Osc AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
25of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 7 % of companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Medium: 675 of 728 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 2,831 of 3,132 · Informasjon og kommunikasjon
Profile
Beaver · Builder
Lower profitability, lower solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 7 and solidity 19 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
Osc AS is 25 points below the median for companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 728 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025: operating margin −20.1% (median 6.1%) and equity ratio 12.0% (median 30.0%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 54 MNOK | 108 MNOK |
| Operating margin | −20.1% | 6.1% |
| Profit margin | −37.8% | 6.7% |
| Return on assets | −15.0% | 11.9% |
| Equity ratio | 12.0% | 30.0% |
| Debt-to-equity | 7.34 | 2.26 |
| Current ratio | 0.89 | 1.16 |
| Revenue growth | 19.6% | 7.4% |
| Revenue per employee | 1.29 MNOK | 2.96 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 25, Osc AS does better than 7% of companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector (728 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- Osc AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector
Osc AS has a score of 25 for 2025, rank 2,831 of 3,132 in the sector.
Strongest: Growth: percentile 77 against peers, revenue growth 19.6% against a median of 7.4%.
Weakest: Profitability: percentile 7 against peers, operating margin −20.1% against a median of 6.1%. Solidity: percentile 19 against peers, equity ratio 12.0% against a median of 30.0%.
Worth a closer look
- Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.1 times current assets. Based on: current ratio 0.89 (median 1.16).
- The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern? Based on: profit margin −37.8% (median 6.7%).
- The operating margin is lower than at three in four companies in the sector. Where do costs differ from competitors? Based on: operating margin −20.1% (median 6.1%).
- 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
The industry or the company: what drove the result?
In 2025 the operating margin of Osc AS fell by 2.1 percentage points. Comparable companies rose by a median 1.7 points. So the company did 3.7 points weaker than the industry, for reasons of its own.
Over 2 year-to-year changes Osc AS moved the same way as comparable companies 1 times. About 37% of the changes in operating margin were common to the industry; the rest was the company's own.
| Year | The company | Comparable (median) | Change, company | Change, industry | The company's own |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | −18.0% | 4.4% | −3.9 percentage points | −1.8 percentage points | −2.1 percentage points |
| 2025 | −20.1% | 6.1% | −2.1 percentage points | +1.7 percentage points | −3.7 percentage points |
Comparable companies are those in the same industry and Morning company class. Their change shows what hit the whole industry, the sector drivers below included. The rest is the company's own: contracts, costs, one-off items or operations. The share is approximate, and we claim no cause.
The company and its sector's drivers
Prices, rate and currency that shape the sector's year, year by year beside the operating margin of Osc AS. The figures stand side by side; we claim no cause.
Service prices: information and communication (indeks (2021 = 100))
Service prices: information and communication rose 4.0% in 2025; the operating margin of Osc AS fell 2.1 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service prices: information and communication, annual average | 100.0 | 103.3 | 108.7 | 112.2 | 116.7 | 120.0 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | – | +3.2% | +5.3% | +3.2% | +4.0% | +2.8% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | −14.1% | −18.0% | −20.1% | – |
Source: SSB (14335, CC BY 4.0). Source
Turnover index: information and communication (indeks (2021 = 100))
Turnover index: information and communication rose 4.6% in 2025; the operating margin of Osc AS fell 2.1 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover index: information and communication, annual average | 99.6 | 111.4 | 126.4 | 128.3 | 134.2 | 141.3 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +14.7% | +11.8% | +13.5% | +1.5% | +4.6% | +5.3% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | −14.1% | −18.0% | −20.1% | – |
Source: SSB (13863, CC BY 4.0). Source
USD/NOK (kr)
USD/NOK fell 3.3% in 2025; the operating margin of Osc AS fell 2.1 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD/NOK, annual average | 8.59 | 9.61 | 10.56 | 10.75 | 10.39 | 9.54 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | −8.8% | +11.9% | +9.9% | +1.7% | −3.3% | −8.2% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | −14.1% | −18.0% | −20.1% | – |
Source: Norges Bank (EXR, NLOD 2.0). Source
Policy rate (prosent)
Policy rate fell 0.20 percentage points in 2025; the operating margin of Osc AS fell 2.1 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Policy rate, annual average | 0.08 | 1.32 | 3.54 | 4.50 | 4.30 | 4.17 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | −0.28 percentage points | +1.24 percentage points | +2.22 percentage points | +0.96 percentage points | −0.20 percentage points | −0.12 percentage points |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | −14.1% | −18.0% | −20.1% | – |
Source: Norges Bank (IR, NLOD 2.0). Source
Consumer price index (indeks (2025 = 100))
Consumer price index rose 3.0% in 2025; the operating margin of Osc AS fell 2.1 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer price index, annual average | 84.3 | 89.2 | 94.1 | 97.0 | 100.0 | 102.9 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +3.5% | +5.8% | +5.5% | +3.2% | +3.0% | +2.9% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | −14.1% | −18.0% | −20.1% | – |
Source: SSB (14710, CC BY 4.0). Source
Wage index: IT services (indeks)
Wage index: IT services rose 4.4% in 2025; the operating margin of Osc AS fell 2.1 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wage index: IT services, annual average | 84.9 | 87.8 | 92.3 | 97.3 | 101.5 | 105.4 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +4.9% | +3.5% | +5.1% | +5.4% | +4.4% | +3.8% |
| The company's operating margin | – | – | −14.1% | −18.0% | −20.1% | – |
Source: SSB (12314, CC BY 4.0). Source
We show the drivers and the margin side by side and claim no cause. Sensitivity per company is not computed until we have at least 10 years of accounts per company: with three years such figures are false precision.
What the numbers say
Osc AS had an operating margin of −20.1% and an equity ratio of 12.0% in 2025, and ranks 2,831 of 3,132 in Informasjon og kommunikasjon.
From 2024 to 2025: the equity ratio fell from 44.9% to 12.0% and revenue grew by 20%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
One method gives a figure: 10 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 17.7 | not meaningful |
| EV/EBIT | 14.3 | not meaningful |
| P/B | 2.6 | 10 MNOK |
The listed basis is the value at listed multiples. The estimate is lowered by 51% for an unlisted company: 20% for lack of marketability and 38% for size (a small-company premium of 4% 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
- watch
Consider strengthening liquidity: current liabilities are 1.1 times current assets.
Based on: Current ratio 0.89 (median 1.16).
- watch
The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern?
Based on: Profit margin −37.8% (median 6.7%).
- watch
The operating margin is lower than at three in four companies in the sector. Where do costs differ from competitors?
Based on: Operating margin −20.1% (median 6.1%).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 17.9% 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.
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 2026, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2026, with a median operating margin of 4.1%. Based on the 8 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 7 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 19 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 22 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 77 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 21 | weight 15% |
Durability: 37 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is Osc AS?
The operating margin was −20.1% in 2025, against a median of 6.1% among companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector. Return on assets was −15.0%. The company made a loss before tax.
How solid is Osc AS?
The equity ratio was 12.0% in 2025 (median 30.0%). Debt-to-equity was 7.34 (median 2.26).
What is the liquidity of Osc AS like?
The current ratio was 0.89 in 2025 (median 1.16). Current assets did not cover current liabilities.
How does Osc AS compare in Informasjon og kommunikasjon?
Osc AS ranks 2,831 of 3,132 in Informasjon og kommunikasjon for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Medium it is number 675 of 728. Revenue changed by 19.6% from the year before.
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 987067357
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Informasjon og kommunikasjon (62.100)
- Morning company class
- Medium
- Employees
- 42 registered 10 October 2026
- Founded
- 28 June 2004 22 years in operation
- Share capital
- 4.57 MNOK
- Business address
- Borgundvegen 340, 6009 ÅLESUND
- Municipality
- Ålesund rank 2–6 of 10 in KOSTRA group 11
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- Website
- www.osc.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 31 October 2026. Only names are shown.
Shareholders (2025)
- Number of shareholders
- 7
- Largest owner
- 8.2% · top three 24.2%
- Split
- companies 50% · private persons 0% · foreign 0%
- Team Osc AS · 16.4%
- Eviny Ventures AS · 16.1%
- Momentum II AS · 16.1%
- Skagerak Capital IV AS · 16.1%
- SINTEF Ocean AS · 14.1%
- OBOS BBL · 12.8%
- Construct Venture AS · 8.5%
Change 2007–2025:
68% of the shares changed owner (6 new and 3 departed owners).
New owners (companies): Construct Venture AS, Eviny Ventures AS, Momentum II AS, OBOS BBL, Skagerak Capital IV AS
Departed (companies): Farstad Shipping ASA, HØGSKOLEN I ÅLESUND, Kongsberg Maritime CM AS
Majority owner of: Augmentcity AS (100%)
Holds shares in: Augmentcity AS (100%)
The owners' shares do not add up to the company's total number of shares in the source.
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 4 November 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 57 | 30 | 25 | |
| Rank | 1,073 | 2,647 | 2,831 | |
| Operating margin | −14.1% | −18.0% | −20.1% | |
| Return on assets | −11.2% | −9.4% | −15.0% | |
| Equity ratio | 70.1% | 44.9% | 12.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.98 | 1.23 | 0.89 | |
| Revenue growth | – | −31.0% | 19.6% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 65.5 MNOK | 45.2 MNOK | 54.0 MNOK |
| Operating profit | −9.3 MNOK | −8.1 MNOK | −10.8 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | −9.5 MNOK | −18.3 MNOK | −20.4 MNOK |
| Tax expense | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Net profit | −9.5 MNOK | −18.3 MNOK | −20.4 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 1.8 MNOK | 12.1 MNOK | 10.4 MNOK |
| Total assets | 68.3 MNOK | 65.9 MNOK | 66.4 MNOK |
| Current assets | 61.0 MNOK | 44.8 MNOK | 36.5 MNOK |
| Equity | 47.9 MNOK | 29.6 MNOK | 8.0 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | 11.6 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK | 0.0 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 20.4 MNOK | 36.3 MNOK | 58.4 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 20.4 MNOK | 36.3 MNOK | 41.0 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 4 November 2026, accounts id 6994282.
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