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Weaker Profitability
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Accounting statistics for non-financial limited companies give us a survey of economic aggregates.

Accounting statistics for non-financial limited companies, 2013, preliminary figures

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Weaker Profitability

Preliminary figures for non-financial limited companies showed lower profitability in 2013 than in 2012.

Accounting statistics for non-financial limited companiesPublished 7 October 2014
NOK millionPer cent
201320122012 - 2013
Income statement
Operating income4 879 7804 844 1040.7
Operating profit586 105604 206-3.0
Operating profit before tax695 610849 898-18.2
Net profit405 141499 250-18.9
Balance sheet
Fixed assets7 513 0526 993 6407.4
Current assets2 760 0342 795 880-1.3
Equity4 596 0064 030 08614.0
Liabilities5 677 0645 759 434-1.4
Per centPercentage points
Key figures
Operating profit margin12.012.5-0.5
Return on total assets8.110.2-2.1
Return on equity8.812.5-3.7
Equity ratio44.741.23.5

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Return on equity for non-financial limited companies

The operating profit and net financial items fell, leading to a fall in profit before taxes in 2013. The operating margin was 12 per cent in 2013, down by 0.5 percentage points from 2012. That, coupled with further decrease in net financial items owing to a weaker profit before taxes, resulted in the operating profit margin decreasing by 3.2 percentage points, from 17.5 per cent in 2012 to 14.3 per cent in 2013.

Equity capital for non-financial limited companies increased in 2013. Equity, which is the sum of retained earnings and capital paid by owners, represents the portion of invested capital belonging to owners. Equity paid by owners wen up, while liabilities went down, resulting in a rise in total equity in 2013. Consequently, equity ratio rose from 41.2 percent in 2012 to 44.7 pro sent in 2013.

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A new institutional sector classification was introduced as from fiscal year 2012, with the result that the figures are not entirely comparable with the figures for previous years. The introduction has affected the demarcation between financial and non-financial enterprises, resulting in enterprises in portfolio investments being moved from non-financial limited companies. Owing to the new sector classification, some changes were made in industrial classification, which may have an impact on the comparability of the figures broken down by industry.