COLGATE PALMOLIVE NORGE AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
52of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 57 % of medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 17,670 of 38,670 · Handel
Profile
Lion · Leader
High profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 56 and solidity 53 out of 100 among medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
COLGATE PALMOLIVE NORGE AS is 3 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 3.4% (median 3.2%) and equity ratio 35.0% (median 32.6%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 259 MNOK | 173 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 3.2% |
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 3.2% |
| Return on assets | 13.8% | 11.6% |
| Equity ratio | 35.0% | 32.6% |
| Debt-to-equity | 1.86 | 2.03 |
| Current ratio | 1.53 | 1.38 |
| Revenue growth | −3.0% | 6.8% |
| Revenue per employee | 21.61 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 52, COLGATE PALMOLIVE NORGE AS does better than 57% of medium-sized companies in the same sector (2,203 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- COLGATE PALMOLIVE NORGE AS
- Median: medium-sized companies in the same sector
COLGATE PALMOLIVE NORGE AS has a score of 52 for 2025, rank 17,670 of 38,670 in the sector.
Strongest: Consistency: percentile 71 against peers.
Weakest: Growth: percentile 19 against peers, revenue growth −3.0% against a median of 6.8%.
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
COLGATE PALMOLIVE NORGE AS had an operating margin of 3.4% and an equity ratio of 35.0% in 2025, and ranks 17,670 of 38,670 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 26 MNOK and 77 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 77 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 74 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 26 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 0.5% 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 | 56 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 53 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 59 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 19 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 71 | weight 15% |
Durability: 49 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is COLGATE PALMOLIVE NORGE AS?
The operating margin was 3.4% in 2025, against a median of 3.2% among medium-sized companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 13.8%.
How solid is COLGATE PALMOLIVE NORGE AS?
The equity ratio was 35.0% in 2025 (median 32.6%). Debt-to-equity was 1.86 (median 2.03).
What is the liquidity of COLGATE PALMOLIVE NORGE AS like?
The current ratio was 1.53 in 2025 (median 1.38).
How does COLGATE PALMOLIVE NORGE AS compare in Handel?
COLGATE PALMOLIVE NORGE AS ranks 17,670 of 38,670 in Handel for 2025. Among companies of the same size (medium-sized companies) it ranks 951 of 2,203. Revenue changed by −3.0% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 939318453
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (46.450)
- Size tier
- medium
- Employees
- 12 registered 10 October 2026
- Founded
- 16 April 1986 40 years in operation
- Share capital
- 6.50 MNOK
- Business address
- Lilleakerveien 4A, 0283 OSLO
- Municipality
- Oslo rank 63–221 of 357 in Norway
- 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
- Chair of the board
- Ewa Isabelle Marie Vik
- Board member
- Stephane Jean Yves Lionnet
- Board member
- Berit Kryger Mortensen
- Auditor
- PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AS
- Accountant
- AZETS INSIGHT AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 29 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 | 45 | 51 | 52 | |
| Rank | 20,061 | 18,006 | 17,670 | |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 3.0% | 3.4% | |
| Return on assets | 14.0% | 12.3% | 13.8% | |
| Equity ratio | 22.1% | 35.6% | 35.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 1.54 | 1.53 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −7.2% | −3.0% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 288.0 MNOK | 267.4 MNOK | 259.3 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 12.4 MNOK | 8.1 MNOK | 8.9 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 13.2 MNOK | 9.2 MNOK | 10.0 MNOK |
| Net profit | 10.0 MNOK | 7.1 MNOK | 7.7 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.2 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK |
| Total assets | 95.6 MNOK | 79.2 MNOK | 74.0 MNOK |
| Current assets | 95.1 MNOK | 78.8 MNOK | 73.7 MNOK |
| Equity | 21.1 MNOK | 28.2 MNOK | 25.9 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 14.6 MNOK | 21.7 MNOK | 19.4 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 74.4 MNOK | 51.0 MNOK | 48.1 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 74.4 MNOK | 51.0 MNOK | 48.1 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 28 October 2026, accounts id 7123487.
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