Ess Support Services AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
73of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 93 % of companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Large: 2 of 16 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 209 of 2,060 · Overnatting og servering
Profile
Elephant · Steward
Lower profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 37 and solidity 93 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
Ess Support Services AS is 27 points above the median for companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 46 among 16 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 3.4% (median 4.7%) and equity ratio 57.6% (median 27.5%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 825 MNOK | 767 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 4.7% |
| Profit margin | 6.0% | 6.4% |
| Return on assets | 11.4% | 13.5% |
| Equity ratio | 57.6% | 27.5% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.73 | 2.64 |
| Current ratio | 2.23 | 0.86 |
| Revenue growth | 22.2% | 5.0% |
| Revenue per employee | 1.46 MNOK | 1.35 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 73, Ess Support Services AS does better than 93% of companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector (16 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- Ess Support Services AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector
Ess Support Services AS has a score of 73 for 2025, rank 209 of 2,060 in the sector.
Strongest: Liquidity: percentile 100 against peers, current ratio 2.23 against a median of 0.86. Solidity: percentile 93 against peers, equity ratio 57.6% against a median of 27.5%.
Weakest: Profitability: percentile 37 against peers, operating margin 3.4% against a median of 4.7%.
Worth a closer look
- 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
Ess Support Services AS had an operating margin of 3.4% and an equity ratio of 57.6% in 2025, and ranks 209 of 2,060 in Overnatting og servering.
From 2024 to 2025: revenue grew by 22%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 220 MNOK and 412 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | 412 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | 220 MNOK |
| P/B | 1.0 | 255 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 0.4% 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 2.2%. Based on the 9 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 37 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 93 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 100 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 93 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 66 | weight 15% |
Durability: 71 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is Ess Support Services AS?
The operating margin was 3.4% in 2025, against a median of 4.7% among companies in the Morning class Large in the same sector. Return on assets was 11.4%.
How solid is Ess Support Services AS?
The equity ratio was 57.6% in 2025 (median 27.5%). Debt-to-equity was 0.73 (median 2.64).
What is the liquidity of Ess Support Services AS like?
The current ratio was 2.23 in 2025 (median 0.86).
How does Ess Support Services AS compare in Overnatting og servering?
Ess Support Services AS ranks 209 of 2,060 in Overnatting og servering for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Large it is number 2 of 16. Revenue changed by 22.2% from the year before.
Group accounts
The company is registered as part of a group, but we have no group accounts for it. Group accounts are filed by the parent company, and open data does not say which company that is.
Read the figures with care: a company in a group can look strong because of group contributions, or weak because dividends go up to the parent. The figures are indications, not the full picture.
We do not show the group structure, because open data does not say who owns whom.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 937657293
- Legal form
- AS · part of a group
- Sector
- Overnatting og servering (56.220)
- Morning company class
- Large
- Employees
- 564 registered 10 October 2026
- Founded
- 1 October 1985 41 years in operation
- Share capital
- 6.00 MNOK
- Business address
- Forusparken 2, 4031 STAVANGER
- Municipality
- Stavanger rank 5 of 11 in KOSTRA group 12
- 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
- Finn Rune Kristiansen
- Chair of the board
- Stian Stenlund
- Board member
- Per Holstein
- Board member
- Nina Øvstebø
- Board member
- Kathrine Hellvik Jørgensen
- Board member
- Finn Rune Kristiansen
- Deputy member
- John Henning Låstad
- Deputy member
- Ingvild Mæland Kjerkreit
- Auditor
- KPMG AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 31 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 31 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 69 | 70 | 73 | |
| Rank | 404 | 326 | 209 | |
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 3.0% | 3.4% | |
| Return on assets | 7.6% | 11.1% | 11.4% | |
| Equity ratio | 70.0% | 57.5% | 57.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.27 | 2.25 | 2.23 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 5.0% | 22.2% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 642.6 MNOK | 674.9 MNOK | 824.7 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 15.8 MNOK | 20.2 MNOK | 27.7 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 38.9 MNOK | 40.8 MNOK | 49.6 MNOK |
| Net profit | 32.8 MNOK | 33.5 MNOK | 41.2 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.4 MNOK | 0.5 MNOK | 0.7 MNOK |
| Total assets | 516.5 MNOK | 370.8 MNOK | 441.6 MNOK |
| Current assets | 492.8 MNOK | 347.3 MNOK | 412.6 MNOK |
| Equity | 361.5 MNOK | 213.2 MNOK | 254.5 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 339.4 MNOK | 191.1 MNOK | 232.5 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 155.0 MNOK | 157.6 MNOK | 187.1 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 150.9 MNOK | 154.5 MNOK | 185.0 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 31 October 2026, accounts id 6372163.
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