K J KARLSEN AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
69of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 85 % of companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Medium: 559 of 3,712 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 3,512 of 23,059 · Handel
Profile
Elephant · Steward
Lower profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 39 and solidity 93 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
K J KARLSEN AS is 19 points above the median for companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 3,712 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 2.7% (median 3.0%) and equity ratio 71.1% (median 30.0%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 61 MNOK | 93 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 3.0% |
| Profit margin | 3.0% | 2.8% |
| Return on assets | 6.6% | 11.6% |
| Equity ratio | 71.1% | 30.0% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.41 | 2.24 |
| Current ratio | 3.04 | 1.39 |
| Revenue growth | 18.1% | 6.1% |
| Revenue per employee | 4.68 MNOK | 5.07 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 69, K J KARLSEN AS does better than 85% of companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector (3,712 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- K J KARLSEN AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector
K J KARLSEN AS has a score of 69 for 2025, rank 3,512 of 23,059 in the sector.
Strongest: Solidity: percentile 93 against peers, equity ratio 71.1% against a median of 30.0%. Liquidity: percentile 90 against peers, current ratio 3.04 against a median of 1.39.
Weakest: Profitability: percentile 39 against peers, operating margin 2.7% against a median of 3.0%.
Worth a closer look
- 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
K J KARLSEN AS had an operating margin of 2.7% and an equity ratio of 71.1% in 2025, and ranks 3,512 of 23,059 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: the equity ratio fell from 83.3% to 71.1% and revenue grew by 18%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 14 MNOK and 20 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 14 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 20 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 20 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 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.
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 2022, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2022, with a median operating margin of 1.5%. 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 | 39 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 93 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 90 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 77 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 60 | weight 15% |
Durability: 68 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is K J KARLSEN AS?
The operating margin was 2.7% in 2025, against a median of 3.0% among companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector. Return on assets was 6.6%.
How solid is K J KARLSEN AS?
The equity ratio was 71.1% in 2025 (median 30.0%). Debt-to-equity was 0.41 (median 2.24).
What is the liquidity of K J KARLSEN AS like?
The current ratio was 3.04 in 2025 (median 1.39).
How does K J KARLSEN AS compare in Handel?
K J KARLSEN AS ranks 3,512 of 23,059 in Handel for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Medium it is number 559 of 3,712. Revenue changed by 18.1% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 985051380
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (46.830)
- Morning company class
- Medium
- Employees
- 13 registered 10 July 2026
- Founded
- 5 July 2002 24 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.20 MNOK
- Business address
- Søderlundmyra 64, 8622 MO I RANA
- Municipality
- Rana rank 11–25 of 27 in KOSTRA group 9
- 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
- Kristian Hiller
- Chair of the board
- Kristian Hiller
- Auditor
- HELGELAND REVISJON AS
- Accountant
- SPAREBANK 1 REGNSKAPSHUSET NORD-NORGE 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 29 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 74 | 61 | 69 | |
| Rank | 3,292 | 6,475 | 3,512 | |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 1.4% | 2.7% | |
| Return on assets | 4.6% | 3.9% | 6.6% | |
| Equity ratio | 88.1% | 83.3% | 71.1% | |
| Current ratio | 8.00 | 5.33 | 3.04 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 1.2% | 18.1% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 50.9 MNOK | 51.6 MNOK | 60.9 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 0.7 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK | 1.6 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 1.0 MNOK | 0.9 MNOK | 1.8 MNOK |
| Net profit | 0.8 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK | 1.4 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Total assets | 21.9 MNOK | 24.0 MNOK | 28.1 MNOK |
| Current assets | 20.9 MNOK | 21.4 MNOK | 24.7 MNOK |
| Equity | 19.3 MNOK | 20.0 MNOK | 19.9 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 19.1 MNOK | 19.8 MNOK | 19.7 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 2.6 MNOK | 4.0 MNOK | 8.1 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 2.6 MNOK | 4.0 MNOK | 8.1 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 29 October 2026, accounts id 6798314.
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