HOVLI AUTO AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
55of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 63 % of medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 15,206 of 38,671 · Handel
Profile
Elephant · Steward
Lower profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 49 and solidity 61 out of 100 among medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
HOVLI AUTO AS is 6 points above 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 4.1% (median 3.2%) and equity ratio 40.3% (median 32.6%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 244 MNOK | 173 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 3.2% |
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 3.2% |
| Return on assets | 8.7% | 11.6% |
| Equity ratio | 40.3% | 32.6% |
| Debt-to-equity | 1.48 | 2.03 |
| Current ratio | 1.70 | 1.38 |
| Revenue growth | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| Revenue per employee | 5.81 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 55, HOVLI AUTO AS does better than 63% of medium-sized companies in the same sector (2,203 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- HOVLI AUTO AS
- Median: medium-sized companies in the same sector
HOVLI AUTO AS has a score of 55 for 2025, rank 15,206 of 38,671 in the sector.
Strongest: Liquidity: percentile 66 against peers, current ratio 1.70 against a median of 1.38. Solidity: percentile 61 against peers, equity ratio 40.3% against a median of 32.6%.
No area is clearly below its peers.
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
HOVLI AUTO AS had an operating margin of 4.1% and an equity ratio of 40.3% in 2025, and ranks 15,206 of 38,671 in Handel.
No large changes in the key figures from 2024 to 2025.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 47 MNOK and 60 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 60 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 55 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 47 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 3.6% 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 | 49 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 61 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 66 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 45 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 59 | weight 15% |
Durability: 60 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is HOVLI AUTO AS?
The operating margin was 4.1% in 2025, against a median of 3.2% among medium-sized companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 8.7%.
How solid is HOVLI AUTO AS?
The equity ratio was 40.3% in 2025 (median 32.6%). Debt-to-equity was 1.48 (median 2.03).
What is the liquidity of HOVLI AUTO AS like?
The current ratio was 1.70 in 2025 (median 1.38).
How does HOVLI AUTO AS compare in Handel?
HOVLI AUTO AS ranks 15,206 of 38,671 in Handel for 2025. Among companies of the same size (medium-sized companies) it ranks 812 of 2,203. Revenue changed by 5.6% from the year before.
Group accounts · 2025
55 of 100
Rank 383 of 975 groups with group accounts. Groups are ranked only against each other, not against single companies.
| Key figure | The group | The company alone (2025) |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Return on assets | 8.9% | 8.7% |
| Equity ratio | 38.1% | 40.3% |
| Current ratio | 1.80 | 1.70 |
| Revenue growth | 8.8% | 5.6% |
Group index in earlier years: 2023: 57 (434 of 1176), 2024: 54 (426 of 994).
Same formulas and weights as the company index. Group and company are never added together, and the group accounts are not part of sector averages or company rankings.
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre, group accounts 2025 (open data, NLOD 2.0).
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.
- 936915779
- Legal form
- AS · part of a group
- Sector
- Handel (47.810)
- Size tier
- medium
- Employees
- 42 registered 10 December 2025
- Founded
- 20 May 1985 41 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.64 MNOK
- Business address
- Oslovegen 400, 2920 LEIRA I VALDRES (NORD-AURDAL)
- Municipality
- Nord-Aurdal rank 6–13 of 18 in KOSTRA group 2
- 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
- Håkon Olav Hovrud
- Chair of the board
- Stein Brønstad
- Board member
- Inger Cathrine Aastveit
- Board member
- Svein Erik Lien Hovrud
- Board member
- Sigmund Oddgeir Hovrud
- Board member
- Line Hulløen
- Auditor
- VALDRESREVISORENE 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 28 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 68 | 55 | 55 | |
| Rank | 6,939 | 15,052 | 15,206 | |
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 4.6% | 4.1% | |
| Return on assets | 13.4% | 10.5% | 8.7% | |
| Equity ratio | 47.1% | 44.1% | 40.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.19 | 2.16 | 1.70 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −7.4% | 5.6% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 249.6 MNOK | 231.1 MNOK | 244.1 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 12.0 MNOK | 10.6 MNOK | 9.9 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 10.8 MNOK | 8.7 MNOK | 7.7 MNOK |
| Net profit | 8.5 MNOK | 6.8 MNOK | 6.0 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 1.3 MNOK | 2.1 MNOK | 2.5 MNOK |
| Total assets | 90.5 MNOK | 102.9 MNOK | 117.6 MNOK |
| Current assets | 51.9 MNOK | 46.4 MNOK | 61.0 MNOK |
| Equity | 42.6 MNOK | 45.4 MNOK | 47.4 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 31.6 MNOK | 34.4 MNOK | 36.4 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 47.9 MNOK | 57.5 MNOK | 70.2 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 23.6 MNOK | 21.5 MNOK | 35.9 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 28 October 2026, accounts id 7074521.
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