AQS AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
32of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 13 % of medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 3,332 of 4,158 · Sjømat
Profile
Beaver · Builder
Lower profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 22 and solidity 29 out of 100 among medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
AQS AS is 17 points below the median for medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 49 among 461 companies.
Against medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 0.9% (median 10.6%) and equity ratio 28.0% (median 41.4%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 386 MNOK | 192 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 10.6% |
| Profit margin | −1.1% | 7.5% |
| Return on assets | 1.0% | 7.7% |
| Equity ratio | 28.0% | 41.4% |
| Debt-to-equity | 2.57 | 1.37 |
| Current ratio | 0.94 | 1.70 |
| Revenue growth | 10.6% | 8.6% |
| Revenue per employee | 4.82 MNOK | 7.70 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 32, AQS AS does better than 13% of medium-sized companies in the same sector (461 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- AQS AS
- Median: medium-sized companies in the same sector
AQS AS has a score of 32 for 2025, rank 3,332 of 4,158 in the sector.
Strongest: Growth: percentile 55 against peers, revenue growth 10.6% against a median of 8.6%.
Weakest: Liquidity: percentile 21 against peers, current ratio 0.94 against a median of 1.70. Profitability: percentile 22 against peers, operating margin 0.9% against a median of 10.6%.
Worth a closer look
- Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.1 times current assets. Based on: current ratio 0.94 (median 1.70).
- The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern? Based on: profit margin −1.1% (median 7.5%).
- 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 10.6%).
- What lies behind weak profitability, 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
AQS AS had an operating margin of 0.9% and an equity ratio of 28.0% in 2025, and ranks 3,332 of 4,158 in Sjømat.
From 2024 to 2025: went from a profit to a loss before tax and the operating margin fell from 7.8% to 0.9%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
One method gives a figure: 90 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | not meaningful |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | debt above value |
| P/B | 1.0 | 90 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
Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.1 times current assets.
Based on: Current ratio 0.94 (median 1.70).
- watch
The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern?
Based on: Profit margin −1.1% (median 7.5%).
- 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 10.6%).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 3.3% 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 2022, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2022, with a median operating margin of −5.0%. Based on the 10 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 22 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 29 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 21 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 55 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 43 | weight 15% |
Durability: 35 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is AQS AS?
The operating margin was 0.9% in 2025, against a median of 10.6% among medium-sized companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 1.0%. The company made a loss before tax.
How solid is AQS AS?
The equity ratio was 28.0% in 2025 (median 41.4%). Debt-to-equity was 2.57 (median 1.37).
What is the liquidity of AQS AS like?
The current ratio was 0.94 in 2025 (median 1.70). Current assets did not cover current liabilities.
How does AQS AS compare in Sjømat?
AQS AS ranks 3,332 of 4,158 in Sjømat for 2025. Among companies of the same size (medium-sized companies) it ranks 401 of 461. Revenue changed by 10.6% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 960532872
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Sjømat (03.300)
- Size tier
- medium
- Employees
- 80 registered 10 October 2026
- Founded
- 1 April 1991 35 years in operation
- Share capital
- 4.84 MNOK
- Business address
- Sliperiveien 19, 7770 FLATANGER
- Municipality
- Flatanger rank 6 of 36 in KOSTRA group 15
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- Website
- www.aqs.no
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
- Robert Lundli Hundstad
- Chair of the board
- Ove Løfsnæs
- Board member
- Ørjan Skorstad Iversen
- Board member
- Edvard Østvik Løfsnæs
- Board member
- Nils Erik Telstad
- Board member
- Sandra Bjørkli Løfsnæs
- Deputy member
- Sigmund Sætnan
- Deputy member
- Ole-Kristian Langstrand Hatland
- Auditor
- BDO AS
- Accountant
- BRYGGA REGNSKAP 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 | 29 | 45 | 32 | |
| Rank | 2,973 | 2,364 | 3,332 | |
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 7.8% | 0.9% | |
| Return on assets | 8.4% | 9.0% | 1.0% | |
| Equity ratio | 26.8% | 30.8% | 28.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.45 | 0.80 | 0.94 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 38.5% | 10.6% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 251.6 MNOK | 348.6 MNOK | 385.7 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 24.8 MNOK | 27.1 MNOK | 3.3 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 15.2 MNOK | 17.1 MNOK | −4.4 MNOK |
| Net profit | 11.8 MNOK | 13.4 MNOK | −3.5 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 9.7 MNOK | 10.0 MNOK | 7.7 MNOK |
| Total assets | 298.3 MNOK | 302.3 MNOK | 320.8 MNOK |
| Current assets | 44.4 MNOK | 47.0 MNOK | 86.0 MNOK |
| Equity | 79.9 MNOK | 93.2 MNOK | 89.8 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 19.5 MNOK | 32.8 MNOK | 29.4 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 218.4 MNOK | 209.1 MNOK | 231.0 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 97.9 MNOK | 58.5 MNOK | 91.5 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 28 October 2026, accounts id 7188371.
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