Airbus Defence and Space AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
72of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 96 % of companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Large: 6 of 132 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 237 of 2,192 · Informasjon og kommunikasjon
Profile
Lion · Leader
High profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 57 and solidity 69 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
Airbus Defence and Space AS is 21 points above the median for companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 51 among 132 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 6.4% (median 6.9%) and equity ratio 36.0% (median 28.2%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 688 MNOK | 953 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 6.9% |
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 7.8% |
| Return on assets | 16.7% | 11.6% |
| Equity ratio | 36.0% | 28.2% |
| Debt-to-equity | 1.78 | 2.51 |
| Current ratio | 1.69 | 1.05 |
| Revenue growth | 61.0% | 7.5% |
| Revenue per employee | 17.20 MNOK | 5.73 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 72, Airbus Defence and Space AS does better than 96% of companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector (132 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- Airbus Defence and Space AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector
Airbus Defence and Space AS has a score of 72 for 2025, rank 237 of 2,192 in the sector.
Strongest: Growth: percentile 93 against peers, revenue growth 61.0% against a median of 7.5%. Liquidity: percentile 91 against peers, current ratio 1.69 against a median of 1.05.
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
Airbus Defence and Space AS had an operating margin of 6.4% and an equity ratio of 36.0% in 2025, and ranks 237 of 2,192 in Informasjon og kommunikasjon.
From 2024 to 2025: revenue grew by 61%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 183 MNOK and 361 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 361 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 319 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 183 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 11.9% 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.
See interest rates, prices and exchange rates for the sector
Data quality
No anomalies found in the figures.
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
We have no accounts for 2026, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2026, with a median operating margin of 4.4%. Based on the 8 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 57 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 69 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 91 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 93 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 66 | weight 15% |
Durability: 64 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is Airbus Defence and Space AS?
The operating margin was 6.4% in 2025, against a median of 6.9% among companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector. Return on assets was 16.7%.
How solid is Airbus Defence and Space AS?
The equity ratio was 36.0% in 2025 (median 28.2%). Debt-to-equity was 1.78 (median 2.51).
What is the liquidity of Airbus Defence and Space AS like?
The current ratio was 1.69 in 2025 (median 1.05).
How does Airbus Defence and Space AS compare in Informasjon og kommunikasjon?
Airbus Defence and Space AS ranks 237 of 2,192 in Informasjon og kommunikasjon for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Large it is number 6 of 132. Revenue changed by 61.0% from the year before.
Public contracts
- Contracts awarded since 2024
- 1
- Total awarded value since 2024
- value not stated
- Framework agreements
- 1
- Left out of the total: the value is a ceiling, not actual spend.
| Date | Buyer | Notice | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 January 2024 | FORSVARSMATERIELL | Rammeavtale for kjøp av satellittkommunikasjonsutstyr og tilhørende utstyr og tjenester | 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 27 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.
- 977499054
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Informasjon og kommunikasjon (61.100)
- Morning company class
- Large
- Employees
- 40 registered 10 October 2026
- Founded
- 18 March 1997 29 years in operation
- Share capital
- 1.00 MNOK
- Business address
- Lysaker torg 8, 1366 LYSAKER (BÆRUM)
- Municipality
- Bærum rank 1 of 11 in KOSTRA group 12
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- Website
- www.airbus.com
- LEI
- 2138005O1ZY7WXNTI332 renews 4 October 2027
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
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Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 31 October 2026. Only names are shown.
- Parent company
- Parent does not consolidate the company
Source: GLEIF (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation), fetched 30 October 2026. The parent is the one the company itself reported to GLEIF.
Owners and shareholdings will appear here once the shareholder data extract is in place.
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Figures last fetched 4 November 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 65 | 55 | 72 | |
| Rank | 522 | 842 | 237 | |
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 7.5% | 6.4% | |
| Return on assets | 16.4% | 13.8% | 16.7% | |
| Equity ratio | 41.6% | 34.1% | 36.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.72 | 1.50 | 1.69 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 2.0% | 61.0% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 419.2 MNOK | 427.5 MNOK | 688.0 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 25.8 MNOK | 32.1 MNOK | 43.8 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 33.6 MNOK | 47.5 MNOK | 46.4 MNOK |
| Net profit | 26.2 MNOK | 37.1 MNOK | 36.1 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 32.5 MNOK | 27.0 MNOK | 38.7 MNOK |
| Total assets | 403.9 MNOK | 540.4 MNOK | 509.0 MNOK |
| Current assets | 385.8 MNOK | 523.7 MNOK | 497.6 MNOK |
| Equity | 167.9 MNOK | 184.2 MNOK | 183.3 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 103.8 MNOK | 120.1 MNOK | 119.1 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 235.9 MNOK | 356.2 MNOK | 325.7 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 224.7 MNOK | 349.5 MNOK | 294.4 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 4 November 2026, accounts id 7203892.
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