profit from every NOK 100 of sales.
NOK 0NOK 100
Orkla
NOK 104.60-0.29% today
-6.1% in 1 year
1-year low NOK 90.551-year high NOK 130.50
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay NOK 8.64 for every NOK 1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Orkla sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from NOK 58.4 billion in 2022 to NOK 71.5 billion in 2025, with NOK 11.5 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Orkla handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
NOK 10.2B
Free cash flow 2025NOK 6.7B
Bought back its own sharesNOK 1.2B
Paid as dividendsNOK 10.2B
Cash vs. debtNOK 1.9B vs. NOK 16.5B
Orkla vs. similar companies
Orkla grows the fastest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from NOK 100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per NOK 1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orkla | 8.6× · Cheap | ||
 Nestlé | 24.7× · Fair price | ||
 Danone | 24.3× · Fair price | ||
 JBS | 19.3× · Fair price | ||
 Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food | 28.8× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Orkla's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of NOK | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58,391 | 67,797 | 69,254 | 71,547 | |
| 29,523 | 32,999 | 34,282 | 35,100 | |
| 7,411 | 6,921 | 7,141 | 7,647 | |
| 10,177 | 11,060 | 12,070 | 12,596 | |
| 5,019 | 5,196 | 6,057 | 11,473 | |
| 5.04 | 5.21 | 6.06 | 11.48 | |
| 50.6% | 48.7% | 49.5% | 49.1% | |
| 12.7% | 10.2% | 10.3% | 10.7% | |
| 8.6% | 7.7% | 8.7% | 16.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of NOK | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 80,671 | 86,592 | 89,966 | 88,698 |
| Cash | 1,180 | 779 | 1,454 | 1,918 |
| Total debt | 18,771 | 20,488 | 18,161 | 16,463 |
| Total liabilities | 37,515 | 39,844 | 38,594 | 36,551 |
| 41,686 | 45,267 | 48,044 | 48,664 | |
| 997 | 997 | 1,000 | 999 | |
| 10.0% | 9.6% | 10.0% | 11.2% | |
| 12.0% | 11.5% | 12.6% | 23.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of NOK | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,230 | 7,249 | 9,650 | 9,271 | |
| 2,810 | 2,921 | 2,034 | 2,551 | |
| 2,420 | 4,328 | 7,616 | 6,720 | |
| Dividends paid | 3,047 | 3,175 | 6,094 | 10,153 |
| 0 | 0 | 145 | 1,210 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 8.6×
- –
- 0.27
- 2.1×
- 1.4×
- 14.7×
- 9.0×
- 6.8%
- 11.6%
- 10.2%
Profitability
- 49.1%
- 10.7%
- 16.0%
- –
- 11.2%
- 10.2%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +7.0%
- +31.6%
- –
- –
- +0.1%
Financial health
- 1.2×
- 0.34
- –
- 9.8×
- 1.43
- –
- –
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 40%of 670
Top 49%of 674
Top 11%of 624
Top 40%of 673
Top 36%of 668
10.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$102a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
88.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 151.1%
News
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Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
61Pass
Benjamin Graham
75Pass
Philip Fisher
68Pass
Peter Lynch
88Pass
Joel Greenblatt
51No pass
Charlie Munger
50No pass
Terry Smith
37No pass
Questions about Orkla
Is Orkla a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Orkla AI analysis
What does Orkla do?
Orkla ASA operates as an industrial investment company within brands and consumer-oriented businesses worldwide. It is in Packaged Foods, based in Oslo, Norway, with 17,541 employees.
Does Orkla pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 10.2% a year, about 88% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out NOK 10.2 billion in dividends.
Is Orkla stock halal?
Yes. Orkla passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 17% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Orkla stock done over the past year?
Down 6.1% over the past twelve months, to NOK 104.60. It traded between NOK 90.55 and NOK 130.50 and is 19.8% below its high.
Who are Orkla's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nestlé, Danone, JBS and Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Orkla's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.