Consumer Defensive
Orkla ASA(ORKLF)
Live Price
Offline$10.65
+0.00% today
1Y Change
+0.11%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
- Market Cap
- $113.04B
- Revenue Growth
- +1.3%
- EPS Growth
- +89.6%
- Dividend Yield
- 5.3%
Coverage: 250 bars · Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Orkla ASA (ORKLF) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $113.04B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $10.65 and up 0.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +1.3%, EPS growth of +89.6%, a dividend yield of 5.3%. What stands out right now is revenue +1.3%, EPS +89.6%, free cash flow -11.0% with operating margin 9.9% and ROIC 7.9%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 5.3%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 9.9 and price/sales 1.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines ORKLF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+1.3% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+9.9% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
9.9 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 20, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +1.3% and EPS at +89.6%, with operating margin around 9.9%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 5.3%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -4.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS Δ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 20, 2026 | — | -4.0% | -10.7% | -10.7% |
2026 Feb 12, 2026 | +24.4% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
2025 Nov 14, 2025 | -4.2% | -0.7% | -2.5% | +0.1% |
Benchmark Edge
ORKLF vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Relative to SPY
ORKLF Max Drawdown
-21.40%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for ORKLF and SPY.
Company Overview
Orkla ASA
Other OTC
Orkla ASA engages in branded consumer goods, and industrial and financial investment businesses. The company offers branded products, including frozen pizza, ketchup, soups, sauces, bread toppings, and ready-to-eat meals through grocery retail trade, as well as the out-of-home, convenience store, and petrol station sectors. It also provides confectionery, biscuit, and snack products; and develops crispbread products, as well as energy snack meals. In addition, the company offers personal care and cleaning products; dietary supplement, sport nutrition, and weight control products; wound care products and first aid equipment; painting tools; basic garments; and professional cleaning products. Further, it operates Gymgrossisten and Bodystore e-commerce portals for health and sports nutrition products; and restaurants. Additionally, the company supplies margarine and butter blends, bread and cake improvers and mixes, yeast, marzipan, and ice cream ingredients; produces and supplies hydro power to the Nordic power market; and develops and sells real estate properties. It offers its food products under the Grandiosa, TORO, Stabburet, Felix, Paulúns, Abba, Kalles, Beauvais, Den Gamle Fabrik, Spilva, Vitana, MTR, and Eastern brands; confectionery and snacks under the KiMs, Nidar, Stratos, Göteborgs Kex, Sætre, OLW, Panda, Laima, Selga, Taffel, Adazu, and Kalev brands; health and sports nutrition under Zalo, Jif, Bliw, Grumme, Blenda, Define, Möller's, Collett, Nutrilett, Maxim, Norgesplaster, and Salvequick brands; and food ingredients under Odense, Mors Hjemmebakte, KronJäst, Bakkedal and NATURLI' brands. It has operations in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, the Baltics, rest of Europe, and internationally. The company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.
- Leadership
- Nils Kloumann Selte
- IPO Date
- Aug 3, 2012
- Employees
- 19.1k
- Street Address
- Drammensveien 149
- Mailing
- Oslo, 0277
- Region
- Oslo, NO
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 47 22 54 40 00
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 9.9
- EV/EBITDA
- 10.7
- Price/Sales
- 1.6
- Price/Book
- 2.3
Growth
- Revenue
- +1.3%
- EPS
- +89.6%
- Free Cash Flow
- -11.0%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 100.0%
- Operating Margin
- 9.9%
- Net Margin
- 16.0%
- ROE
- 24.4%
- ROIC
- 7.9%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.34
- Current Ratio
- 1.43
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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