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Employees: 872
Size Hexagon Composites (HEX.OL) is a Norway Materials company (Containers/Packaging) with a market value of $423M, the 97th largest of 115 Norway companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NOK 11.78 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 26.4%, against -24.4% for the median peer and +2.7% for the Norway market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 39.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.2%); the operating margin is -7.3% (peer median 3.4%).
Valuation It trades at 1.9× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.4× (7th most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 34% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -1%, so the hurdle is +35 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 14.2 points below its cost of capital (10.4% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | NOK 2.66B | NOK 2.95B | NOK 4.87B | NOK 4.52B | NOK 4.30B |
| Revenue growth | — | -40% | +8% | +5% | — |
| Gross profit | -NOK 194M | -NOK 223M | NOK 392M | NOK 157M | NOK 118M |
| EBITDA | NOK 102M | NOK 10.8M | NOK 613M | NOK 345M | NOK 319M |
| Net income | -NOK 619M | -NOK 1.16B | -NOK 969M | NOK 1.21B | -NOK 311M |
| Free cash flow | NOK 78.7M | -NOK 279M | -NOK 236M | -NOK 180M | -NOK 483M |
| Capital expenditure | NOK 80.8M | NOK 134M | NOK 291M | NOK 467M | NOK 583M |
| Total debt | NOK 1.45B | NOK 1.75B | NOK 1.89B | NOK 1.56B | NOK 2.27B |
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| Measure | HEX.OL | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -3.0% | -8.7% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +26.4% | -24.4% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -21.5% | -38.1% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -39.0% | +4.2% | lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -7.3% | 3.4% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.9× | 1.4× | 7th most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 34.2% | 4.3% | most demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -0.8% | +6.2% | 3rd lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +35.1 pp | -1.6 pp | most demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -14.2 pp | -2.4 pp | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 11.3× | 3.2× | 4th most indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hexagon Composites HEX.OL | Norway | $423M | +26% | -39% | -7% | 1.9× | 34.2% | -0.8% |
| CPH CPHN.SW | Switzerland | $422M | -1% | +4% | 9% | 1.1× | -5.9% | -5.6% |
| Tomoku 3946.T | Japan | $427M | +17% | -3% | 5% | 0.5× | -3.5% | +5.0% |
| Groupe Guillin ALGIL.PA | France | $411M | -14% | +4% | 8% | 0.5× | -5.9% | +7.4% |
| Forest Packaging 605500.SS | China | $410M | -28% | +47% | 0% | 1.0× | n/a | n/a |
| UFlex UFLEX.NS | India | $440M | +29% | +10% | 9% | 0.2× | n/a | n/a |
| ZRP Printing 301223.SZ | China | $441M | -23% | +8% | 5% | 0.9× | -6.3% | +7.8% |
| AGI Greenpac AGI.NS | India | $442M | +2% | +6% | 16% | 1.6× | 17.7% | +16.3% |
| Kangxin New Materials 600076.SS | China | $403M | -40% | -20% | -76% | 14.1× | n/a | n/a |
| HySum Flexibles Global 300501.SZ | China | $445M | -22% | +12% | -2% | 2.8× | 25.2% | +9.1% |
| Xiamen Yanjan New Material 300658.SZ | China | $392M | -64% | +8% | 6% | 1.8× | 13.7% | +2.0% |
| Shanghai Ailu Package 301062.SZ | China | $389M | -26% | +4% | -7% | 2.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Shandong Xinjufeng Technology Packaging 301296.SZ | China | $386M | -21% | +34% | 2% | 1.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Haers Vacuum Containers 002615.SZ | China | $466M | -31% | +4% | 3% | 0.8× | 1.9% | +16.8% |
| Vetropack VETN.SW | Switzerland | $470M | -3% | -5% | 4% | 0.7× | 0.4% | +3.3% |
| Zhuhai Zhongfu Enterprise 000659.SZ | China | $471M | -39% | -10% | -2% | 4.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Bewi BEWI.OL | Norway | $483M | +3% | +6% | 4% | 0.9× | 6.7% | +13.5% |
| Hefei Hengxin Life Science and Technology 301501.SZ | China | $499M | -29% | +16% | 8% | 1.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Solartron Technology 688299.SS | China | $507M | -34% | -15% | -11% | 3.7× | 16.7% | +0.9% |
| Shenzhen Prince New Materials 002735.SZ | China | $514M | -34% | +2% | -8% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai HIUV New Materials 688680.SS | China | $518M | -28% | -34% | -29% | 3.1× | 25.4% | -4.7% |