ARIEL SEAFOOD AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
4of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 2 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 4,102 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 1 and solidity 0 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
ARIEL SEAFOOD AS is 46 points below the median for small companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 3,607 companies.
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 0 MNOK | 2 MNOK |
| Operating margin | – | 9.9% |
| Profit margin | – | 6.6% |
| Return on assets | −1,540.0% | 3.1% |
| Equity ratio | −183.5% | 36.4% |
| Debt-to-equity | – | 1.03 |
| Current ratio | 0.35 | 1.66 |
| Revenue growth | −100.0% | 13.5% |
The median and “ahead of” refer to small companies in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 4, ARIEL SEAFOOD AS does better than 2% of small companies in the same sector (3,639 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- ARIEL SEAFOOD AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
ARIEL SEAFOOD AS has a score of 4 for 2025, rank 4,102 of 4,158 in the sector.
Strongest: Liquidity: percentile 17 against peers, current ratio 0.35 against a median of 1.66.
Weakest: Solidity: percentile 0 against peers, equity ratio −183.5% against a median of 36.4%. Profitability: percentile 1 against peers.
Worth a closer look
- Equity is negative. How will it be rebuilt, and what do lenders and the auditor say about going concern? Based on: equity ratio −183.5% (median 36.4%).
- Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 2.8 times current assets. Based on: current ratio 0.35 (median 1.66).
- The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern? Based on: profit margin – (median 6.6%).
- 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
ARIEL SEAFOOD AS had an operating margin of – and an equity ratio of −183.5% in 2025, and ranks 4,102 of 4,158 in Sjømat.
From 2024 to 2025: the equity ratio fell from 93.7% to −183.5% and revenue fell by 100%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | not meaningful |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | not meaningful |
| P/B | 1.0 | not meaningful |
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
- critical
Equity is negative. How will it be rebuilt, and what do lenders and the auditor say about going concern?
Based on: Equity ratio −183.5% (median 36.4%).
- critical
Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 2.8 times current assets.
Based on: Current ratio 0.35 (median 1.66).
- watch
The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern?
Based on: Profit margin – (median 6.6%).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 0.0% 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
- critical Negative equity
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 | 1 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 0 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 17 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 1 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 6 | weight 15% |
Durability: 34 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is ARIEL SEAFOOD AS?
The operating margin was – in 2025, against a median of 9.9% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was −1,540.0%. The company made a loss before tax.
How solid is ARIEL SEAFOOD AS?
The equity ratio was −183.5% in 2025 (median 36.4%). Equity is negative, so liabilities exceed assets.
What is the liquidity of ARIEL SEAFOOD AS like?
The current ratio was 0.35 in 2025 (median 1.66). Current assets did not cover current liabilities.
How does ARIEL SEAFOOD AS compare in Sjømat?
ARIEL SEAFOOD AS ranks 4,102 of 4,158 in Sjømat for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 3,552 of 3,639. Revenue changed by −100.0% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 982851882
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Sjømat (03.211)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 0–4 (not registered)
- Founded
- 21 December 2000 25 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.15 MNOK
- Business address
- 6963 DALE I SUNNFJORD (FJALER)
- Municipality
- Fjaler rank 4–16 of 33 in KOSTRA group 5
- Audit
- Audit opted out from 5 October 2013
- 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
- Chief executive
- Kim Frode Solheim
- Chair of the board
- Kim Frode Solheim
- Board member
- Adrian Solheim Hansen
- Board member
- Bjarte Grytli Seim
- Board member
- Magne Hillersøy
- Board member
- Gard Arstein Nedrebø
- Accountant
- HOPE REKNESKAPSKONTOR 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 | 48 | 50 | 4 | |
| Rank | 1,980 | 1,973 | 4,102 | |
| Operating margin | – | −299.4% | – | |
| Return on assets | −5.3% | −33.7% | −1,540.0% | |
| Equity ratio | 89.0% | 93.7% | −183.5% | |
| Current ratio | 7.01 | 15.92 | 0.35 | |
| Revenue growth | – | – | −100.0% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | – | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Net profit | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Total assets | 0.1 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Current assets | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Equity | 0.1 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | −0.1 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK | −0.2 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 28 October 2026, accounts id 6613561.
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