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Kongsberg Gruppen ASA

KOG.OL
73
Aerospace & Defense · Industrials
Price
kr 314.90
-6.20 (-1.93%)
Market Cap
kr 276.99B
Exchange
Oslo Stock Exchange
Winston Score
73
Winston is happy
A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Exceptional
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Mixed

Share count falling — buybacks

1.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 891.0M (2021) → 879.8M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Kongsberg Gruppen is a Norwegian technology and defense company that makes weapons systems, sensors, and digital tools for militaries, ships, and the energy industry. Its most well-known product is the Naval Strike Missile and the NASAMS air defense system, which is used by the United States and several other countries to shoot down aircraft and missiles. The company is one of Norway's largest industrial businesses and sells to both government defense customers and commercial maritime clients.

Kongsberg earns money by selling defense systems, long-term maintenance contracts, and technology licenses, with a growing share of revenue coming from repeat service agreements. It operates mainly in Europe and North America, with defense making up the largest and fastest-growing part of the business. Surging NATO defense budgets following Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sharply increased demand for Kongsberg's missile and air defense products, though the company faces execution risk if it cannot scale production fast enough to meet its growing order backlog.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
100.0%
Premium pricing power — 100.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
16.1%
Healthy — 16.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
49.1%
Exceptional — 49.1% 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
-21.5%
Shrinking sales (-21.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+9.3%
Earnings growing (+9.3% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
125%
Turns 125% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
16.6%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (16.6%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.11
Conservative — low debt load (0.11)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
24.35x
Comfortably covers interest (24.4x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
37.8x
Pricey — P/E 37.8

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+16.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (37.8 → 21.8)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
3.11%
Moderate income — 3.11% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-32.7%
Dividend cut (-32.7% YoY) — warning sign

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