ESSELTE AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
45of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 41 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 18,341 of 30,442 · Handel
Profile
Cheetah · Sprinter
High profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 64 and solidity 21 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
ESSELTE AS is 5 points below the median for small companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 28,491 companies.
Against small companies in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 3.3% (median 2.2%) and equity ratio 10.5% (median 35.1%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 63 MNOK | 3 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 2.2% |
| Profit margin | 4.2% | 2.0% |
| Return on assets | 15.0% | 3.2% |
| Equity ratio | 10.5% | 35.1% |
| Debt-to-equity | 8.57 | 1.05 |
| Current ratio | 1.11 | 1.64 |
| Revenue growth | −4.3% | 3.8% |
| Revenue per employee | 7.84 MNOK | 1.60 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 45, ESSELTE AS does better than 41% of small companies in the same sector (28,889 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- ESSELTE AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
ESSELTE AS has a score of 45 for 2025, rank 18,341 of 30,442 in the sector.
Strongest: Consistency: percentile 69 against peers. Profitability: percentile 64 against peers, operating margin 3.3% against a median of 2.2%.
Weakest: Solidity: percentile 21 against peers, equity ratio 10.5% against a median of 35.1%. Liquidity: percentile 32 against peers, current ratio 1.11 against a median of 1.64.
Worth a closer look
- 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
ESSELTE AS had an operating margin of 3.3% and an equity ratio of 10.5% in 2025, and ranks 18,341 of 30,442 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: the equity ratio fell from 25.2% to 10.5%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 2 MNOK and 20 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 20 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 19 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 2 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.
Data quality
No anomalies found in the figures.
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
We have no accounts for 2017, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2017, with a median operating margin of −134.9%. 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 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 21 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 32 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 33 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 69 | weight 15% |
Durability: 47 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is ESSELTE AS?
The operating margin was 3.3% in 2025, against a median of 2.2% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 15.0%.
How solid is ESSELTE AS?
The equity ratio was 10.5% in 2025 (median 35.1%). Debt-to-equity was 8.57 (median 1.05).
What is the liquidity of ESSELTE AS like?
The current ratio was 1.11 in 2025 (median 1.64).
How does ESSELTE AS compare in Handel?
ESSELTE AS ranks 18,341 of 30,442 in Handel for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 17,142 of 28,889. Revenue changed by −4.3% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 911299771
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (46.490)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 8 registered 10 June 2026
- Founded
- 31 May 1961 65 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.38 MNOK
- Business address
- c/o Esselte AS, Lørenveien 73A, 0585 OSLO
- Municipality
- Oslo rank 106–282 of 357 in Norway
- 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
- Kjetil Brynildsen
- Chair of the board
- Kjetil Brynildsen
- Board member
- Rolf Christen Kaalstad
- Board member
- Christopher Neil Hopkinson
- Deputy member
- Jan Rune Løvnæseth
- Auditor
- CEDRA NORGE AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 25 October 2026. Only names are shown.
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Figures last fetched 26 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 41 | 54 | 45 | |
| Rank | 16,782 | 12,328 | 18,341 | |
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 4.5% | 3.3% | |
| Return on assets | 15.4% | 21.2% | 15.0% | |
| Equity ratio | 10.3% | 25.2% | 10.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11 | 1.33 | 1.11 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −0.6% | −4.3% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 65.9 MNOK | 65.6 MNOK | 62.7 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 2.1 MNOK | 2.9 MNOK | 2.0 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 2.3 MNOK | 3.2 MNOK | 2.6 MNOK |
| Net profit | 1.8 MNOK | 2.5 MNOK | 2.0 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 1.0 MNOK | 0.8 MNOK | 0.6 MNOK |
| Total assets | 21.5 MNOK | 18.7 MNOK | 21.4 MNOK |
| Current assets | 21.4 MNOK | 18.6 MNOK | 21.3 MNOK |
| Equity | 2.2 MNOK | 4.7 MNOK | 2.2 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 1.4 MNOK | 3.9 MNOK | 1.4 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 19.3 MNOK | 14.0 MNOK | 19.1 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 19.3 MNOK | 14.0 MNOK | 19.1 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 6984244.
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