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BlueNord ASABNOR.OLCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Norway · NOK·Energy›Oil & Gas Production

Norwegian independent oil and gas company holding stakes in Danish North Sea fields including the Tyra redevelopment.

≈ A Norwegian independent oil & gas company with Danish North Sea assetsMomentum weak 34
Mkt cap
$1.49B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
88%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$8.34M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
10.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+19.9 pp
WACC 7.5%
Hurdle
-27 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
103 days
17 Feb 2027
Close · NOKNOK 540.00
1D-1.1%
1W-14.7%
1M-7.2%
3M+2.3%
6M-5.9%
YTD+21.1%
1Y+14.4%
ATR %3.0%
52w lowhigh15.4% off high

What BlueNord does

Norwegian independent oil and gas company holding stakes in Danish North Sea fields including the Tyra redevelopment.

Owns a minority share in the Danish Underground Consortium, whose operator is TotalEnergies, so it sells its share of oil and gas without running the fields. Gas from the rebuilt Tyra hub is sold into the European grid at hub-linked prices, and Denmark taxes North Sea profits heavily.

In one line: A Norwegian independent oil & gas company with Danish North Sea assets.

Products and services

  • Oil & gas production (Danish North Sea - Tyra field)
  • Exploration in Danish Underground Consortium license

Customers

  • Oil/gas traders and European gas markets

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Energy
  • Oil & gas exploration and production
  • Danish North Sea fields

What could go right

  • European gas price environment
  • Tyra field production ramp-up

What could go wrong

  • North Sea decommissioning/regulatory costs
  • Gas price volatility

Moat: none (regulatory licence). Value from North Sea license/concession access, not differentiation; a commodity producer.

Headquarters: Oslo, Norway · Founded: 2005 · Employees: 50

Named competitors

BlueNord at a glance

Size BlueNord (BNOR.OL) is a Norway Energy company (Oil & Gas Production) with a market value of $1.49B, the 50th largest of 115 Norway companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NOK 540.00 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 5.9%, against -16.9% for the median peer and +2.7% for the Norway market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 27.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.7%); the operating margin is 32.3% (peer median 20.6%).

Valuation It trades at 10.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 9.9× (9th most expensive of 18).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +15%, so the hurdle is -27 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 19.9 points above its cost of capital (7.5% WACC).

Credit BlueNord has 2 bonds outstanding ($700M) and trading like AAA at a weighted spread of 69 bp.

Next results Next results expected around 17 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026BNOR.OL 95Peer median 83
Six months, rebased to 100: BlueNord against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

BlueNord financials

Reported figures in NOK; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNOK 11.7BNOK 10.7BNOK 7.55BNOK 8.40BNOK 9.30B
Revenue growth—+42%-10%-10%—
Gross profitNOK 3.92BNOK 2.44BNOK 1.90BNOK 3.00BNOK 4.32B
EBITDANOK 7.31BNOK 5.41BNOK 3.81BNOK 4.45BNOK 5.88B
Net incomeNOK 380MNOK 1.16B-NOK 761MNOK 1.16B-NOK 84.7M
Free cash flowNOK 4.84BNOK 2.65B-NOK 482M-NOK 1.21BNOK 2.48B
Capital expenditureNOK 266MNOK 464MNOK 2.54BNOK 3.29BNOK 2.32B
Total debtNOK 13.9BNOK 13.8BNOK 15.6BNOK 12.1BNOK 11.0B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

BlueNord competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%+20%+40%BPTNEXTMAUCJVETPXTSDE603619ENOGAAV002221TNZVLEWTTRRKHMERHPKBNOR.OL6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. BlueNord is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%+300%+400%10×20×30×BPTMAUCJVETPXTSDE603619AAVSER002221TNZVLEWTTRMERHPKBNOR.OLRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. BlueNord is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+50%+100%+150%0%50%100%150%BPTCJVETPXTENOGSERTNZVLEBNOR.OLGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. BlueNord is the large dot.

BlueNord competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (BNOR.OL vs TTE.PA vs DNO.OL vs ITH.L)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
BlueNord BNOR.OL$1.49B-6%+28%32%10.9×-12.2%
TotalEnergies TTE.PA$200B+2%+11%17%7.0×-15.6%
DNO DNO.OL$2.13B+6%+128%48%5.9×n/a
Ithaca Energy ITH.L$5.52B-9%+28%41%12.1×-7.0%

How BlueNord compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

BlueNord against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureBNOR.OLPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-7.2%-10.1%7th highest of 21
6-month return-5.9%-16.9%6th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-15.4%-31.2%highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+27.8%+5.7%5th highest of 18
Operating margin32.3%20.6%highest of 18
Forward P/E10.9×9.9×9th most expensive of 18
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-12.2%-11.2%5th least demanding of 10
Growth delivered (Del g)+15.0%+23.6%4th lowest of 9
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-27.1 pp-32.6 pp5th least demanding of 9
ROIC minus cost of capital+19.9 pp+1.2 pphighest of 21
EV / EBITDA3.6×4.1×8th cheapest of 17
Net debt / EBITDA1.7×1.0×6th most indebted of 17
Bond spread69 bp322 bptightest of 5

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
BlueNord BNOR.OLNorway$1.49B-6%+28%32%10.9×-12.2%+15.0%
Beach Energy BPT.AXAustralia$1.42B-16%-9%21%5.5×-12.2%+4.2%
NextDecade NEXTUnited States$1.56B-23%n/an/an/an/an/a
Etablissements Maurel & Prom MAU.PAFrance$1.57B-29%-11%31%5.4×n/an/a
Cardinal Energy CJ.TOCanada$1.40B-8%+18%31%11.8×5.3%+17.9%
Vermilion Energy VET.TOCanada$1.61B-9%-2%14%4.3×-0.8%+9.1%
Parex Resources PXT.TOCanada$1.36B-30%+14%29%3.5×-11.2%+11.5%
Spartan Delta SDE.TOCanada$1.63B-11%+93%32%7.6×n/an/a
Zhongman Petroleum and Natural Gas 603619.SSChina$1.30B-42%-13%20%20.7×n/an/a
Energean ENOG.LUnited Kingdom$1.72B-19%+9%27%4.2×-2.4%+126.8%
Vedanta Oil and Gas VOGL.NSIndia$1.27Bn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Advantage Energy AAV.TOCanada$1.26B+6%+14%20%16.0×n/an/a
Serica Energy SER.LUnited Kingdom$1.20B-17%+64%23%12.6×-13.0%+29.4%
Oriental Energy 002221.SZChina$1.17B-36%-22%3%15.2×n/an/a
Tenaz Energy TNZ.TOCanada$1.13B-21%+381%16%11.9×17.7%+103.4%
Valeura Energy VLE.TOCanada$1.07B+11%+6%17%9.9×-17.3%+141.2%
Select Water Solutions WTTRUnited States$2.09B-4%-2%4%28.9×n/an/a
Rockhopper Exploration RKH.LUnited Kingdom$937M-18%n/an/an/an/an/a
Meren Energy MER.TOCanada$921M-19%+388%22%5.8×-16.4%n/a
Northern Oil and Gas NOGUnited States$2.43B-2%-3%30%4.9×n/an/a
HighPeak Energy HPKUnited States$903M+23%-13%16%24.6×n/an/a

BlueNord bonds and credit

BlueNord has 2 bonds outstanding with $700M face value. Weighted yield 5.32%, a spread of 69 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are BlueNord's main competitors?
Named competitors: TotalEnergies (TTE.PA), DNO ASA (DNO.OL), Ithaca Energy (ITH.L). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Beach Energy (BPT.AX), NextDecade (NEXT), Etablissements Maurel & Prom (MAU.PA), Cardinal Energy (CJ.TO), Vermilion Energy (VET.TO), Parex Resources (PXT.TO).
Is BlueNord expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 10.9× against a peer median of 9.9×, 9th most expensive of 18 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -12% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +15%, so the hurdle is -27 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has BlueNord stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -5.9% against -16.9% for the median peer; over one year +14.4%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.