PAULSEN & SØNN AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
58of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 66 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 11,015 of 32,581 · Bygg og anlegg
Profile
Lion · Leader
High profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 54 and solidity 63 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
PAULSEN & SØNN AS is 8 points above 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 3.8% (median 3.7%) and equity ratio 54.6% (median 36.5%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 24 MNOK | 3 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 3.7% |
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 3.4% |
| Return on assets | 9.7% | 5.7% |
| Equity ratio | 54.6% | 36.5% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.83 | 1.20 |
| Current ratio | 2.00 | 1.45 |
| Revenue growth | −8.8% | 3.0% |
| Revenue per employee | 2.00 MNOK | 1.46 MNOK |
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 58, PAULSEN & SØNN AS does better than 66% of small companies in the same sector (31,719 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- PAULSEN & SØNN AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
PAULSEN & SØNN AS has a score of 58 for 2025, rank 11,015 of 32,581 in the sector.
Strongest: Consistency: percentile 72 against peers. Liquidity: percentile 66 against peers, current ratio 2.00 against a median of 1.45.
Weakest: Growth: percentile 34 against peers, revenue growth −8.8% against a median of 3.0%.
Worth a closer look
- What lies behind weak growth, 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
PAULSEN & SØNN AS had an operating margin of 3.8% and an equity ratio of 54.6% in 2025, and ranks 11,015 of 32,581 in Bygg og anlegg.
No large changes in the key figures from 2024 to 2025.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 6 MNOK and 10 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 8 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 10 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 6 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 0.1% 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 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 | 54 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 63 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 66 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 34 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 72 | weight 15% |
Durability: 61 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is PAULSEN & SØNN AS?
The operating margin was 3.8% in 2025, against a median of 3.7% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 9.7%.
How solid is PAULSEN & SØNN AS?
The equity ratio was 54.6% in 2025 (median 36.5%). Debt-to-equity was 0.83 (median 1.20).
What is the liquidity of PAULSEN & SØNN AS like?
The current ratio was 2.00 in 2025 (median 1.45).
How does PAULSEN & SØNN AS compare in Bygg og anlegg?
PAULSEN & SØNN AS ranks 11,015 of 32,581 in Bygg og anlegg for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 10,661 of 31,719. Revenue changed by −8.8% from the year before.
Public contracts
- Contracts awarded since 2024
- 0
- Total awarded value since 2024
- value not stated
| Date | Buyer | Notice | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2022 | Risør kommune | Rammeavtaler håndverkertjenester | 11.2 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.
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
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 853979082
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Bygg og anlegg (43.221)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 12 registered 10 July 2026
- Founded
- 28 September 1989 37 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.10 MNOK
- Business address
- Grønningveien 35, 4956 RISØR
- Municipality
- Risør rank 20–36 of 40 in KOSTRA group 1
- 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
- Kjell-Åge Paulsen
- Chair of the board
- Morten Paulsen
- Board member
- Kjell-Åge Paulsen
- Board member
- Kristian Paulsen
- Auditor
- REVISJON SØR AS
- Accountant
- SALDO REGNSKAP 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 | 65 | 60 | 58 | |
| Rank | 7,125 | 9,170 | 11,015 | |
| Operating margin | 14.8% | 4.5% | 3.8% | |
| Return on assets | 29.5% | 11.5% | 9.7% | |
| Equity ratio | 42.7% | 52.2% | 54.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50 | 1.88 | 2.00 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −0.9% | −8.8% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 26.6 MNOK | 26.4 MNOK | 24.0 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 3.9 MNOK | 1.2 MNOK | 0.9 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 3.9 MNOK | 1.2 MNOK | 1.0 MNOK |
| Net profit | 3.0 MNOK | 1.0 MNOK | 0.8 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Total assets | 13.4 MNOK | 10.9 MNOK | 10.1 MNOK |
| Current assets | 10.8 MNOK | 9.6 MNOK | 9.0 MNOK |
| Equity | 5.7 MNOK | 5.7 MNOK | 5.5 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 5.6 MNOK | 5.6 MNOK | 5.4 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 7.7 MNOK | 5.2 MNOK | 4.6 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 7.2 MNOK | 5.1 MNOK | 4.5 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 6522201.
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