LAUGSTOL AS
Score · fiscal year 2023
42of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 36 % of medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2023. What does this mean?
Rank: 18,283 of 28,987 · Bygg og anlegg
Profile
Elephant · Steward
Lower profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2023, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 23 and solidity 67 out of 100 among medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2023. Methodology
Against the sector
LAUGSTOL AS is 8 points below the median for medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2023.
Median score 50 among 950 companies.
Against medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2023: operating margin 0.4% (median 4.6%) and equity ratio 36.6% (median 28.9%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 364 MNOK | 178 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 4.6% |
| Profit margin | 2.0% | 4.6% |
| Return on assets | 4.6% | 10.2% |
| Equity ratio | 36.6% | 28.9% |
| Debt-to-equity | 1.73 | 2.38 |
| Current ratio | 1.34 | 1.33 |
| Revenue growth | – | 24.8% |
| Revenue per employee | 2.70 MNOK | 2.99 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2023. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 42, LAUGSTOL AS does better than 36% of medium-sized companies in the same sector (950 companies) in 2023.
Score 2023–2025
- LAUGSTOL AS
- Median: medium-sized companies in the same sector
What the numbers say
LAUGSTOL AS had an operating margin of 0.4% and an equity ratio of 36.6% in 2023, and ranks 18,283 of 28,987 in Bygg og anlegg.
This text is generated automatically from the 2023 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 17 MNOK and 68 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 68 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 17 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 67 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
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The operating margin is lower than at three in four companies in the sector. Where do costs differ from competitors?
Based on: Operating margin 0.4% (median 4.6%).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 1.1% of the debt in 2023. The policy rate averaged 3.54 % 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 2.4%. 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 | 23 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 67 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 51 | weight 15% |
| Growth | – | no data, left out |
| Consistency | 31 | weight 15% |
Index version 2. Data completeness 85%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is LAUGSTOL AS?
The operating margin was 0.4% in 2023, against a median of 4.6% among medium-sized companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 4.6%.
How solid is LAUGSTOL AS?
The equity ratio was 36.6% in 2023 (median 28.9%). Debt-to-equity was 1.73 (median 2.38).
What is the liquidity of LAUGSTOL AS like?
The current ratio was 1.34 in 2023 (median 1.33).
How does LAUGSTOL AS compare in Bygg og anlegg?
LAUGSTOL AS ranks 18,283 of 28,987 in Bygg og anlegg for 2023. Among companies of the same size (medium-sized companies) it ranks 604 of 950.
Public contracts
- Contracts awarded since 2024
- 8
- in 3 notices (lots counted separately)
- Total awarded value since 2024
- value not stated
- Framework agreements
- 8
- Left out of the total: the value is a ceiling, not actual spend.
| Date | Buyer | Notice | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 October 2026 | Innkjøpskontoret AS | 26203 Gatelys, rammeavtale | 8.0 MNOK (framework) |
| 1 October 2024 | GKI Grenlandskommunenes Innkjøpsenhet | Elektroarbeider sterkstrøm med tilhørende materiell - rammeavtale | value not stated (6 lots) |
| 14 September 2024 | VOIS - Vestfold Offentlige Innkjøpssamarbeid | VOIS - Veilysanlegg - Drift, vedlikehold og bygging - Kontraktstildeling | 456.0 MNOK (framework) |
| 13 December 2017 | GKI Grenlandskommunenes Innkjøpsenhet | Drift og forvaltning gatelys | value not stated |
Based on notices in Doffin. Does not show call-offs under framework agreements or purchases below the publication threshold. Values are as stated by the buyer.
Source: Doffin (DFØ), fetched 28 October 2026. Winners are matched on organisation number.
Contains data under the Norwegian licence for public data (NLOD 2.0) made available by Doffin/the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ). NLOD 2.0
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 964715378
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Bygg og anlegg (43.210)
- Size tier
- medium
- Employees
- 135 registered 10 September 2026
- Founded
- 19 June 1992 34 years in operation
- Share capital
- 27.00 MNOK
- Business address
- Floodmyrvegen 26, 3946 PORSGRUNN
- Municipality
- Porsgrunn rank 5–12 of 13 in KOSTRA group 10
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- Website
- www.laugstol.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
- Tore Øverås
- Chair of the board
- Bjarne Moursund
- Board member
- Sverre Finn Hurum
- Board member
- Vibeke Strømme
- Board member
- Rolf Fredrik Bakkebø Halvorsen
- Board member
- Rolf-Espen Dahl
- Board member
- Inger Anne Tho Bjørvik
- Board member
- Svein Erik Olesen
- Deputy member
- Petter Evensen
- Deputy member
- Erik Claussen
- Deputy member
- Gøran Samuelsen
- Auditor
- CEDRA NORGE AS
- Accountant
- AIDER 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 | 42 | 58 | 67 | |
| Rank | 18,283 | 10,933 | 5,546 | |
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 4.2% | 5.3% | |
| Return on assets | 4.6% | 10.9% | 15.9% | |
| Equity ratio | 36.6% | 44.9% | 45.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34 | 1.44 | 1.57 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −2.0% | 19.6% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 364.3 MNOK | 356.9 MNOK | 427.0 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 1.5 MNOK | 15.2 MNOK | 22.7 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 7.1 MNOK | 21.4 MNOK | 35.6 MNOK |
| Net profit | 6.8 MNOK | 18.0 MNOK | 30.7 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 1.3 MNOK | 1.3 MNOK | – |
| Total assets | 184.2 MNOK | 208.6 MNOK | 223.6 MNOK |
| Current assets | 124.7 MNOK | 122.4 MNOK | 141.9 MNOK |
| Equity | 67.4 MNOK | 93.8 MNOK | 101.4 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 22.7 MNOK | 49.1 MNOK | 56.6 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 116.8 MNOK | 114.9 MNOK | 122.2 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 93.4 MNOK | 85.1 MNOK | 90.5 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 28 October 2026, accounts id 5168839.
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