World's largest parcel chemical tanker shipping company, also operating tank container logistics and aquaculture businesses.
World's largest parcel chemical tanker shipping company, also operating tank container logistics and aquaculture businesses.
Tanker shipping, the largest arm, is paid freight to carry many separate chemical cargoes in one ship, largely under long-term contracts with chemical companies plus spot trips. Tank containers, terminals and fish farming each follow different cycles. The Stolt-Nielsen family remains the controlling shareholder.
In one line: World's largest parcel chemical tanker shipping company.
Moat: narrow (installed base, scale). Largest global parcel chemical tanker fleet and terminal network built over decades.
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom · Founded: 1959
Size Stolt-Nielsen (SNI.OL) is a Norway Industrials company (Marine Shipping) with a market value of $1.82B, the 46th largest of 115 Norway companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NOK 316.00 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 4.0%, against -0.1% for the median peer and +2.7% for the Norway market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 4.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.3%); the operating margin is 10.8% (peer median 22.8%).
Valuation It trades at 8.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 8.0× (9th most expensive of 19).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.1 points above its cost of capital (5.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 4 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | NOK 28.4B | NOK 29.0B | NOK 30.9B | NOK 29.7B | NOK 26.4B |
| Revenue growth | — | -6% | +4% | +12% | — |
| Gross profit | NOK 6.40B | NOK 7.02B | NOK 7.94B | NOK 8.18B | NOK 6.10B |
| EBITDA | NOK 6.65B | NOK 7.43B | NOK 8.20B | NOK 8.38B | NOK 6.41B |
| Net income | NOK 2.36B | NOK 3.67B | NOK 4.22B | NOK 3.12B | NOK 2.68B |
| Free cash flow | NOK 2.96B | NOK 3.13B | NOK 1.51B | NOK 6.26B | NOK 4.01B |
| Capital expenditure | NOK 2.24B | NOK 2.94B | NOK 2.97B | NOK 2.82B | NOK 1.94B |
| Total debt | NOK 21.8B | NOK 26.3B | NOK 24.2B | NOK 22.4B | NOK 21.8B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stolt-Nielsen SNI.OL | $1.82B | +4% | -5% | 11% | 8.8× | -4.5% |
| Odfjell ODF.OL | $960M | +3% | -10% | 18% | 6.9× | -12.7% |
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.
| Measure | SNI.OL | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -11.7% | -8.8% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +4.0% | -0.1% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -15.7% | -17.1% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -4.7% | +10.3% | 4th lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 10.8% | 22.8% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 8.8× | 8.0× | 9th most expensive of 19 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -4.5% | -2.5% | 6th least demanding of 16 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.5% | +10.7% | 6th lowest of 16 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -14.0 pp | -15.6 pp | 8th most demanding of 16 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.1 pp | +1.9 pp | 9th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.5× | 5.7× | 8th cheapest of 17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.0× | 1.3× | 4th most indebted of 18 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stolt-Nielsen SNI.OL | Norway | $1.82B | +4% | -5% | 11% | 8.8× | -4.5% | +9.5% |
| CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping 3877.HK | Hong Kong | $1.85B | -4% | -10% | 60% | 7.2× | -3.2% | +14.9% |
| Sumitomo Warehouse 9303.T | Japan | $1.87B | +4% | +2% | 6% | 16.3× | 11.3% | +0.4% |
| Clarkson CKN.L | United Kingdom | $1.90B | -5% | +15% | 14% | 13.9× | 5.2% | +12.0% |
| PanOcean 028670.KS | South Korea | $1.91B | -12% | +24% | 9% | 5.0× | n/a | n/a |
| U-Ming Marine Transport 2606.TW | Taiwan | $1.70B | +6% | +13% | 29% | 8.7× | -3.8% | +12.8% |
| Ningbo Ocean Shipping 601022.SS | China | $1.58B | -7% | +13% | 11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| NS United Kaiun Kaisha,Ltd 9110.T | Japan | $1.58B | +39% | +11% | 11% | n/a | -5.0% | +10.7% |
| Wisdom Marine Lines 2637.TW | Taiwan | $2.13B | +28% | +10% | 33% | 9.1× | -1.8% | +7.2% |
| Costamare CMRE | United States | $1.54B | -28% | -42% | 44% | 5.2× | -6.9% | +13.0% |
| Great Eastern Shipping GESHIP.NS | India | $2.16B | -8% | +24% | 42% | 5.1× | 8.2% | +10.1% |
| MITSUI-SOKO 9302.T | Japan | $1.52B | -22% | +6% | 7% | 17.8× | -1.6% | +3.4% |
| Pacific Basin Shipping 2343.HK | Hong Kong | $2.22B | +6% | -6% | 6% | 9.0× | 7.9% | +7.3% |
| Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S DNORD.CO | Denmark | $1.46B | +15% | +7% | 3% | 9.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Global Ship Lease GSL | United States | $1.41B | -8% | +6% | 48% | 4.1× | -15.2% | +22.1% |
| Navios Maritime Partners LP NMM | United States | $2.42B | +14% | +19% | 39% | 3.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Solstad Maritime SOMA.OL | Norway | $1.36B | -6% | +17% | 40% | 5.5× | -2.5% | +22.7% |
| T.S. Lines 2510.HK | Hong Kong | $2.48B | +38% | -4% | 19% | 5.8× | -6.9% | +9.8% |
| Nanjing Tanker 601975.SS | China | $2.50B | -21% | +12% | 26% | 9.0× | -8.4% | +7.6% |
| Dfds A/s DFDS.CO | Denmark | $1.33B | +8% | +3% | 3% | 17.0× | 4.6% | +17.2% |
| Capital Tankers CAPT.OL | Norway | $2.57B | +45% | n/a | 37% | 7.3× | n/a | n/a |