Net margin at Lioncourt Homes widened to 5.2%
Lioncourt · Revenue FY2026 GBP 39.6m
Lioncourt Homes (Development No. 1) Limited grew revenue 41.9% to GBP 39.6m in FY2026, and net profit reached GBP 2.1m from GBP 43.1k.
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Norway · Media and entertainment
A growing sector peer would not usually owe more than it owns
GRIP LEANGEN · Revenue, change FY2025 vs FY2024 +9.7%
GRIP LEANGEN AS ended FY2025 with equity of NOK -10.7m, after a net loss of NOK 7.2m on revenue of NOK 20.8m.
Why a fall in operating profit still ended in a net profit
LEFDAL · Revenue FY2025 NOK 328m
LEFDAL Mine Datacenter AS grew revenue 90.6% to NOK 328m in FY2025, while operating profit fell to NOK 15.0m from NOK 31.8m.
Norway · Media and entertainment
Is a profit of NOK 927k enough to explain cash up 964.1%?
GRIP SLUPPEN · Net profit FY2024 NOK -913k
GRIP SLUPPEN AS reported a net profit of NOK 927k for 2025 after a net loss of NOK 913k a year earlier, on revenue of NOK 18.3m.
Suppliers to Staven Grus now deal with a firm holding NOK 9.6m in cash
STAVEN GRUS · Revenue FY2025 NOK 128m
STAVEN GRUS AS turned a net loss of NOK 1.6m in 2024 into a net profit of NOK 7.9m in 2025, on revenue of NOK 128m.
Growth is running well ahead of profit
FORCES · Revenue FY2025 NOK 28.1m
FORCES AS lifted revenue 377.0% to NOK 28.1m in FY2025, yet operating profit fell to NOK 810k from NOK 1.6m.
This chocolate maker's cushion is wearing thin
Rocky · Revenue Q3 2026 USD 6.7m
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. reported an operating loss of USD 1.1m for the quarter ended in August 2026, against interest expense of USD 211k.
Cash at BEFORM NORGE slipped to NOK 1.5m
BEFORM NORGE · Revenue FY2025 NOK 157m
BEFORM NORGE AS grew revenue by 50.9% a year from FY2023 to FY2025, but FY2025 revenue fell 11.2% to NOK 157m and net loss reached NOK 51.9m.
Managing director and chair changed in a year of NOK 33.4m operating loss
ARCHER · Net profit FY2025 NOK 27.9m
ARCHER WELLCONNECTION AS reported a net profit of NOK 27.9m in FY2025 after a loss of NOK 13.5m, yet its operating result was a loss of NOK 33.4m.
Norway · Transport and logistics
LITRA NOR AS grew revenue by 1,778.8% and still lost money, with thin equity
LITRA NOR · Revenue FY2025 NOK 116m
LITRA NOR AS lifted revenue to NOK 116m in FY2025 from NOK 6.2m, yet equity covers only 7.6% of its balance sheet.
A 19.1% operating margin sits far above the 3.3% sector median
POTAMADRE · Revenue FY2025 NOK 29.1m
POTAMADRE AS grew revenue 2,336.8% to NOK 29.1m in FY2025, and operating profit reached NOK 5.6m.
Why a grocer's fixed costs make profit move faster than sales
COOP SØRØST · Revenue FY2025 NOK 3.5bn
COOP SØRØST SA grew revenue 7.8% to NOK 3.5bn in FY2025, while operating profit rose 55.6% to NOK 114m.
Can a food-service margin of 13.0% last when peers earn 4.8%?
SMEDASUNDET · Revenue, change FY2025 vs FY2024 +45.6%
Smedasundet Servering reached an operating margin of 13.0% in 2025, 8.2 pp above the peer median of 4.8%.
Owners of Devoteam see equity fall to NOK 25.3m from NOK 55.0m
DEVOTEAM · Net profit FY2025 NOK -29.8m
DEVOTEAM AS closed FY2025 with a net margin of -15.5%, 24.6 pp below the median of comparable companies (9.1%).
Cash at CTS Shopfitting fell to GBP 1.3m
CTS (Shopfitting) · Revenue FY2026 GBP 73.7m
CTS (Shopfitting) Limited grew revenue 22.9% to GBP 73.7m in FY2026, but cash fell 43.7% to GBP 1.3m.
The balance sheet looks stronger than the profit line
HANSEN · Operating profit FY2025 NOK 10.5m
HANSEN TECHNOLOGIES NORWAY AS saw operating profit fall 67.0% to NOK 10.5m in FY2025, on revenue that slipped only 4.4%.
Cash at Synaptics ended the year at USD 443m
SYNAPTICS · Revenue, change FY2026 vs FY2025 +11.4%
Synaptics lost USD 67.1m at the operating level in FY2026 on revenue of USD 1.2bn, and still carried USD 23.4m of interest expense.
ManpowerGroup swung to a net profit of USD 53.5m in Q2 2026 from a loss
MANPOWERGROUP · Revenue Q2 2026 USD 4.9bn
ManpowerGroup earned a net profit of USD 53.5m in Q2 2026, against a net loss of USD 67.1m in the same quarter of 2025, and it now has a new chief executive.
GEODATA AS kept a net margin far above its Norwegian IT peers, while cash shrank
GEODATA · Revenue FY2025 NOK 575m
GEODATA AS earned a net margin of 13.9% in FY2025, 7.3 pp above the median of 6.7% for 8 comparable companies.
Accenture grew revenue to USD 74.2bn but kept a thinner equity cushion
Accenture · Revenue FY2026 USD 74.2bn
Accenture plc grew revenue 6.5% to USD 74.2bn in FY2026, while its equity ratio fell to 42.9% from 47.7%.