Protolab AS
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Score · fiscal year 2025
54of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 56 % of companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Micro: 3,266 of 7,474 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 4,393 of 10,060 · Teknisk tjenesteyting og forskning
Profile
Cheetah · Sprinter
High profitability, lower resilience
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 76 and resilience 37 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
Protolab AS is 3 points above the median for companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 51 among 7,470 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 24.7% (median 7.8%) and equity ratio 30.9% (median 43.1%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 7 MNOK | 2 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 24.7% | 7.8% |
| Profit margin | 25.4% | 7.8% |
| Return on assets | 35.2% | 14.1% |
| Equity ratio | 30.9% | 43.1% |
| Debt-to-equity | 2.24 | 1.04 |
| Current ratio | 1.45 | 1.71 |
| Revenue growth | 16.6% | 6.9% |
The median and “ahead of” refer to companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 54, Protolab AS does better than 56% of companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector (7,474 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- Protolab AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector
Working capital and debt
| Measure | Company | Median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital | |||
| Receivable days All current receivables, including those on group companies, in days of revenue. |
126 days | 44 days | |
| Inventory and other current assets, days Current assets other than receivables and bank deposits, that is inventory and short-term investments, in days of revenue. |
56 days | 0 days | |
| Net working capital to revenue Current assets less bank deposits less current liabilities, divided by revenue. Negative: short-term debt funds the operations. |
−0.7% | −7.1% | |
| Cash share of current assets How much of the short-term buffer is bank deposits and cash. |
31.8% | 57.8% | |
| Debt and interest burden | |||
| Interest coverage (times) Operating result divided by all financial costs. Below 1: operations do not cover the cost of the debt. |
63.7 | 14.9 | |
| Financial costs as a share of debt All financial costs (interest, currency losses and other) divided by all debt, interest-free debt included. Not an interest rate. |
0.8% | 0.6% | |
| Long-term share of debt Long-term debt as a share of all debt. A low share means more falls due within a year. |
– | 2.3% | |
Net working capital (current assets less bank deposits less current liabilities): 0.0 MNOK.
Of the financial costs of 0.0 MNOK, 0.0 MNOK is reported as interest costs in the accounts.
The median and the bar refer to companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of the group with a lower figure: higher is not always better, long receivable days tie up capital, for example. These figures do not count in the score.
Protolab AS has a score of 54 for 2025, rank 4,393 of 10,060 in the sector.
Strongest: Profitability: percentile 76 against peers, operating margin 24.7% against a median of 7.8%.
Weakest: Solidity: percentile 34 against peers, equity ratio 30.9% against a median of 43.1%. Consistency: percentile 40 against peers.
Worth a closer look
- Receivables equal far more days of revenue than at comparable companies. Do customers pay late, or are these loans to companies in the same group? Based on: receivable days 126 days (median 44 days).
- What lies behind weak solidity, and will it last?
- What lies behind weak consistency, and will it last?
- The change in operating margin in 2025 was 10.5 percentage points weaker than for comparable companies: the company −10.7, the industry −0.2 points. That is the company's own, not something that hit the whole industry.
Written by fixed rules from the figures. Describes the figures, does not explain causes. Not investment or financial advice. How the summary is made
The industry or the company: what drove the result?
In 2025 the operating margin of Protolab AS fell by 10.7 percentage points. Comparable companies fell by a median 0.2 points. So the company did 10.5 points weaker than the industry, for reasons of its own.
Over 2 year-to-year changes Protolab AS moved the same way as comparable companies 1 times. About 2% of the changes in operating margin were common to the industry; the rest was the company's own.
| Year | The company | Comparable (median) | Change, company | Change, industry | The company's own |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35.3% | 8.0% | +31.7 percentage points | −0.5 percentage points | +32.2 percentage points |
| 2025 | 24.7% | 7.8% | −10.7 percentage points | −0.2 percentage points | −10.5 percentage points |
Comparable companies are those in the same industry and Morning company class. Their change shows what hit the whole industry, the sector drivers below included. The rest is the company's own: contracts, costs, one-off items or operations. The share is approximate, and we claim no cause.
The company and its sector's drivers
Prices, rate and currency that shape the sector's year, year by year beside the operating margin of Protolab AS. The figures stand side by side; we claim no cause.
Turnover index: architectural and engineering activities (indeks (2021 = 100))
Turnover index: architectural and engineering activities rose 8.1% in 2025; the operating margin of Protolab AS fell 10.7 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover index: architectural and engineering activities, annual average | 99.0 | 108.8 | 127.9 | 146.4 | 158.3 | 155.2 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +9.8% | +9.9% | +17.5% | +14.5% | +8.1% | −1.9% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | 3.6% | 35.3% | 24.7% | – |
Source: SSB (13863, CC BY 4.0). Source
Turnover index: advertising and market research (indeks (2021 = 100))
Turnover index: advertising and market research rose 3.6% in 2025; the operating margin of Protolab AS fell 10.7 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover index: advertising and market research, annual average | 99.4 | 113.5 | 108.3 | 106.9 | 110.7 | 126.1 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +35.1% | +14.2% | −4.6% | −1.3% | +3.6% | +13.9% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | 3.6% | 35.3% | 24.7% | – |
Source: SSB (13863, CC BY 4.0). Source
Turnover index: other professional and technical activities (indeks (2021 = 100))
Turnover index: other professional and technical activities rose 6.2% in 2025; the operating margin of Protolab AS fell 10.7 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover index: other professional and technical activities, annual average | 98.3 | 121.6 | 139.4 | 131.0 | 139.1 | 158.0 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +29.9% | +23.7% | +14.6% | −6.0% | +6.2% | +13.6% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | 3.6% | 35.3% | 24.7% | – |
Source: SSB (13863, CC BY 4.0). Source
Service prices: architects and engineering (indeks (2021 = 100))
Service prices: architects and engineering rose 3.2% in 2025; the operating margin of Protolab AS fell 10.7 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service prices: architects and engineering, annual average | 100.0 | 103.6 | 107.5 | 111.2 | 114.7 | 119.4 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +1.2% | +3.5% | +3.8% | +3.4% | +3.2% | +4.2% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | 3.6% | 35.3% | 24.7% | – |
Source: SSB (14335, CC BY 4.0). Source
Oil price (export price of crude oil) (kr per fat)
Oil price (export price of crude oil) fell 17.6% in 2025; the operating margin of Protolab AS fell 10.7 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil price (export price of crude oil), annual average | 609 | 979 | 877 | 859 | 708 | 881 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +61.1% | +60.8% | −10.5% | −2.0% | −17.6% | +24.5% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | 3.6% | 35.3% | 24.7% | – |
Source: SSB (08799, CC BY 4.0). Source
Policy rate (prosent)
Policy rate fell 0.20 percentage points in 2025; the operating margin of Protolab AS fell 10.7 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Policy rate, annual average | 0.08 | 1.32 | 3.54 | 4.50 | 4.30 | 4.17 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | −0.28 percentage points | +1.24 percentage points | +2.22 percentage points | +0.96 percentage points | −0.20 percentage points | −0.12 percentage points |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | 3.6% | 35.3% | 24.7% | – |
Source: Norges Bank (IR, NLOD 2.0). Source
EUR/NOK (kr)
EUR/NOK rose 0.8% in 2025; the operating margin of Protolab AS fell 10.7 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR/NOK, annual average | 10.16 | 10.10 | 11.42 | 11.62 | 11.72 | 11.04 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | −5.2% | −0.6% | +13.1% | +1.8% | +0.8% | −5.8% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | 3.6% | 35.3% | 24.7% | – |
Source: Norges Bank (EXR, NLOD 2.0). Source
Wage index: architects and engineering (indeks)
Wage index: architects and engineering rose 4.7% in 2025; the operating margin of Protolab AS fell 10.7 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wage index: architects and engineering, annual average | 90.5 | 90.9 | 96.0 | 100.9 | 105.6 | 109.2 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +7.4% | +0.5% | +5.6% | +5.2% | +4.7% | +3.4% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | 3.6% | 35.3% | 24.7% | – |
Source: SSB (12314, CC BY 4.0). Source
We show the drivers and the margin side by side and claim no cause. Sensitivity per company is not computed until we have at least 10 years of accounts per company: with three years such figures are false precision.
What the numbers say
Protolab AS had an operating margin of 24.7% and an equity ratio of 30.9% in 2025, and ranks 4,393 of 10,060 in Teknisk tjenesteyting og forskning.
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin fell from 35.3% to 24.7% and the equity ratio fell from 44.7% to 30.9%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 4 MNOK and 15 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 22.4 | 14 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 17.4 | 15 MNOK |
| P/B | 4.1 | 4 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT: from enterprise value to equity | NOK |
|---|---|
| Enterprise value (EV) at the listed multiple | 22 MNOK |
| Enterprise value after the size adjustment | 13 MNOK |
| Less net debt (rough figure) | −2 MNOK |
| Equity value | 15 MNOK |
Net debt is a rough figure: long-term liabilities minus cash. The accounts do not split interest-bearing debt from other liabilities, and short-term borrowings are not included. The size adjustment applies to the enterprise value, not to the debt.
The listed basis is the value at listed multiples. The estimate is lowered for size: a small-company premium of 4% on the cost of equity gives a value 38% lower. No separate marketability discount is applied, because the premium already allows for the company being small and unlisted.
The multiples are from the listed industry that matches the NACE code (74): Business & Consumer Services.
Not financial advice. The value range is a rough model estimate from listed-company multiples, not a valuation, a price target or a price offer. The actual value may differ greatly. Read more
A mechanical estimate from public accounts, not advice. A mechanical estimate from public accounts with listed multiples and fixed adjustments. Not a valuation and not advice to buy or sell. See the calculation
Worth a closer look
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Receivables equal far more days of revenue than at comparable companies. Do customers pay late, or are these loans to companies in the same group?
Based on: Receivable days 126 days (median 44 days).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 0.8% 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 2021, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2021, with a median operating margin of −0.2%. 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 | 76 | weight 40% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 34 | weight 20% |
| Liquidity | 41 | weight 5% |
| Growth | 43 | weight 25% |
| Consistency | 40 | weight 10% |
Three goals: profitability 40%, growth 25%, resilience 35%. Why these weights?
Durability: 61 (average over 3 years)
Index version 3. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is Protolab AS?
The operating margin was 24.7% in 2025, against a median of 7.8% among companies in the Morning class Micro in the same sector. Return on assets was 35.2%.
How solid is Protolab AS?
The equity ratio was 30.9% in 2025 (median 43.1%). Debt-to-equity was 2.24 (median 1.04).
What is the liquidity of Protolab AS like?
The current ratio was 1.45 in 2025 (median 1.71).
How does Protolab AS compare in Teknisk tjenesteyting og forskning?
Protolab AS ranks 4,393 of 10,060 in Teknisk tjenesteyting og forskning for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Micro it is number 3,266 of 7,474. Revenue changed by 16.6% from the year before.
Competitors
The 8 closest competitors in the same line of business, placed in the same matrix as the sector page: profitability up, resilience to the right. These are the companies the competitor analysis and the strategy report compare with.
Each bubble is a company: this company and its closest competitors in the same line of business and size, the same ones the competitor analysis uses. Placement is 0–100 against the whole sector and Morning company class: further right is more robust, higher up is more profitable. Bubble size is revenue. The light bubble and arrow show where the company stood the year before. Pick a profile to see fewer at a time.
| Company | Profile | Operating revenue | Operating margin | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Movements AS |  Beaver |
7 MNOK | −37.1% | 10 |
| Blue Sea Norway AS | Beaver |
7 MNOK | −85.6% | 11 |
| Grønli og Paixao Design og Møbler AS |  Lion |
7 MNOK | 16.7% | 66 |
| Olajens Denim AS | Beaver |
7 MNOK | 5.2% | 45 |
| Lars Tornøe AS | Lion |
7 MNOK | 70.8% | 74 |
| Protolab AS (this company) |  Cheetah |
7 MNOK | 24.7% | 54 |
| Rytech AS | Beaver |
7 MNOK | 2.4% | 36 |
| V&V Design AS | Lion |
7 MNOK | 12.6% | 69 |
| Boltmetall AS | Beaver |
6 MNOK | 2.9% | 37 |
The selection is the closest in revenue within the same industry code. When you order, you can swap competitors. Order competitor analysis
Group structure · 2025
12 companies in the group according to the shareholder register for 2025. A company counts as a subsidiary when a Norwegian company owns more than half of its shares.
Private persons own 100% of the shares in Global Products Invest AS. Persons are not shown by name.
Global Products Invest AS has not filed group accounts in open data, so the group has no index of its own. Each company has its own accounts.
The group in figures
- Sectors
- Teknisk tjenesteyting og forskning (4 companies), Handel (2 companies), Informasjon og kommunikasjon (2 companies), Eiendom (2 companies) 10 of 12 companies in the tree have accounts with us. Sectors are sorted by the companies' own revenue, which includes sales between the group's companies.
- Employees in Norway
- 81 in all. Namsos 71, Trondheim 10 Registered employees in the Central Coordinating Register, by the municipality of the business address. Employees may work elsewhere.
- Negative equity
- 1 company: Apportunity AS
- Loss
- 4 companies: Global Products AS, Apportunity AS, Framti Unugly AS, Framti Venture AS
- Changed 2024–2025
- 3 companies joined the group, among them: Drivstoffappen AS, Apportunity AS.
A subsidiary with negative equity or a loss may be backed by the group, for example with group contributions or guarantees. It is an indication of what is worth asking about, not an assessment.
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Global Products Invest AS
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Framti Gruppen AS
- Protolab AS you are here
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Safedrive AS
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Apportunity AS
- Drivstoffappen AS
- Org. no. 931725610
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- Framti Production AS
- Framti Unugly AS
- Org. no. 922205892
- Framti Venture AS
- Global Products AS
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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.
Source: the Norwegian Tax Administration's shareholder register 2025 (majority owner with more than 50 % of the shares). Voting agreements and ownership through other countries are not included.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 989645501
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Teknisk tjenesteyting og forskning (74.110)
- Morning company class
- Micro
- Employees
- 0–4 (not registered)
- Founded
- 20 March 2006 20 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.20 MNOK
- Business address
- Olav Tryggvasons gate 42, 7011 TRONDHEIM
- Municipality
- Trondheim rank 3 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
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Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 7 November 2026. Only names are shown.
Shareholders (2025)
- Number of shareholders
- 1 (one owner)
- Largest owner
- 100.0%
- Split
- companies 100% · private persons 0% · foreign 0%
- Owned from the same municipality
- 100%
- Group chain
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Owned by: Framti Gruppen AS (100%)
Ultimate owner: private person
- Framti Gruppen AS · 100.0%
Change 2007–2025: no material change in the owners.
Source: the Norwegian Tax Administration's shareholder register as of 2025. Figures may be older than today's ownership. Private persons are not shown by name.
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Figures last fetched 10 November 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 56 | 74 | 54 | |
| Rank | 3,648 | 847 | 4,393 | |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 35.3% | 24.7% | |
| Return on assets | 4.5% | 52.5% | 35.2% | |
| Equity ratio | 75.9% | 44.7% | 30.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.14 | 1.81 | 1.45 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 212.5% | 16.6% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 1.8 MNOK | 5.7 MNOK | 6.7 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 0.1 MNOK | 2.0 MNOK | 1.6 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 0.1 MNOK | 2.1 MNOK | 1.7 MNOK |
| Tax expense | 0.0 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK |
| Net profit | 0.0 MNOK | 1.6 MNOK | 1.3 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Total assets | 1.5 MNOK | 4.0 MNOK | 4.9 MNOK |
| Current assets | 1.5 MNOK | 4.0 MNOK | 4.9 MNOK |
| Equity | 1.2 MNOK | 1.8 MNOK | 1.5 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 1.0 MNOK | 1.6 MNOK | 1.3 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 0.4 MNOK | 2.2 MNOK | 3.4 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 0.4 MNOK | 2.2 MNOK | 3.4 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 10 November 2026, accounts id 6545605.
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