AUSTAD & BJERKNES AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
55of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 60 % of small companies in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank: 13,141 of 32,582 · Bygg og anlegg
Profile
Elephant · Steward
Lower profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 30 and solidity 83 out of 100 among small companies in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
AUSTAD & BJERKNES AS is 5 points above the median for small companies in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 31,472 companies.
Against small companies in the same sector in 2025: operating margin −1.8% (median 3.7%) and equity ratio 79.6% (median 36.5%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 8 MNOK | 3 MNOK |
| Operating margin | −1.8% | 3.7% |
| Profit margin | −1.1% | 3.4% |
| Return on assets | −0.7% | 5.7% |
| Equity ratio | 79.6% | 36.5% |
| Debt-to-equity | 0.26 | 1.20 |
| Current ratio | 4.40 | 1.45 |
| Revenue growth | −14.8% | 3.0% |
| Revenue per employee | 1.17 MNOK | 1.46 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 55, AUSTAD & BJERKNES AS does better than 60% of small companies in the same sector (31,720 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- AUSTAD & BJERKNES AS
- Median: small companies in the same sector
AUSTAD & BJERKNES AS has a score of 55 for 2025, rank 13,141 of 32,582 in the sector.
Strongest: Liquidity: percentile 85 against peers, current ratio 4.40 against a median of 1.45. Solidity: percentile 83 against peers, equity ratio 79.6% against a median of 36.5%.
Weakest: Growth: percentile 28 against peers, revenue growth −14.8% against a median of 3.0%. Profitability: percentile 30 against peers, operating margin −1.8% against a median of 3.7%.
Worth a closer look
- The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern? Based on: profit margin −1.1% (median 3.4%).
- What lies behind weak growth, and will it last?
- 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
AUSTAD & BJERKNES AS had an operating margin of −1.8% and an equity ratio of 79.6% in 2025, and ranks 13,141 of 32,582 in Bygg og anlegg.
From 2024 to 2025: went from a profit to a loss before tax and the operating margin fell from 11.1% to −1.8%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
One method gives a figure: 7 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | not meaningful |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | not meaningful |
| P/B | 1.0 | 7 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 −1.1% (median 3.4%).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 1.5% 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
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 2.5%. 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 | 30 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 83 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 85 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 28 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 54 | weight 15% |
Durability: 64 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is AUSTAD & BJERKNES AS?
The operating margin was −1.8% in 2025, against a median of 3.7% among small companies in the same sector. Return on assets was −0.7%. The company made a loss before tax.
How solid is AUSTAD & BJERKNES AS?
The equity ratio was 79.6% in 2025 (median 36.5%). Debt-to-equity was 0.26 (median 1.20).
What is the liquidity of AUSTAD & BJERKNES AS like?
The current ratio was 4.40 in 2025 (median 1.45).
How does AUSTAD & BJERKNES AS compare in Bygg og anlegg?
AUSTAD & BJERKNES AS ranks 13,141 of 32,582 in Bygg og anlegg for 2025. Among companies of the same size (small companies) it ranks 12,715 of 31,720. Revenue changed by −14.8% from the year before.
Public contracts
- Contracts awarded since 2024
- 3
- in 1 notices (lots counted separately)
- Total awarded value since 2024
- value not stated
- 3 contracts without a stated value are not in the total.
| Date | Buyer | Notice | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2024 | Heim kommune | Anskaffelse vintervedlikehold Rode 1 og rodene 3 til 12 - 2024-2027 - Heim kommune | value not stated (3 lots) |
| 19 October 2020 | Heim kommune | Anskaffelse vintervedlikehold 2020-2024 - Rode 06 - Engdal til Valsøya - Heim kommune | value not stated |
Based on notices in Doffin. Does not show call-offs under framework agreements or purchases below the publication threshold. Values are as stated by the buyer.
Source: Doffin (DFØ), fetched 27 October 2026. Winners are matched on organisation number.
Contains data under the Norwegian licence for public data (NLOD 2.0) made available by Doffin/the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ). NLOD 2.0
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 969032678
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Bygg og anlegg (43.120)
- Size tier
- small
- Employees
- 7 registered 10 July 2025
- Founded
- 1 January 1994 32 years in operation
- Share capital
- 0.20 MNOK
- Business address
- Sjølivegen 69, 6686 VALSØYBOTN (HEIM)
- Municipality
- Heim rank 13–18 of 18 in KOSTRA group 2
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- Website
- www.austad-bjerknes.no
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
- Olaf Bjerknes
- Chair of the board
- Tom Bjerknes
- Board member
- Jim Austad
- Board member
- Olaug Austad
- Board member
- Olaf Bjerknes
- Auditor
- ORKLA REVISJON AS
- Accountant
- ØKONOMITJENESTEN.NO 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 28 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 64 | 74 | 55 | |
| Rank | 7,603 | 2,924 | 13,141 | |
| Operating margin | −1.3% | 11.1% | −1.8% | |
| Return on assets | −0.6% | 13.5% | −0.7% | |
| Equity ratio | 78.7% | 82.9% | 79.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.64 | 4.09 | 4.40 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 9.0% | −14.8% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 8.8 MNOK | 9.6 MNOK | 8.2 MNOK |
| Operating profit | −0.1 MNOK | 1.1 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | −0.2 MNOK | 1.1 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK |
| Net profit | −0.5 MNOK | 0.9 MNOK | −0.1 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 0.2 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Total assets | 7.8 MNOK | 8.5 MNOK | 8.8 MNOK |
| Current assets | 3.7 MNOK | 5.5 MNOK | 4.1 MNOK |
| Equity | 6.2 MNOK | 7.1 MNOK | 7.0 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 6.0 MNOK | 6.9 MNOK | 6.8 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 1.7 MNOK | 1.5 MNOK | 1.8 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 1.4 MNOK | 1.3 MNOK | 0.9 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 28 October 2026, accounts id 7127459.
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