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Operating profit margin down, returns on equity up
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Accounting statistics for non-financial limited companies, 2009, preliminary figures

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Operating profit margin down, returns on equity up

The operating profit margin for non-financial limited companies fell in 2009. However, equity ratio and returns on equity rose from 2008 because of profit from financial items.

Preliminary figures show that operating profit for non-financial limited companies fell from 2008 to 2009. Operating profit margin decreased from 13.7 to 11.9 per cent. While the companies experienced losses from financial items in 2008, they achieved profit from these items in 2009. They therefore had higher profits before tax in 2009 than the previous year. Returns on equity rose from 6.3 per cent in 2008 to 10.5 per cent in 2009, and equity ratio increased from 37.5 to 40.2 per cent.

Greater share of profit from mainland Norway

Petroleum activities and ocean transport accounted for 57 per cent of operating profit and 47 per cent of operating result before tax for non-financial limited companies in 2009. Nonetheless, activities on mainland Norway contributed a greater share of profits in 2009 than in 2008. Returns on equity went up from 3.0 to 9.7 per cent on mainland Norway, while it went down from 17.3 to 12.8 per cent in petroleum activities and ocean transport.

About the statistical basis

Preliminary accounting statistics for 2009 are mainly based on annual reports obtained from the Register of Company Accounts in Brønnøysund. Since not all accounts are available when the statistics are produced, the statistical basis is not complete. Final accounting statistics for 2009 will be published spring 2011. The final statistics cover more companies and are mainly based on tax questionnaires on accounting. There are some conceptual differences between accounting information in the tax questionnaire on accounting and accounting information in annual reports. The preliminary statistics for 2009 are however combined with the final statistics for 2008. The aforementioned

conceptual differences should be taken into account when the preliminary and final figures are compared.

The preliminary statistics are based on accounts from 176 832 companies. The final statistics for 2008 were based accounts from 200 006 companies.

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