CIRCLE K DETALJIST AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
48of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 47 % of large companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 20,910 of 38,670 · Handel
Profile
Cheetah · Sprinter
High profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 90 and solidity 8 out of 100 among large companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
CIRCLE K DETALJIST AS is 2 points below the median for large companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 362 companies.
Against large companies in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 6.8% (median 2.1%) and equity ratio 7.1% (median 34.6%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 1,752 MNOK | 2,073 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 2.1% |
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 2.1% |
| Return on assets | 24.1% | 8.4% |
| Equity ratio | 7.1% | 34.6% |
| Debt-to-equity | 13.06 | 1.85 |
| Current ratio | 0.59 | 1.27 |
| Revenue growth | 8.0% | 6.5% |
| Revenue per employee | 1.20 MNOK | 15.47 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to large companies in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 48, CIRCLE K DETALJIST AS does better than 47% of large companies in the same sector (362 companies) in 2025.
Score 2024–2026
- CIRCLE K DETALJIST AS
- Median: large companies in the same sector
CIRCLE K DETALJIST AS has a score of 48 for 2025, rank 20,910 of 38,670 in the sector.
Strongest: Profitability: percentile 90 against peers, operating margin 6.8% against a median of 2.1%. Consistency: percentile 64 against peers.
Weakest: Liquidity: percentile 5 against peers, current ratio 0.59 against a median of 1.27. Solidity: percentile 8 against peers, equity ratio 7.1% against a median of 34.6%.
Worth a closer look
- The equity ratio is very low. Could the company absorb a bad year, and does it need more equity? Based on: equity ratio 7.1% (median 34.6%).
- Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.7 times current assets. Based on: current ratio 0.59 (median 1.27).
- What lies behind weak solidity, 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
CIRCLE K DETALJIST AS had an operating margin of 6.8% and an equity ratio of 7.1% in 2025, and ranks 20,910 of 38,670 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: the equity ratio rose from −2.0% to 7.1% and the operating margin rose from 3.3% to 6.8%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 36 MNOK and 964 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 937 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 964 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 36 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
The equity ratio is very low. Could the company absorb a bad year, and does it need more equity?
Based on: Equity ratio 7.1% (median 34.6%).
- watch
Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.7 times current assets.
Based on: Current ratio 0.59 (median 1.27).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 0.3% 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 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 | 90 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 8 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 5 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 57 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 64 | weight 15% |
Durability: 37 (average over 2 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is CIRCLE K DETALJIST AS?
The operating margin was 6.8% in 2025, against a median of 2.1% among large companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 24.1%.
How solid is CIRCLE K DETALJIST AS?
The equity ratio was 7.1% in 2025 (median 34.6%). Debt-to-equity was 13.06 (median 1.85).
What is the liquidity of CIRCLE K DETALJIST AS like?
The current ratio was 0.59 in 2025 (median 1.27). Current assets did not cover current liabilities.
How does CIRCLE K DETALJIST AS compare in Handel?
CIRCLE K DETALJIST AS ranks 20,910 of 38,670 in Handel for 2025. Among companies of the same size (large companies) it ranks 192 of 362. Revenue changed by 8.0% from the year before.
Group accounts
The company is registered as part of a group, but we have no group accounts for it. Group accounts are filed by the parent company, and open data does not say which company that is.
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.
- 971128348
- Legal form
- AS · part of a group
- Sector
- Handel (47.300)
- Size tier
- large
- Employees
- 1,457 registered 10 October 2026
- Founded
- 25 August 1994 32 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.10 MNOK
- Business address
- Schweigaards gate 16A, 0191 OSLO
- Municipality
- Oslo rank 63–221 of 357 in Norway
- Latest accounts filed
- 2026
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
- Preben Kristiansen
- Chair of the board
- Marian Oolmets
- Board member
- Linda Sandtjernlien Lund
- Board member
- Ann-Karin Buun Kofstad
- Board member
- Raymond Alexander Nilsen
- Board member
- Preben Kristiansen
- Deputy member
- Bjørn Reidar Barang
- Auditor
- PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS 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 27 October 2026.
Year by year · 2024–2026
| Key figure | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 27 | 48 | 46 | |
| Rank | 30,878 | 20,910 | 127 | |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 6.8% | 5.5% | |
| Return on assets | 13.8% | 24.1% | 20.0% | |
| Equity ratio | −2.0% | 7.1% | 13.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.39 | 0.59 | 0.71 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 8.0% | 6.1% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 1,622.4 MNOK | 1,751.9 MNOK | 1,858.3 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 53.7 MNOK | 118.9 MNOK | 102.7 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 49.1 MNOK | 120.0 MNOK | 109.4 MNOK |
| Net profit | 38.2 MNOK | 93.7 MNOK | 85.3 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 5.2 MNOK | 1.4 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK |
| Total assets | 394.2 MNOK | 503.5 MNOK | 546.7 MNOK |
| Current assets | 156.9 MNOK | 277.3 MNOK | 339.8 MNOK |
| Equity | −7.9 MNOK | 35.8 MNOK | 71.1 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | −8.0 MNOK | 35.7 MNOK | 71.0 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 402.0 MNOK | 467.7 MNOK | 475.5 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 402.0 MNOK | 467.7 MNOK | 475.5 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 27 October 2026, accounts id 6330045.
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