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Employees: 372
Size General Oceans (GENO.OL) is a Norway Information Technology company (Electronic Equipment/Instruments) with a market value of $359M, the 108th largest of 115 Norway companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NOK 17.74 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 32.0%, against -24.5% for the median peer and +2.7% for the Norway market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 34.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.1%); the operating margin is 13.3% (peer median 3.2%).
Valuation It trades at 18.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 24.3× (5th cheapest of 10).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +34%, so the hurdle is -36 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 9.5 points above its cost of capital (6.2% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 2 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | n/a | NOK 1.28B | NOK 953M | NOK 809M |
| Revenue growth | — | +34% | +18% | — |
| Gross profit | n/a | NOK 328M | NOK 192M | NOK 202M |
| EBITDA | n/a | NOK 234M | NOK 122M | NOK 120M |
| Net income | n/a | NOK 165M | NOK 39.2M | -NOK 72.5M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | NOK 178M | NOK 133M | NOK 27.3M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | NOK 36.6M | NOK 17.9M | NOK 31.0M |
| Total debt | NOK 92.9M | NOK 159M | NOK 275M | NOK 221M |
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| Measure | GENO.OL | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -11.2% | -17.6% | 8th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -32.0% | -24.5% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -46.6% | -44.8% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +34.3% | +1.1% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 13.3% | 3.2% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 18.1× | 24.3× | 5th cheapest of 10 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -1.9% | 11.2% | least demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +34.3% | +2.8% | 2nd highest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -36.2 pp | +15.8 pp | 2nd least demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +9.5 pp | -5.9 pp | highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.3× | 47.8× | 3rd cheapest of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.9× | -0.0× | 4th least indebted of 10 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Oceans GENO.OL | Norway | $359M | -32% | +34% | 13% | 18.1× | -1.9% | +34.3% |
| Beijing AriTime Intelligent Control 600560.SS | China | $359M | -26% | +33% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hefei Gocom Information Technology 688367.SS | China | $357M | -33% | -10% | -1% | n/a | 55.8% | -1.3% |
| MicroTech Medical (Hangzhou) 2235.HK | Hong Kong | $354M | -15% | +95% | 8% | 26.7× | 3.5% | +53.2% |
| Nagano Keiki 7715.T | Japan | $364M | +1% | +2% | 11% | 8.1× | -0.4% | +8.6% |
| Chongqing MAS Science & Technology 300275.SZ | China | $351M | -28% | -13% | 6% | 17.1× | 35.3% | +9.0% |
| Shenzhen Maxonic Automation Control 300112.SZ | China | $350M | -13% | -6% | -2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kyosan Electric Manufacturing 6742.T | Japan | $350M | +26% | +9% | 7% | 8.3× | 2.0% | +8.4% |
| Beijing Labtech Instruments 688056.SS | China | $368M | -1% | 0% | 5% | 66.2× | 34.7% | +2.8% |
| NEOSEM 253590.KS | South Korea | $369M | -37% | -31% | 5% | 13.0× | n/a | n/a |
| INTEKPLUS 064290.KS | South Korea | $347M | +18% | -12% | -11% | 112.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Hangzhou Huaxing Chuangye Communication Technology 300025.SZ | China | $373M | -15% | -16% | -24% | n/a | 36.0% | -6.5% |
| Xingyuan Environment Technology 300266.SZ | China | $378M | -33% | -27% | -22% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| ZheJiang Tailin Bioengineering 300813.SZ | China | $340M | -27% | +6% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Skyray Instrument 300165.SZ | China | $340M | -38% | -8% | -16% | n/a | 7.8% | -8.0% |
| SmartGen (Zhengzhou) Technology 301361.SZ | China | $380M | -19% | +22% | 27% | n/a | 9.0% | +10.6% |
| C.C.P. Contact Probes 6217.TWO | Taiwan | $383M | -63% | +26% | -3% | 24.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Exicon 092870.KS | South Korea | $383M | +13% | +273% | 11% | 36.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Red Phase 300427.SZ | China | $391M | -53% | +13% | -15% | n/a | 36.9% | -13.7% |
| Guangdong Fangyuan New Materials 688148.SS | China | $328M | -59% | +27% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hangzhou Everfine Photo-E-Info 300306.SZ | China | $394M | -23% | -3% | 10% | n/a | 11.2% | +0.2% |