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Storebrand ASASTB.OLCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Norway · NOK·Financials›Savings Banks

Norwegian pension, life insurance and asset-management group, also owning Sweden's SPP pension business and the Skagen funds.

≈ A Norwegian Prudential/Principal FinancialMomentum strong 72
Mkt cap
$8.94B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
95%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$13.3M
20-day average traded
P/B
2.56×
price to book
ROE
13.9%
delivered
Implied ROE
16.1%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
BBB+ / —
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
96 days
10 Feb 2027
Close · NOKNOK 200.00
1D-1.3%
1W+3.2%
1M+8.5%
3M-1.8%
6M+13.4%
YTD+15.8%
1Y+25.7%
ATR %1.7%
52w lowhigh3.9% off high

What Storebrand does

Norwegian pension, life insurance and asset-management group, also owning Sweden's SPP pension business and the Skagen funds.

Earns fees on pension and savings assets it manages for employers and individuals, premiums on health and risk cover, and investment return on older guaranteed pension books. It has been moving customers from guaranteed pensions, which tie up capital, to unit-linked ones where customers carry market risk. It owns Sweden's SPP pension business.

In one line: A Norwegian Prudential/Principal Financial.

Products and services

  • Defined-contribution occupational pensions (Norway and Swede
  • Guaranteed pension and life insurance
  • Asset management (Storebrand and Skagen)
  • Health, risk and P&C insurance
  • Retail banking

Customers

  • Corporate pension clients
  • Retail savers/policyholders

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Insurance & asset management
  • Pensions, life insurance, asset…

What could go right

  • Norwegian pension AUM growth
  • Asset management fee income

What could go wrong

  • Equity market sensitivity (AUM-based fees)
  • Low interest rate margin pressure

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, brand). Large Norwegian private pension and savings provider with established distribution and an asset-management platform.

Headquarters: Lysaker, Norway · Founded: 1767 · Employees: 2,541

Named competitors

Storebrand at a glance

Size Storebrand (STB.OL) is a Norway Financials company (Savings Banks) with a market value of $8.94B, the 14th largest of 115 Norway companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NOK 200.00 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 13.4%, against +10.1% for the median peer and +2.7% for the Norway market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 8 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 40.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.8%); the operating margin is 8.2% (peer median 47.4%).

Valuation It trades at 2.56× book value against a peer median of 1.09× (2nd most expensive of 8).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 16.1%; Storebrand delivers 13.9%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Credit Storebrand has 1 bond outstanding ($334M), rated BBB+ by the agencies.

Next results Next results expected around 10 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026STB.OL 113Peer median 111
Six months, rebased to 100: Storebrand against the median of its 7 peers (local-currency closes).

Storebrand financials

Reported figures in NOK; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNOK 123BNOK 55.7BNOK 47.7BNOK 35.3BNOK 41.5B
Revenue growth—+17%+35%-15%—
Net incomeNOK 4.46BNOK 5.02BNOK 5.49BNOK 3.35BNOK 2.36B
Free cash flow-NOK 779MNOK 1.65B-NOK 2.19B-NOK 3.60BNOK 1.52B
Capital expenditureNOK 184MNOK 123MNOK 1.69BNOK 127MNOK 137M
Total debtNOK 62.5BNOK 63.8BNOK 55.1BNOK 54.0BNOK 45.2B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Storebrand 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

+10%+20%+2.5%+5%+7.5%SB1NOTFSLWSFSMINGSPOLCLBKPFSSTB.OL6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Storebrand is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%10×20×SB1NOTFSLWSFSMINGSPOLCLBKPFSSTB.OLReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Storebrand is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

5%10%15%5%10%15%SB1NOTFSLWSFSMINGSPOLCLBKPFSSTB.OLROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Storebrand is the large dot.

Storebrand competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (STB.OL vs DNB.OL vs GJF.OL)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Storebrand STB.OL$8.94B+13%+40%14%2.56×16.1%
DNB Bank DNB.OL$50.0B+16%-8%15%1.76×11.2%
Gjensidige Forsikring GJF.OL$14.7B+9%+7%30%5.73×19.1%

How Storebrand 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.

Storebrand against its 7 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSTB.OLPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+8.5%+4.1%highest of 8
6-month return+13.4%+10.1%4th highest of 8
Return on equity13.9%9.1%highest of 8
Price / book2.56×1.09×2nd most expensive of 8
Trailing P/E18.9×12.4×3rd most expensive of 8
ROE the price implies16.1%9.2%2nd most demanding of 8
ROE delivered13.9%9.1%highest of 8

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Storebrand STB.OLNorway$8.94B+13%+40%14%2.56×16.1%13.9%
Sparebank 1 Sor-norge SB1NO.OLNorway$9.31B+24%-5%13%1.69×12.4%12.5%
TFS Financial TFSLUnited States$4.61B+9%+6%5%2.72×18.1%5.1%
WSFS Financial WSFSUnited States$3.99B+10%+2%12%1.53×12.4%12.4%
SpareBank 1 SMN MING.OLNorway$3.38B+16%-6%9%1.08×7.0%8.8%
Sparebank 1 Ostlandet SPOL.OLNorway$3.01B+9%-2%9%1.09×7.1%9.1%
Columbia Financial CLBKUnited States$2.99B+25%+23%2%0.95×6.2%2.3%
Provident Financial Services PFSUnited States$2.99B+2%+4%11%1.05×9.2%11.0%

Storebrand bonds and credit

Storebrand has 1 bond outstanding with $334M face value. The agencies rate it BBB+.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Storebrand's main competitors?
Named competitors: DNB Bank/DNB Livsforsikring (DNB.OL), Gjensidige (GJF.OL), Nordea (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Sparebank 1 Sor-norge (SB1NO.OL), TFS Financial (TFSL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), SpareBank 1 SMN (MING.OL), Sparebank 1 Ostlandet (SPOL.OL), Columbia Financial (CLBK).
Is Storebrand expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 2.56× against a peer median of 1.09×, 2nd most expensive of 8 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 16.1%; Storebrand delivers 13.9%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Storebrand stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +13.4% against +10.1% for the median peer; over one year +25.7%.

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.