OBS RETAIL AS
Score · fiscal year 2023
47of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 45 % of small companies in the same sector in 2023. What does this mean?
Rank: 19,010 of 34,740 · Handel
Profile
Cheetah · Sprinter
High profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2023, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 52 and solidity 39 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2023. Methodology
Against the sector
OBS RETAIL AS is 3 points below the median for small companies in the same sector in 2023.
Median score 50 among 32,562 companies.
Against small companies in the same sector in 2023: operating margin 1.2% (median 2.5%) and equity ratio 33.3% (median 39.1%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 36 MNOK | 4 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 2.2% |
| Return on assets | 8.4% | 4.0% |
| Equity ratio | 33.3% | 39.1% |
| Debt-to-equity | 2.00 | 1.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.43 | 1.70 |
| Revenue growth | – | 0.0% |
| Revenue per employee | 0.99 MNOK | 1.54 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to small companies in the same sector in 2023. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 47, OBS RETAIL AS does better than 45% of small companies in the same sector (32,646 companies) in 2023.
Score 2023–2025
- OBS RETAIL AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
What the numbers say
OBS RETAIL AS had an operating margin of 1.2% and an equity ratio of 33.3% in 2023, and ranks 19,010 of 34,740 in Handel.
This text is generated automatically from the 2023 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 2 MNOK and 8 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 4 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 8 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.
Financial costs were 0.0% of the debt in 2023. The policy rate averaged 3.54 % 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 2017, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2017, with a median operating margin of −65.6%. Based on the 11 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 52 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 39 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 42 | weight 15% |
| Growth | – | no data, left out |
| Consistency | 55 | weight 15% |
Index version 2. Data completeness 85%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is OBS RETAIL AS?
The operating margin was 1.2% in 2023, against a median of 2.5% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was 8.4%.
How solid is OBS RETAIL AS?
The equity ratio was 33.3% in 2023 (median 39.1%). Debt-to-equity was 2.00 (median 1.00).
What is the liquidity of OBS RETAIL AS like?
The current ratio was 1.43 in 2023 (median 1.70).
How does OBS RETAIL AS compare in Handel?
OBS RETAIL AS ranks 19,010 of 34,740 in Handel for 2023. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 17,846 of 32,646.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 919005564
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (47.300)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 36 registered 10 October 2026
- Founded
- 5 May 2017 9 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.60 MNOK
- Business address
- Ådalsveien 970, 3524 NES I ÅDAL (RINGERIKE)
- Municipality
- Ringerike rank 5–12 of 13 in KOSTRA group 10
- 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
- Ole Bjarne Strømmen
- Chair of the board
- Ole Bjarne Strømmen
- Board member
- Torill Braaten Strømmen
- Auditor
- VALDRESREVISORENE AS
- Accountant
- AZETS INSIGHT AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 25 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 | 47 | 49 | 51 | |
| Rank | 19,010 | 19,384 | 18,348 | |
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.1% | |
| Return on assets | 8.4% | 6.3% | 8.3% | |
| Equity ratio | 33.3% | 39.7% | 37.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43 | 1.61 | 1.41 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −4.3% | 3.4% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 35.7 MNOK | 34.2 MNOK | 35.4 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 0.4 MNOK | 0.2 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 0.5 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK | 0.6 MNOK |
| Net profit | 0.4 MNOK | 0.3 MNOK | 0.4 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Total assets | 6.4 MNOK | 6.1 MNOK | 6.6 MNOK |
| Current assets | 6.1 MNOK | 5.9 MNOK | 5.7 MNOK |
| Equity | 2.1 MNOK | 2.4 MNOK | 2.5 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 1.5 MNOK | 1.8 MNOK | 1.9 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 4.3 MNOK | 3.7 MNOK | 4.1 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 4.3 MNOK | 3.7 MNOK | 4.0 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 26 October 2026, accounts id 5349877.
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