KISTEFOS EQUITY HOLDINGS AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
50of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 53 % of medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 1,025 of 2,035 · Sjøfart
Profile
Elephant · Steward
Lower profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 6 and solidity 77 out of 100 among medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
KISTEFOS EQUITY HOLDINGS AS is 2 points above the median for medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 48 among 456 companies.
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | – | 22.9% |
| Profit margin | – | 13.4% |
| Return on assets | −0.6% | 7.6% |
| Equity ratio | 88.6% | 50.4% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.13 | 0.85 |
| Current ratio | 105.77 | 1.33 |
| Revenue growth | – | 2.4% |
The median and “ahead of” refer to medium-sized companies in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 50, KISTEFOS EQUITY HOLDINGS AS does better than 53% of medium-sized companies in the same sector (456 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- KISTEFOS EQUITY HOLDINGS AS
- Median: medium-sized companies in the same sector
KISTEFOS EQUITY HOLDINGS AS has a score of 50 for 2025, rank 1,025 of 2,035 in the sector.
Strongest: Liquidity: percentile 96 against peers, current ratio 105.77 against a median of 1.33. Solidity: percentile 77 against peers, equity ratio 88.6% against a median of 50.4%.
Weakest: Profitability: percentile 6 against peers.
Worth a closer look
- The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern? Based on: profit margin – (median 13.4%).
- What lies behind weak profitability, 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
KISTEFOS EQUITY HOLDINGS AS had an operating margin of – and an equity ratio of 88.6% in 2025, and ranks 1,025 of 2,035 in Sjøfart.
From 2024 to 2025: the equity ratio rose from 62.4% to 88.6%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
One method gives a figure: 511 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | not meaningful |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | not meaningful |
| P/B | 1.0 | 511 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 company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern?
Based on: Profit margin – (median 13.4%).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 4.9% 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
- watch Revenue not reported
- watch No revenue but large assets
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
We have no accounts for 2026, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2026, with a median operating margin of 6.1%. Based on the 7 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 6 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 77 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 96 | weight 15% |
| Growth | – | no data, left out |
| Consistency | 46 | weight 15% |
Durability: 38 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 85%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is KISTEFOS EQUITY HOLDINGS AS?
The operating margin was – in 2025, against a median of 22.9% among medium-sized companies in the same sector. Return on assets was −0.6%. The company made a loss before tax.
How solid is KISTEFOS EQUITY HOLDINGS AS?
The equity ratio was 88.6% in 2025 (median 50.4%). Debt-to-equity was 0.13 (median 0.85).
What is the liquidity of KISTEFOS EQUITY HOLDINGS AS like?
The current ratio was 105.77 in 2025 (median 1.33).
How does KISTEFOS EQUITY HOLDINGS AS compare in Sjøfart?
KISTEFOS EQUITY HOLDINGS AS ranks 1,025 of 2,035 in Sjøfart for 2025. Among companies of the same size (medium-sized companies) it ranks 214 of 456.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 914523915
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Sjøfart (50.201)
- Size tier
- medium
- Employees
- 0–4 (not registered)
- Founded
- 11 November 2014 11 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.12 MNOK
- Business address
- c/o Kistefos AS, Dokkveien 1, 0250 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
- Chair of the board
- Bengt Arve Rem
- Board member
- Gunnar Jacobsen
- Auditor
- ERNST & YOUNG 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 | 38 | 28 | 50 | |
| Rank | 1,247 | 1,617 | 1,025 | |
| Operating margin | – | – | – | |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | −0.5% | −0.6% | |
| Equity ratio | 57.4% | 62.4% | 88.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.00 | 0.00 | 105.77 | |
| Revenue growth | – | – | – |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | – | – | – |
| Operating profit | −4.1 MNOK | −4.4 MNOK | −3.4 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 52.5 MNOK | −29.5 MNOK | −6.6 MNOK |
| Net profit | 52.5 MNOK | −29.5 MNOK | −6.6 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 15.6 MNOK | 25.1 MNOK | 3.3 MNOK |
| Total assets | 952.4 MNOK | 829.6 MNOK | 576.8 MNOK |
| Current assets | 0.3 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 1.3 MNOK |
| Equity | 547.0 MNOK | 517.5 MNOK | 510.9 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 4.3 MNOK | 4.3 MNOK | 4.3 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 405.4 MNOK | 312.1 MNOK | 65.9 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 405.4 MNOK | 312.1 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 6413161.
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