Forforedling AS
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Key facts
Is the company run well?
Five key figures against companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector. Green is better than most, amber about like the industry and red weaker than most.
- Profitability · operating margin 8.2% Better than the industry Industry: 4.6%
- Returns · return on assets 14.1% Better than the industry Industry: 9.6%
- Solidity · equity ratio 62.9% Better than the industry Industry: 42.5%
- Liquidity · current ratio 2.04 Better than the industry Industry: 1.78
- Growth · revenue growth 27.7% Better than the industry Industry: 5.3%
The mark comes from the company's place among comparable companies (percentile): green from 60, amber from 40, red below 40. Negative equity, an operating loss and a current ratio under 1 pull it down regardless. Methodology
Score · fiscal year 2025
64of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 75 % of companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Small: 507 of 2,037 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 1,704 of 7,072 · Industri
Profile
Lion · Leader
High profitability, high resilience
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 64 and resilience 73 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
Forforedling AS is 13 points above the median for companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 51 among 2,037 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 8.2% (median 4.6%) and equity ratio 62.9% (median 42.5%).
How it has gone · 2023–2025
Revenue rose by 80 % from 2023 to 2025, to 31.9 MNOK. The operating margin fell from 10.7% in 2023 to 8.2% in 2025. The equity ratio rose from 52.3% in 2023 to 62.9% in 2025.
Amounts in the reporting currency. The full year-by-year table is further down under «Details». See every figure year by year
Accounts in short
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 17.7 MNOK | 25.0 MNOK | 31.9 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 1.9 MNOK | 3.8 MNOK | 2.6 MNOK |
| Net profit | 1.3 MNOK | 2.8 MNOK | 1.9 MNOK |
| Total assets | 15.2 MNOK | 17.8 MNOK | 19.3 MNOK |
| Equity | 7.9 MNOK | 10.7 MNOK | 12.1 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 7.2 MNOK | 7.1 MNOK | 7.2 MNOK |
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK). See every figure year by year
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 991509402
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Industri (10.911)
- Purpose
- Fremme eiernes økonomiske interesser ved produksjon og salg av pelletsprodukter og tilhørende produkter, samt service av disse.
- Morning company class
- Small
- Employees
- 10 registered 10 October 2026
- Founded
- 28 June 2007 19 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.72 MNOK
- Business address
- Bylundvegen 85, 7604 LEVANGER
- Municipality
- Levanger rank 12–23 of 27 in KOSTRA group 9
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- VAT registered
- Yes
- Website
- www.forforedling.no
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
Forforedling AS has a score of 64 for 2025, rank 1,704 of 7,072 in the sector.
Strongest: Solidity: percentile 76 against peers, equity ratio 62.9% against a median of 42.5%. Consistency: percentile 71 against peers.
No area is clearly below its peers.
Worth a closer look
- The change in operating margin in 2025 was 7.1 percentage points weaker than for comparable companies: the company −7.1, the industry +0.0 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
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 3.6% 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 −0.4%. 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 | 64 | weight 40% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 76 | weight 20% |
| Liquidity | 61 | weight 5% |
| Growth | 50 | weight 25% |
| Consistency | 71 | weight 10% |
Three goals: profitability 40%, growth 25%, resilience 35%. Why these weights?
Durability: 69 (average over 3 years)
Index version 3. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 32 MNOK | 21 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 8.2% | 4.6% |
| Profit margin | 7.7% | 4.5% |
| Return on assets | 14.1% | 9.6% |
| Equity ratio | 62.9% | 42.5% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.59 | 1.24 |
| Current ratio | 2.04 | 1.78 |
| Revenue growth | 27.7% | 5.3% |
| Revenue per employee | 3.19 MNOK | 1.78 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 64, Forforedling AS does better than 75% of companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector (2,037 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- Forforedling AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Small 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. |
21 days | 47 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. |
27 days | 33 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% | 3.6% | |
| Cash share of current assets How much of the short-term buffer is bank deposits and cash. |
48.2% | 26.7% | |
| 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. |
10.1 | 6.4 | |
| 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. |
3.6% | 2.0% | |
| Long-term share of debt Long-term debt as a share of all debt. A low share means more falls due within a year. |
– | 21.1% | |
Net working capital (current assets less bank deposits less current liabilities): 0.2 MNOK.
Of the financial costs of 0.3 MNOK, 0.2 MNOK is reported as interest costs in the accounts.
The median and the bar refer to companies in the Morning class Small 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.
The industry or the company: what drove the result?
In 2025 the operating margin of Forforedling AS fell by 7.1 percentage points. Comparable companies rose by a median 0.0 points. So the company did 7.1 points weaker than the industry, for reasons of its own.
Over 2 year-to-year changes Forforedling AS moved the same way as comparable companies 0 times. About 0% 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 | 15.3% | 4.6% | +4.6 percentage points | 0.0 percentage points | +4.6 percentage points |
| 2025 | 8.2% | 4.6% | −7.1 percentage points | +0.0 percentage points | −7.1 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 Forforedling AS. The figures stand side by side; we claim no cause.
Producer prices in manufacturing (indeks (2021 = 100))
Producer prices in manufacturing rose 2.9% in 2025; the operating margin of Forforedling AS fell 7.1 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Producer prices in manufacturing, annual average | 100.0 | 124.7 | 129.5 | 134.4 | 138.3 | 146.7 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +10.7% | +24.7% | +3.9% | +3.7% | +2.9% | +6.1% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | 10.7% | 15.3% | 8.2% | – |
Source: SSB (12462, CC BY 4.0). Source
EUR/NOK (kr)
EUR/NOK rose 0.8% in 2025; the operating margin of Forforedling AS fell 7.1 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 | – | – | 10.7% | 15.3% | 8.2% | – |
Source: Norges Bank (EXR, NLOD 2.0). Source
Wholesale power price (øre per kWh)
Wholesale power price rose 9.4% in 2025; the operating margin of Forforedling AS fell 7.1 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale power price, annual average | 64.2 | 141.7 | 72.0 | 49.4 | 54.0 | 96.5 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +466.7% | +120.8% | −49.2% | −31.4% | +9.4% | +78.4% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | 10.7% | 15.3% | 8.2% | – |
Source: SSB (09363, CC BY 4.0). Source
USD/NOK (kr)
USD/NOK fell 3.3% in 2025; the operating margin of Forforedling AS fell 7.1 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD/NOK, annual average | 8.59 | 9.61 | 10.56 | 10.75 | 10.39 | 9.54 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | −8.8% | +11.9% | +9.9% | +1.7% | −3.3% | −8.2% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | 10.7% | 15.3% | 8.2% | – |
Source: Norges Bank (EXR, NLOD 2.0). Source
Wage index: fabricated metal products (indeks)
Wage index: fabricated metal products rose 5.8% in 2025; the operating margin of Forforedling AS fell 7.1 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wage index: fabricated metal products, annual average | 88.0 | 91.5 | 96.9 | 102.1 | 108.0 | 112.8 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +3.1% | +3.9% | +6.0% | +5.4% | +5.8% | +4.5% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | 10.7% | 15.3% | 8.2% | – |
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
Forforedling AS had an operating margin of 8.2% and an equity ratio of 62.9% in 2025, and ranks 1,704 of 7,072 in Industri.
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin fell from 15.3% to 8.2% and revenue grew by 28%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 22 MNOK and 32 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 19.5 | 24 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 16.4 | 32 MNOK |
| P/B | 3.0 | 22 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT: from enterprise value to equity | NOK |
|---|---|
| Enterprise value (EV) at the listed multiple | 46 MNOK |
| Enterprise value after the size adjustment | 28 MNOK |
| Less net debt (rough figure) | −4 MNOK |
| Equity value | 32 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 (10): Food Processing.
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
Questions and answers
How profitable is Forforedling AS?
The operating margin was 8.2% in 2025, against a median of 4.6% among companies in the Morning class Small in the same sector. Return on assets was 14.1%.
How solid is Forforedling AS?
The equity ratio was 62.9% in 2025 (median 42.5%). Debt-to-equity was 0.59 (median 1.24).
What is the liquidity of Forforedling AS like?
The current ratio was 2.04 in 2025 (median 1.78).
How does Forforedling AS compare in Industri?
Forforedling AS ranks 1,704 of 7,072 in Industri for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Small it is number 507 of 2,037. Revenue changed by 27.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Røv Mølle AS |  Lion |
172 MNOK | 5.0% | 57 |
| Hundseth Mølle AS |  Beaver |
135 MNOK | 1.3% | 34 |
| MILJØFÔR Norge AS |  Elephant |
64 MNOK | 2.8% | 43 |
| Bioco AS | Beaver |
53 MNOK | 5.9% | 40 |
| Forforedling AS (this company) | Lion |
32 MNOK | 8.2% | 64 |
| K K MILJØ & Ressurs AS | Beaver |
20 MNOK | 0.8% | 34 |
| Mafo AS | Elephant |
13 MNOK | 0.3% | 42 |
| Brødrene Nordbø AS |  Cheetah |
11 MNOK | 13.8% | 41 |
| Trønderfor AS | Elephant |
6 MNOK | −2.4% | 45 |
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
2 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.
No owner holds more than half of the shares in Forforedling AS.
Forforedling 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
- Industri (1 company), Handel (1 company) 2 of 2 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
- 10 in all. Levanger 10 Registered employees in the Central Coordinating Register, by the municipality of the business address. Employees may work elsewhere.
- Loss
- 1 company: Forforedling Energi AS
- Changed 2024–2025
- 1 company joined the group: Forforedling Energi 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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Forforedling AS you are here
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 November 2024 | Overhalla Kommune | 2024 - Rammeavtale Innkjøp av trepellets til biofyringsanlegg | 10.0 MNOK (framework) |
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.
Dependence on public contracts
Awarded value in the year seen against revenue the same year. This is not a share of revenue: the value is the whole contract, often for several years, and it does not necessarily become revenue that year.
| Year | Contracts | Awarded value | Awarded value against revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | not stated | – |
Framework agreements are left out (1 since 2024, with ceilings of 10.0 MNOK in all). A ceiling is not a purchase.
Largest public buyers since 2024
| Buyer | Contracts | Value | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overhalla Kommune | 1 | not stated | – |
Key contracts
Largest framework agreements (ceiling, not spend)
| Date | Buyer | Contract | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 November 2024 | Overhalla Kommune | 2024 - Rammeavtale Innkjøp av trepellets til biofyringsanlegg | 10.0 MNOK (framework) |
- The value is the whole contract as stated by the buyer, often for several years.
- Framework agreements are left out of the sums, since the value is a ceiling. Many frameworks are not marked in Doffin and may still be included.
- Only awards where Doffin gives the company's organisation number.
- Contracts without a stated value are counted but not summed.
- An indication of dependence, not an accounting figure. End dates are rarely in the Doffin data.
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
Ownership and roles
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Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 1 November 2026. Only names are shown.
Shareholders (2025)
- Number of shareholders
- 174
- Largest owner
- 24.0% · top three 37.6%
- Split
- companies 19% · private persons 81% · foreign 0%
- Owned from the same municipality
- 96%
- Owners over 60
- 45% of the shares held by persons (median age 57)
- Fiskå Mølle Trøndelag AS · 8.7%
- Forforedling AS · 4.2%
- Levanger Slakteri AS · 2.8%
- Røst Invest AS · 2.4%
- Felleskjøpet Agri SA · 0.9%
- COOP Midt-Norge SA · 0.3%
- 168 private persons · 80.7%
Change 2007–2025:
49% of the shares changed owner (24 new and 51 departed owners).
New owners (companies): COOP Midt-Norge SA, Fiskå Mølle Trøndelag AS, Forforedling AS
Departed (companies): COOP Inn-Trøndelag SA, FYLKESKASSEREREN I NORD-TRØNDELAG, Nortura SA
Majority owner of: Forforedling Energi AS (100%)
Holds shares in: Forforedling AS (4%), Forforedling Energi AS (100%)
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 6 November 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 65 | 78 | 64 | |
| Rank | 1,757 | 332 | 1,704 | |
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 15.3% | 8.2% | |
| Return on assets | 12.8% | 21.9% | 14.1% | |
| Equity ratio | 52.3% | 60.2% | 62.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.58 | 1.91 | 2.04 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 41.2% | 27.7% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 17.7 MNOK | 25.0 MNOK | 31.9 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 1.9 MNOK | 3.8 MNOK | 2.6 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 1.6 MNOK | 3.5 MNOK | 2.5 MNOK |
| Tax expense | 0.4 MNOK | 0.8 MNOK | 0.6 MNOK |
| Net profit | 1.3 MNOK | 2.8 MNOK | 1.9 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.3 MNOK | 0.3 MNOK | 0.3 MNOK |
| Total assets | 15.2 MNOK | 17.8 MNOK | 19.3 MNOK |
| Current assets | 4.9 MNOK | 6.2 MNOK | 8.0 MNOK |
| Equity | 7.9 MNOK | 10.7 MNOK | 12.1 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 6.6 MNOK | 9.4 MNOK | 10.8 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 7.2 MNOK | 7.1 MNOK | 7.2 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 3.1 MNOK | 3.2 MNOK | 3.9 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 6 November 2026, accounts id 7033916.
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