Northern Ocean Valuation

Q: What is the Fair Price of NOL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

NOL (NOK8.15) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] (NOK271.13)

Is NOL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
Price-To-Sales vs Peers
Price-To-Sales vs Industry
Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NOL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: NOL (NOK8.15) is trading below our estimate of fair value (NOK271.13)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NOL is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NOL?

Key metric: As NOL is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for NOL. This is calculated by dividing NOL's market cap by their current revenue.
What is NOL's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio	0.8x
Sales	US$266.88m
Market Cap	US$217.60m

NOL key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	2.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	19x
PEG Ratio	n/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does NOL's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for NOL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PS	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	0.6x
SHLF Shelf Drilling	0.2x	0.4%	NOK 2.6b
OTL Odfjell Technology	0.4x	3.0%	NOK 1.9b
ARCH Archer	0.2x	10.0%	NOK 2.4b
SDNS Shelf Drilling (North Sea)	1.7x	34.5%	NOK 2.9b
NOL Northern Ocean	0.8x	8.0%	NOK 2.5b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: NOL is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.8x) compared to the peer average (0.6x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does NOL's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the NO Energy Services Industry?

2 Companies	Price / Sales	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
PRS Prosafe	0.09x	24.4%	US$11.64m
HAVI Havila Shipping	0.06x	n/a	US$3.27m

No more companies available in this PS range

2 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: NOL is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.8x) compared to the Norwegian Energy Services industry average (1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NOL's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NOL PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio	0.8x
Fair PS Ratio	0.3x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: NOL is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.3x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst NOL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
Date	Share Price	Average 1Y Price Target	Dispersion	High	Low	1Y Actual price	Analysts
Current	NOK 8.15	NOK 10.50 +28.8%	4.8%	NOK 11.00	NOK 10.00	n/a	2
Dec ’25	NOK 8.76	NOK 10.50 +19.9%	4.8%	NOK 11.00	NOK 10.00	n/a	2
Nov ’25	NOK 7.30	NOK 10.50 +43.8%	4.8%	NOK 11.00	NOK 10.00	n/a	2
Sep ’25	NOK 7.08	NOK 12.00 +69.5%	8.3%	NOK 13.00	NOK 11.00	n/a	2
Aug ’25	NOK 7.38	NOK 12.00 +62.6%	8.3%	NOK 13.00	NOK 11.00	n/a	2
Jul ’25	NOK 7.37	NOK 12.00 +62.8%	8.3%	NOK 13.00	NOK 11.00	n/a	2
Jun ’25	NOK 9.37	NOK 14.00 +49.4%	7.1%	NOK 15.00	NOK 13.00	n/a	2
May ’25	NOK 8.44	NOK 14.00 +65.9%	7.1%	NOK 15.00	NOK 13.00	n/a	2
Apr ’25	NOK 9.97	NOK 14.00 +40.4%	7.1%	NOK 15.00	NOK 13.00	n/a	2
Mar ’25	NOK 8.92	NOK 14.00 +57.0%	7.1%	NOK 15.00	NOK 13.00	n/a	2
Feb ’25	NOK 8.15	NOK 14.00 +71.8%	7.1%	NOK 15.00	NOK 13.00	n/a	2
Jan ’25	NOK 10.94	NOK 14.00 +28.0%	7.1%	NOK 15.00	NOK 13.00	NOK 7.71	2
Dec ’24	NOK 12.04	NOK 20.50 +70.3%	12.2%	NOK 23.00	NOK 18.00	NOK 8.76	2
Nov ’24	NOK 13.78	NOK 20.50 +48.8%	12.2%	NOK 23.00	NOK 18.00	NOK 7.30	2
Oct ’24	NOK 15.00	NOK 20.50 +36.7%	12.2%	NOK 23.00	NOK 18.00	NOK 6.44	2
Sep ’24	NOK 13.92	NOK 19.00 +36.5%	5.3%	NOK 20.00	NOK 18.00	NOK 7.08	2
Aug ’24	NOK 13.60	NOK 19.00 +39.7%	5.3%	NOK 20.00	NOK 18.00	NOK 7.38	2

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but there are not enough analysts covering the stock to determine statistical confidence in agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/05 09:54
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/03 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Northern Ocean Ltd. is covered by 5 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Steffen Evjen	Danske Bank
Truls Olsen	Fearnley Securities
Janne Kvernland	Nordea Markets