BEFRING KRAFT AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
36of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 28 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 1,164 of 1,571 · Kraft og energi
Profile
Beaver · Builder
Lower profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 32 and solidity 47 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
BEFRING KRAFT AS is 13 points below the median for small companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 49 among 1,302 companies.
Against small companies in the same sector in 2025: operating margin −18.9% (median 10.9%) and equity ratio 39.5% (median 38.2%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 5 MNOK | 2 MNOK |
| Operating margin | −18.9% | 10.9% |
| Profit margin | −84.2% | 2.1% |
| Return on assets | −0.7% | 0.4% |
| Equity ratio | 39.5% | 38.2% |
| Debt-to-equity | 1.53 | 1.06 |
| Current ratio | 0.34 | 1.67 |
| Revenue growth | −9.3% | 0.8% |
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 36, BEFRING KRAFT AS does better than 28% of small companies in the same sector (1,315 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- BEFRING KRAFT AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
BEFRING KRAFT AS has a score of 36 for 2025, rank 1,164 of 1,571 in the sector.
Strongest: Solidity: percentile 47 against peers, equity ratio 39.5% against a median of 38.2%.
Weakest: Liquidity: percentile 15 against peers, current ratio 0.34 against a median of 1.67. Profitability: percentile 32 against peers, operating margin −18.9% against a median of 10.9%.
Worth a closer look
- Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 2.9 times current assets. Based on: current ratio 0.34 (median 1.67).
- The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern? Based on: profit margin −84.2% (median 2.1%).
- 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
BEFRING KRAFT AS had an operating margin of −18.9% and an equity ratio of 39.5% in 2025, and ranks 1,164 of 1,571 in Kraft og energi.
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin fell from −11.5% to −18.9% and the equity ratio rose from 29.1% to 39.5%.
BEFRING KRAFT AS did weaker than the sector in 2025, the sector's weakest year.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
One method gives a figure: 47 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | not meaningful |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | not meaningful |
| P/B | 1.0 | 47 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
- critical
Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 2.9 times current assets.
Based on: Current ratio 0.34 (median 1.67).
- watch
The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern?
Based on: Profit margin −84.2% (median 2.1%).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Data quality
No anomalies found in the figures.
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
The operating margin was −18.9% in 2025 (sector median 12.6%), and the equity ratio 39.5%. The company had a loss before tax that year. In the other years the operating margin averaged −1.9%.
The sector's weakest year was 2025, with a median operating margin of 12.6%. Based on the 5 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 32 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 47 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 15 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 37 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 46 | weight 15% |
Durability: 36 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is BEFRING KRAFT AS?
The operating margin was −18.9% in 2025, against a median of 10.9% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was −0.7%. The company made a loss before tax.
How solid is BEFRING KRAFT AS?
The equity ratio was 39.5% in 2025 (median 38.2%). Debt-to-equity was 1.53 (median 1.06).
What is the liquidity of BEFRING KRAFT AS like?
The current ratio was 0.34 in 2025 (median 1.67). Current assets did not cover current liabilities.
How does BEFRING KRAFT AS compare in Kraft og energi?
BEFRING KRAFT AS ranks 1,164 of 1,571 in Kraft og energi for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 950 of 1,315. Revenue changed by −9.3% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 984512481
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Kraft og energi (35.121)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 0–4 (not registered)
- Founded
- 10 March 2002 24 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.31 MNOK
- Business address
- Rigetjønnveien 14, 4626 KRISTIANSAND S
- Municipality
- Kristiansand rank 2–6 of 11 in KOSTRA group 12
- 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
- Jan Terje Solhaug
- Chair of the board
- Måns Petter Holmberg
- Board member
- Tero Pekka Samuli Karhumäki
- Board member
- Marko Veikko Juhani Riipinen
- Board member
- Pekka Vilhelmi Saijonmaa
- Auditor
- TEAM REVISJON AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 25 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 29 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 36 | 36 | 36 | |
| Rank | 1,042 | 1,107 | 1,164 | |
| Operating margin | 7.7% | −11.5% | −18.9% | |
| Return on assets | 0.4% | −0.5% | −0.7% | |
| Equity ratio | 31.1% | 29.1% | 39.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.69 | 0.45 | 0.34 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 0.1% | −9.3% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 5.4 MNOK | 5.4 MNOK | 4.9 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 0.4 MNOK | −0.6 MNOK | −0.9 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | −3.6 MNOK | −3.9 MNOK | −4.1 MNOK |
| Net profit | −2.8 MNOK | −3.1 MNOK | −3.2 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 4.1 MNOK | 3.4 MNOK | 3.2 MNOK |
| Total assets | 124.7 MNOK | 122.6 MNOK | 120.3 MNOK |
| Current assets | 1.9 MNOK | 2.1 MNOK | 2.0 MNOK |
| Equity | 38.7 MNOK | 35.7 MNOK | 47.5 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | −2.5 MNOK | −5.6 MNOK | −8.8 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 86.0 MNOK | 87.0 MNOK | 72.8 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 2.7 MNOK | 4.5 MNOK | 5.8 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 29 October 2026, accounts id 6747704.
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