KARELLA AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
45of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 40 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 2,539 of 4,157 · Sjømat
Profile
Cheetah · Sprinter
High profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 62 and solidity 13 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
KARELLA AS is 5 points below the median for small companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 3,606 companies.
Against small companies in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 16.7% (median 9.9%) and equity ratio 3.4% (median 36.4%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 1 MNOK | 2 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 16.7% | 9.9% |
| Profit margin | 11.4% | 6.6% |
| Return on assets | 6.6% | 3.1% |
| Equity ratio | 3.4% | 36.4% |
| Debt-to-equity | 28.36 | 1.03 |
| Current ratio | 0.27 | 1.66 |
| Revenue growth | 49.3% | 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 45, KARELLA AS does better than 40% of small companies in the same sector (3,638 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- KARELLA AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
KARELLA AS has a score of 45 for 2025, rank 2,539 of 4,157 in the sector.
Strongest: Growth: percentile 74 against peers, revenue growth 49.3% against a median of 13.5%. Consistency: percentile 62 against peers.
Weakest: Solidity: percentile 13 against peers, equity ratio 3.4% against a median of 36.4%. Liquidity: percentile 16 against peers, current ratio 0.27 against a median of 1.66.
Worth a closer look
- Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 3.6 times current assets. Based on: current ratio 0.27 (median 1.66).
- The equity ratio is very low. Could the company absorb a bad year, and does it need more equity? Based on: equity ratio 3.4% (median 36.4%).
- Strong growth with weak liquidity. Is the growth financed, or does it tie up capital the company does not have? Based on: revenue growth 49.3% (median 13.5%); current ratio 0.27 (median 1.66).
- 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
KARELLA AS had an operating margin of 16.7% and an equity ratio of 3.4% in 2025, and ranks 2,539 of 4,157 in Sjømat.
From 2024 to 2025: went from a loss to a profit before tax and the operating margin rose from 1.1% to 16.7%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 0 MNOK and 2 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 2 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 2 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 0 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 3.6 times current assets.
Based on: Current ratio 0.27 (median 1.66).
- watch
The equity ratio is very low. Could the company absorb a bad year, and does it need more equity?
Based on: Equity ratio 3.4% (median 36.4%).
- watch
Strong growth with weak liquidity. Is the growth financed, or does it tie up capital the company does not have?
Based on: Revenue growth 49.3% (median 13.5%); Current ratio 0.27 (median 1.66).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 2.1% 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
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 −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 | 62 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 13 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 16 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 74 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 62 | weight 15% |
Durability: 35 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is KARELLA AS?
The operating margin was 16.7% in 2025, against a median of 9.9% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 6.6%.
How solid is KARELLA AS?
The equity ratio was 3.4% in 2025 (median 36.4%). Debt-to-equity was 28.36 (median 1.03).
What is the liquidity of KARELLA AS like?
The current ratio was 0.27 in 2025 (median 1.66). Current assets did not cover current liabilities.
How does KARELLA AS compare in Sjømat?
KARELLA AS ranks 2,539 of 4,157 in Sjømat for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 2,189 of 3,638. Revenue changed by 49.3% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 997191595
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Sjømat (03.110)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 0–4 (not registered)
- Founded
- 1 August 2011 15 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.20 MNOK
- Business address
- Utgårdsveien 73, 1684 VESTERØY (HVALER)
- Municipality
- Hvaler rank 6–15 of 18 in KOSTRA group 2
- Audit
- Audit opted out from 6 August 2011
- 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
- Bjørne Eriksen
- Chair of the board
- Bjørne Eriksen
- Accountant
- SNØHETTA REGNSKAP ØYER 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 | 28 | 33 | 45 | |
| Rank | 3,005 | 3,055 | 2,539 | |
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 1.1% | 16.7% | |
| Return on assets | 11.9% | 0.3% | 6.6% | |
| Equity ratio | −83.5% | −1.1% | 3.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.40 | 1.01 | 0.27 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −20.9% | 49.3% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 1.2 MNOK | 1.0 MNOK | 1.5 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 0.2 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 0.2 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK |
| Net profit | 0.2 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.0 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK |
| Total assets | 1.2 MNOK | 3.7 MNOK | 3.8 MNOK |
| Current assets | 0.1 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Equity | −1.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | −1.1 MNOK | −1.1 MNOK | −1.0 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 2.2 MNOK | 3.8 MNOK | 3.6 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 0.3 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 29 October 2026, accounts id 7102999.
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