan Gaupset
- Deputy member
- Chriss Allan Holmberg Gautvik
- Auditor
- BDO AS
- Accountant
- Sparebank 1 Regnskapshuset Smn AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 29 October 2026. Only names are shown.
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Figures last fetched 27 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 56 | 53 | 46 | |
| Rank | 8,619 | 10,015 | 13,343 | |
| Operating margin | 0.0% | 1.6% | 3.2% | |
| Return on assets | 0.1% | 3.6% | 5.5% | |
| Equity ratio | 51.6% | 44.1% | 44.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.43 | 3.25 | 2.86 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 13.0% | −20.9% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 43.1 MNOK | 48.7 MNOK | 38.5 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 0.0 MNOK | 0.8 MNOK | 1.2 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | −0.5 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK |
| Net profit | −0.4 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.5 MNOK | 0.8 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK |
| Total assets | 21.7 MNOK | 22.0 MNOK | 22.8 MNOK |
| Current assets | 19.3 MNOK | 19.5 MNOK | 20.6 MNOK |
| Equity | 11.2 MNOK | 9.7 MNOK | 10.1 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 10.8 MNOK | 9.3 MNOK | 9.7 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 10.5 MNOK | 12.3 MNOK | 12.7 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 5.6 MNOK | 6.0 MNOK | 7.2 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 27 October 2026, accounts id 6684814.
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