Basf AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
70of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 89 % of companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Large: 33 of 290 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 274 of 2,017 · Industri
Profile
Lion · Leader
High profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 64 and solidity 99 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
Basf AS is 21 points above the median for companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 49 among 290 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 9.6% (median 6.3%) and equity ratio 77.0% (median 32.8%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 1,880 MNOK | 1,201 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 9.6% | 6.3% |
| Profit margin | 10.7% | 6.6% |
| Return on assets | 14.1% | 11.7% |
| Equity ratio | 77.0% | 32.8% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.30 | 2.03 |
| Current ratio | 3.09 | 1.28 |
| Revenue growth | 8.0% | 7.1% |
| Revenue per employee | 11.82 MNOK | 5.72 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 70, Basf AS does better than 89% of companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector (290 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- Basf AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector
Basf AS has a score of 70 for 2025, rank 274 of 2,017 in the sector.
Strongest: Solidity: percentile 99 against peers, equity ratio 77.0% against a median of 32.8%. Liquidity: percentile 94 against peers, current ratio 3.09 against a median of 1.28.
Weakest: Consistency: percentile 27 against peers.
Worth a closer look
- What lies behind weak consistency, 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
Basf AS had an operating margin of 9.6% and an equity ratio of 77.0% in 2025, and ranks 274 of 2,017 in Industri.
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin fell from 13.3% to 9.6% and the equity ratio fell from 83.9% to 77.0%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 1,436 MNOK and 1,493 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 1,485 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 1,436 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 1,493 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 16.3% 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 −3.3%. 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 | 99 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 94 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 54 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 27 | weight 15% |
Durability: 74 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is Basf AS?
The operating margin was 9.6% in 2025, against a median of 6.3% among companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector. Return on assets was 14.1%.
How solid is Basf AS?
The equity ratio was 77.0% in 2025 (median 32.8%). Debt-to-equity was 0.30 (median 2.03).
What is the liquidity of Basf AS like?
The current ratio was 3.09 in 2025 (median 1.28).
How does Basf AS compare in Industri?
Basf AS ranks 274 of 2,017 in Industri for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Large it is number 33 of 290. Revenue changed by 8.0% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 914183987
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Industri (20.590)
- Morning company class
- Large
- Employees
- 159 registered 10 October 2026
- Founded
- 2 January 1917 109 years in operation
- Share capital
- 1.00 MNOK
- Business address
- Lilleakerveien 2B, 0283 OSLO
- Municipality
- Oslo rank 63–220 of 357 in Norway
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- Website
- www.basf.no
- LEI
- 549300J63JT50L4UWZ78 renews 21 June 2027
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
- Jan Schade
- Chair of the board
- Gabriele Giordano Giovannetti
- Board member
- Thomas Clemens Jensen Sending
- Board member
- Thomas Reiersen
- Board member
- Alexandra Christl Bjerch-Andresen
- Board member
- Henrik Fismen
- Board member
- Jan Schade
- Board member
- Grete Bjørndalen Mathisen
- Deputy member
- Håkon Sørum Bakken
- Deputy member
- Juan Carlos Hussong Gulbrandsen
- Auditor
- Deloitte AS
- Accountant
- Visma Enterprise AS
- Accountant
- Azets Insight AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 31 October 2026. Only names are shown.
- Parent company
- Basf SE (Germany)
Foreign-owned according to GLEIF.
Source: GLEIF (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation), fetched 30 October 2026. The parent is the one the company itself reported to GLEIF.
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Figures last fetched 30 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 80 | 72 | 70 | |
| Rank | 178 | 232 | 274 | |
| Operating margin | 20.9% | 13.3% | 9.6% | |
| Return on assets | 31.0% | 17.9% | 14.1% | |
| Equity ratio | 83.4% | 83.9% | 77.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.90 | 4.12 | 3.09 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −4.4% | 8.0% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 1,820.1 MNOK | 1,740.0 MNOK | 1,879.6 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 380.6 MNOK | 231.1 MNOK | 180.1 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 416.9 MNOK | 236.1 MNOK | 200.3 MNOK |
| Net profit | 314.2 MNOK | 176.4 MNOK | 148.5 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 124.7 MNOK | 88.8 MNOK | 72.6 MNOK |
| Total assets | 1,745.1 MNOK | 1,815.4 MNOK | 1,938.7 MNOK |
| Current assets | 1,107.9 MNOK | 1,187.4 MNOK | 1,360.3 MNOK |
| Equity | 1,455.9 MNOK | 1,522.3 MNOK | 1,493.2 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | −364.1 MNOK | −237.7 MNOK | −116.7 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 289.2 MNOK | 293.1 MNOK | 445.4 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 284.0 MNOK | 288.1 MNOK | 440.6 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 30 October 2026, accounts id 6921958.
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