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Aker Solutions ASA

AKSO.OL
62
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · Energy
Price
kr 43.52
-0.70 (-1.58%)
Market Cap
kr 21.15B
Exchange
Oslo Stock Exchange
Winston Score
62
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Exceptional

Share count falling — buybacks

1.4% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 488.6M (2021) → 481.8M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Aker Solutions ASA is a Norwegian engineering and services company that helps oil and gas companies build and maintain offshore energy infrastructure. Its main products include subsea systems, floating production facilities, and engineering services used to extract oil and gas from beneath the ocean floor. The company works primarily with large energy producers like Equinor, BP, and Shell, and is one of the leading subsea equipment suppliers in the North Sea.

Aker Solutions earns money through long-term engineering contracts and equipment supply agreements, rather than selling a simple product off a shelf. It operates mainly in Norway, the UK, Brazil, and Southeast Asia, and generates roughly $4–5 billion in annual revenue. The company's close ties to Equinor and its deep expertise in subsea technology give it a competitive edge, but its thin gross margins leave little room for error if project costs rise. The key growth driver is rising demand for offshore energy development, though a sustained drop in oil prices remains the primary risk to its order book.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-13.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+106.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

kr 0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

52.4%ownership

Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

kr 11.9B cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Aker Solutions ASA's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
5.0%
Thin — 5.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
5.0%
Thin — 5.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
29.0%
Exceptional — 29.0% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+3.3%
Slow sales growth (+3.3% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+46.0%
Earnings growing fast (+46.0% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
148%
Turns 148% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
7.6%
Modest free cash flow (7.6%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.06
Conservative — low debt load (0.06)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
58.80x
Comfortably covers interest (58.8x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
6.5x
Attractive valuation — P/E 6.5

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-0.5
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
20.62%
Healthy income — 20.62% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+417.0%
Dividend growing fast (417.0% YoY)

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