N.C. Nielsen AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
44of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 37 % of companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Medium: 2,332 of 3,705 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 14,383 of 22,940 · Handel
Profile
Cheetah · Sprinter
High profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 66 and solidity 10 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
N.C. Nielsen AS is 6 points below the median for companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 3,705 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025: operating margin 11.5% (median 3.0%) and equity ratio 8.7% (median 30.1%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 242 MNOK | 93 MNOK |
| Operating margin | 11.5% | 3.0% |
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 2.8% |
| Return on assets | 9.7% | 11.6% |
| Equity ratio | 8.7% | 30.1% |
| Debt-to-equity | 10.49 | 2.23 |
| Current ratio | 0.31 | 1.39 |
| Revenue growth | 48.8% | 6.1% |
| Revenue per employee | 10.07 MNOK | 5.07 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 44, N.C. Nielsen AS does better than 37% of companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector (3,705 companies) in 2025.
Score 2024–2026
- N.C. Nielsen AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector
N.C. Nielsen AS has a score of 44 for 2025, rank 14,383 of 22,940 in the sector.
Strongest: Growth: percentile 92 against peers, revenue growth 48.8% against a median of 6.1%. Profitability: percentile 66 against peers, operating margin 11.5% against a median of 3.0%.
Weakest: Liquidity: percentile 0 against peers, current ratio 0.31 against a median of 1.39. Solidity: percentile 10 against peers, equity ratio 8.7% against a median of 30.1%.
Worth a closer look
- Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 3.2 times current assets. Based on: current ratio 0.31 (median 1.39).
- The equity ratio is very low. Could the company absorb a bad year, and does it need more equity? Based on: equity ratio 8.7% (median 30.1%).
- Strong growth with weak liquidity. Is the growth financed, or does it tie up capital the company does not have? Based on: revenue growth 48.8% (median 6.1%); current ratio 0.31 (median 1.39).
- What lies behind weak solidity, 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
N.C. Nielsen AS had an operating margin of 11.5% and an equity ratio of 8.7% in 2025, and ranks 14,383 of 22,940 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: revenue grew by 49%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
The methods give between 31 MNOK and 198 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 21.2 | 116 MNOK |
| EV/EBIT | 16.6 | 198 MNOK |
| P/B | 2.2 | 31 MNOK |
The listed basis is the value at listed multiples. The estimate is lowered by 46% for an unlisted company: 20% for lack of marketability and 32% for size (a small-company premium of 3% on the cost of equity).
A mechanical estimate from public accounts, not advice. A mechanical estimate from public accounts with listed multiples and fixed adjustments. Not a valuation and not advice to buy or sell. See the calculation
Worth a closer look
- critical
Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 3.2 times current assets.
Based on: Current ratio 0.31 (median 1.39).
- watch
The equity ratio is very low. Could the company absorb a bad year, and does it need more equity?
Based on: Equity ratio 8.7% (median 30.1%).
- watch
Strong growth with weak liquidity. Is the growth financed, or does it tie up capital the company does not have?
Based on: Revenue growth 48.8% (median 6.1%); Current ratio 0.31 (median 1.39).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 4.5% 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.
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 1.5%. 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 | 66 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 10 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 0 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 92 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 49 | weight 15% |
Durability: 34 (average over 2 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is N.C. Nielsen AS?
The operating margin was 11.5% in 2025, against a median of 3.0% among companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector. Return on assets was 9.7%.
How solid is N.C. Nielsen AS?
The equity ratio was 8.7% in 2025 (median 30.1%). Debt-to-equity was 10.49 (median 2.23).
What is the liquidity of N.C. Nielsen AS like?
The current ratio was 0.31 in 2025 (median 1.39). Current assets did not cover current liabilities.
How does N.C. Nielsen AS compare in Handel?
N.C. Nielsen AS ranks 14,383 of 22,940 in Handel for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Medium it is number 2,332 of 3,705. Revenue changed by 48.8% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 982410347
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (46.630)
- Morning company class
- Medium
- Employees
- 24 registered 10 September 2026
- Founded
- 11 September 2000 26 years in operation
- Share capital
- 2.90 MNOK
- Business address
- Hydrovegen 6, 3933 PORSGRUNN
- Municipality
- Porsgrunn rank 5–12 of 13 in KOSTRA group 10
- Latest accounts filed
- 2026
- Website
- www.nc-nielsen.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
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Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 29 October 2026. Only names are shown.
Shareholders (2025)
- Number of shareholders
- 1 (one owner)
- Largest owner
- 100.0%
- Split
- companies 100% · private persons 0% · foreign 100%
- Group chain
- Ultimate owner: N.C. Nielsen Balling AS
- N.C. Nielsen Balling AS (Denmark) · 100.0%
Change 2007–2025:
100% of the shares changed owner (1 new and 1 departed owners). The majority owner changed.
New owners (companies): N.C. Nielsen Balling AS
Departed (companies): Scantruck AS
Source: the Norwegian Tax Administration's shareholder register as of 2025. Figures may be older than today's ownership. Private persons are not shown by name.
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Figures last fetched 28 October 2026.
Year by year · 2024–2026
| Key figure | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 25 | 44 | 34 | |
| Rank | 19,270 | 14,383 | 171 | |
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 11.5% | 11.3% | |
| Return on assets | 8.0% | 9.7% | 9.5% | |
| Equity ratio | 6.1% | 8.7% | 12.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.12 | 0.31 | 0.22 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 48.8% | −2.2% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 162.4 MNOK | 241.7 MNOK | 236.3 MNOK |
| Operating profit | 16.2 MNOK | 27.8 MNOK | 26.7 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | 9.2 MNOK | 16.7 MNOK | 15.5 MNOK |
| Tax expense | 2.0 MNOK | 3.7 MNOK | 3.4 MNOK |
| Net profit | 7.1 MNOK | 13.0 MNOK | 12.1 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 7.8 MNOK | 12.0 MNOK | 12.7 MNOK |
| Total assets | 210.6 MNOK | 296.1 MNOK | 296.8 MNOK |
| Current assets | 24.6 MNOK | 83.4 MNOK | 56.3 MNOK |
| Equity | 12.7 MNOK | 25.8 MNOK | 37.9 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 0.0 MNOK | 13.0 MNOK | 25.1 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 197.8 MNOK | 270.3 MNOK | 258.9 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 197.8 MNOK | 268.2 MNOK | 253.3 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 28 October 2026, accounts id 6014181.
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