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Lower income, higher profitability
The listed enterprises could show a better profitability in the first quarter of the year, despite lower operating income. Operating margin in the first quarter of 2016 was 12 per cent, an increase compared with both same quarter of 2015 and the previous quarter.
| NOK Million | Per cent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter 2016 | 4th quarter 2015 | 4th quarter 2015 - 1st quarter 2016 | 1st quarter 2015 - 1st quarter 2016 | |
| Income statement | ||||
| Operating income | 297 860 | 348 966 | -14.6 | -15.0 |
| Operating profit | 27 204 | 1 152 | 2 261.5 | -4 112.4 |
| Operating result before tax | 35 843 | -13 910 | -357.7 | -832.4 |
| Equity | 959 166 | 969 617 | -1.1 | -2.7 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 2 450 087 | 2 517 385 | -2.7 | -3.1 |
| Per cent | Percentage points | |||
| Main figures | ||||
| Operating profit margin (per cent) | 9.1 | 0.3 | 8.8 | 9.3 |
| Operating margin (per cent) | 12.0 | -4.0 | 16.0 | 13.4 |
| Equity ratio (per cent) | 39.1 | 38.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
The operating profit margin was 9.1 per cent, up by 8.8 percentage points from the fourth quarter of 2015. By comparison, the operating profit margin for listed enterprises was -0.2 per cent in the same quarter of 2015.
The share of enterprises with deficit before taxes was lower in the first quarter of 2016 than in the last quarter of 2015. The share was 43 percent against 50 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2015. It was however 6 percentage points higher compared with the first quarter of 2015.
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