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Norwegian Block Exchange AS

NBX.OL
14
Financial - Capital Markets · Financial Services
Price
kr 0.51
-0.00 (-0.20%)
Market Cap
kr 120.2M
Exchange
Oslo Stock Exchange
Winston Score
14
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Based on the IPO prospectus (annual filing). This score will refine automatically once the company reports its first quarters.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+141.9% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 97.3M (2021) → 235.4M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX) is a cryptocurrency exchange based in Norway. It lets people buy, sell, and store digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The company targets retail investors and crypto traders in the Nordic region and is one of the few regulated crypto exchanges operating under Norwegian financial law.

NBX makes money by charging fees on trades and crypto transactions made through its platform. It operates primarily in Norway and the broader Nordic market, which is a small but relatively wealthy region. Its regulatory compliance is a potential competitive advantage, since it can legally serve customers that unregulated platforms cannot. However, the company is currently losing money — its operating margin is deeply negative — and it faces intense competition from large global crypto exchanges like Coinbase and Binance that have far more users and resources. The key risk is whether NBX can grow its trading volume enough to reach profitability before it runs out of capital.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-34.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+70.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

kr 0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

57.7%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~3 years

kr 31M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

kr 31M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Norwegian Block Exchange AS'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
-47.0%
Thin — -47.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-100.2%
Losing money on operations — -100.2%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-19.5%
Weak — -19.5% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+29.4%
Fast-growing sales (+29.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
N/A
Data not available

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-96.9%
Burning cash (-96.9%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.26
Conservative — low debt load (0.26)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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