P.E. GAARUD AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
35of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 25 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 24,726 of 32,581 · Bygg og anlegg
Profile
Beaver · Builder
Lower profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 35 and solidity 15 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
P.E. GAARUD AS is 15 points below the median for small companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 31,471 companies.
Against small companies in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 0.2% (median 3.7%) and equity ratio 6.9% (median 36.5%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 3 MNOK | 3 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 0.2% | 3.7% |
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 3.4% |
| Return on assets | 0.6% | 5.7% |
| Equity ratio | 6.9% | 36.5% |
| Debt-to-equity | 13.44 | 1.20 |
| Current ratio | 1.07 | 1.45 |
| Revenue growth | 2.6% | 3.0% |
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 35, P.E. GAARUD AS does better than 25% of small companies in the same sector (31,719 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- P.E. GAARUD AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
P.E. GAARUD AS has a score of 35 for 2025, rank 24,726 of 32,581 in the sector.
Strongest: Consistency: percentile 53 against peers.
Weakest: Solidity: percentile 15 against peers, equity ratio 6.9% against a median of 36.5%. Liquidity: percentile 33 against peers, current ratio 1.07 against a median of 1.45.
Worth a closer look
- The equity ratio is very low. Could the company absorb a bad year, and does it need more equity? Based on: equity ratio 6.9% (median 36.5%).
- What lies behind weak solidity, and will it last?
- What lies behind weak liquidity, 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
P.E. GAARUD AS had an operating margin of 0.2% and an equity ratio of 6.9% in 2025, and ranks 24,726 of 32,581 in Bygg og anlegg.
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin fell from 18.0% to 0.2%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 0 MNOK and 0 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 0 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 0 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
- watch
The equity ratio is very low. Could the company absorb a bad year, and does it need more equity?
Based on: Equity ratio 6.9% (median 36.5%).
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.
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 2.4%. 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 | 35 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 15 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 33 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 49 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 53 | weight 15% |
Durability: 42 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is P.E. GAARUD AS?
The operating margin was 0.2% in 2025, against a median of 3.7% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 0.6%.
How solid is P.E. GAARUD AS?
The equity ratio was 6.9% in 2025 (median 36.5%). Debt-to-equity was 13.44 (median 1.20).
What is the liquidity of P.E. GAARUD AS like?
The current ratio was 1.07 in 2025 (median 1.45).
How does P.E. GAARUD AS compare in Bygg og anlegg?
P.E. GAARUD AS ranks 24,726 of 32,581 in Bygg og anlegg for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 23,820 of 31,719. Revenue changed by 2.6% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 820868382
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Bygg og anlegg (41.000)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 0–4 (not registered)
- Founded
- 16 April 2018 8 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.03 MNOK
- Business address
- Linegralia 16, 4517 MANDAL (LINDESNES)
- Municipality
- Lindesnes rank 6–21 of 27 in KOSTRA group 9
- Audit
- Audit opted out from 24 May 2018
- 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
- Pål Espen Gaarud
- Chair of the board
- Pål Espen Gaarud
- Accountant
- ADB-SENTERET 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 26 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 43 | 47 | 35 | |
| Rank | 17,778 | 17,848 | 24,726 | |
| Operating margin | 12.5% | 18.0% | 0.2% | |
| Return on assets | 34.9% | 34.8% | 0.6% | |
| Equity ratio | 5.5% | 4.4% | 6.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06 | 1.04 | 1.07 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −7.3% | 2.6% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 3.3 MNOK | 3.0 MNOK | 3.1 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 0.4 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 0.4 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Net profit | 0.3 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Total assets | 1.2 MNOK | 1.6 MNOK | 1.0 MNOK |
| Current assets | 1.2 MNOK | 1.6 MNOK | 1.0 MNOK |
| Equity | 0.1 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK | 0.1 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 1.1 MNOK | 1.5 MNOK | 1.0 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 1.1 MNOK | 1.5 MNOK | 1.0 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 6997138.
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