Polaris Media

POL · OL · Communication Services / Publishing

58.80NOK+0.00 (0.00%)

Price History

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Market Stats

Previous Close58.80

Open60.00

Day Range58.80 – 60.40

52-Week Range44.28 – 64.60

Volume1.16K

Market Cap3.04B

P/E (TTM)295.24

Forward P/E10.00

EPS0.21

Dividend Yield5.32%

Beta-0.07

50-Day Avg60.40

200-Day Avg58.73

About

Polaris Media ASA, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a media house company in Norway and Sweden. The company engages in newspaper and digital subscription; and advertising in printed newspapers and digital advertising campaigns. It is also involved in the printing of editorial and advertising supplements, civilian printing, and other magazines/supplements; and distribution of newspapers, as well as parcels, mail, and other goods deliveries. The company was formerly known as Adresseavisen ASA and changed its name to Polaris Media ASA in October 2008. Polaris Media ASA was founded in 1767 and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.

Company Details

SectorCommunication Services
IndustryPublishing
CEOMr. Per Axel Koch
Employees1.84K
HeadquartersFerjemannsveien 10, Trondheim, Norway, 7042, Norway
Websitehttps://www.polarismedia.no

Leadership

Mr. Per Axel KochChief Executive Officer · b. 1961
Mr. Jorgen AuneChief Financial Officer · b. 1987
Ms. Asle VestvikChief Technology Officer
Ms. Kirsti HusbyEditor in Chief of Adresseavisen · b. 1972
Mari Brænd HjelmelandC.P.O.
Ms. Tove Elin NedrebergChief Executive Officer of Adresseavisen & Polaris Media Midt-Norway · b. 1963
Mr. Harald H. RiseChief Executive Officer of Polaris Media Nordvestlandet & Polaris Media Nord-Norway · b. 1959
Mr. Havard KvalheimChief Executive Officer of Fædrelandsvennen & Polaris Media Sør · b. 1983
Mr. Christopher AhlqvistCEO of Stampen Media & Editor-in-chief of Göteborgs-Posten

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: NOK	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Total Revenue	1.04B	1.61B	1.81B	1.85B	1.75B	1.71B	1.57B	1.54B	1.44B	1.44B	1.52B	2.29B	3.23B	3.47B	3.41B	3.42B	3.60B	3.43B
Growth (%)	-	+54.78%	+12.69%	+1.87%	-4.99%	-2.79%	-7.88%	-1.94%	-6.55%	-0.19%	+6.11%	+50.19%	+41.15%	+7.40%	-1.90%	+0.29%	+5.33%	-4.65%
Cost of Revenue	192.88M	295.13M	321.72M	306.72M	290.24M	252.93M	235.12M	231.07M	223.49M	224.61M	228.15M	449.13M	580.05M	528.05M	549.25M	520.29M	410.70M	360.20M
Gross Profit	846.48M	1.31B	1.49B	1.54B	1.46B	1.45B	1.34B	1.31B	1.22B	1.21B	1.30B	1.84B	2.65B	2.94B	2.86B	2.90B	3.19B	3.07B
Gross Margin	81.44%	81.65%	82.25%	83.39%	83.46%	85.17%	85.04%	85.00%	84.48%	84.37%	85.04%	80.39%	82.06%	84.79%	83.87%	84.77%	88.58%	89.50%
Operating Expense	812.65M	1.32B	1.39B	1.42B	1.42B	1.37B	1.24B	1.32B	1.32B	1.13B	1.22B	1.66B	2.43B	2.52B	2.76B	3.01B	3.15B	3.12B
Operating Income	33.83M	-11.00M	100.26M	115.93M	39.50M	80.49M	93.77M	-13.34M	-104.54M	82.95M	79.05M	181.91M	227.13M	426.30M	95.02M	-114.78M	32.70M	-47.00M
Operating Margin	3.25%	-0.68%	5.53%	6.28%	2.25%	4.72%	5.97%	-0.87%	-7.26%	5.77%	5.18%	7.94%	7.03%	12.28%	2.79%	-3.36%	0.91%	-1.37%
EBITDA	123.70M	164.84M	212.60M	275.86M	246.44M	185.85M	223.91M	1.01B	24.55M	190.71M	196.38M	303.92M	428.84M	417.62M	330.56M	204.77M	978.70M	283.20M
EBITDA Margin	11.90%	10.25%	11.73%	14.94%	14.04%	10.90%	14.25%	65.34%	1.71%	13.27%	12.88%	13.27%	13.27%	12.03%	9.71%	6.00%	27.21%	8.26%
Net Income	51.74M	30.88M	65.68M	111.33M	152.75M	96.15M	90.35M	935.68M	-111.66M	86.54M	93.06M	155.90M	158.45M	150.68M	75.49M	-46.96M	677.80M	7.50M
Net Income Margin	4.98%	1.92%	3.62%	6.03%	8.71%	5.64%	5.75%	60.73%	-7.75%	6.02%	6.10%	6.81%	4.90%	4.34%	2.22%	-1.37%	18.84%	0.22%
Interest Expense	4.96M	32.13M	32.53M	29.56M	24.75M	19.32M	15.48M	12.60M	7.55M	7.82M	7.32M	21.91M	35.41M	33.20M	36.66M	52.30M	9.70M	25.10M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue	0.48%	2.00%	1.79%	1.60%	1.41%	1.13%	0.99%	0.82%	0.52%	0.54%	0.48%	0.96%	1.10%	0.96%	1.08%	1.53%	0.27%	0.73%

Balance Sheet

Currency: NOK	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Total Assets	1.31B	2.08B	2.07B	1.98B	2.03B	1.83B	1.69B	2.49B	2.34B	2.48B	2.63B	4.15B	5.72B	6.47B	6.06B	6.06B	5.71B	3.99B
Total Liabilities	610.73M	1.37B	1.34B	1.22B	1.18B	1.05B	1.02B	909.73M	917.56M	832.04M	805.93M	1.82B	2.85B	2.65B	2.49B	2.60B	2.19B	1.93B
Total Equity	698.20M	683.07M	699.31M	725.69M	815.48M	755.99M	649.55M	1.55B	1.39B	1.61B	1.81B	2.44B	3.03B	3.78B	3.51B	3.31B	3.52B	1.95B
Cash	173.66M	154.63M	206.44M	197.40M	306.41M	196.36M	218.08M	210.59M	190.78M	186.82M	235.41M	323.73M	710.34M	680.55M	347.70M	276.16M	1.28B	347.80M
Total Debt	155.11M	703.64M	610.38M	557.15M	475.12M	385.13M	379.60M	343.40M	303.55M	264.56M	248.98M	715.79M	1.06B	1.05B	1.01B	1.24B	-	-
Net Debt	-18.55M	549.01M	403.94M	359.76M	168.71M	188.77M	161.53M	132.81M	112.77M	77.73M	13.56M	392.07M	327.29M	365.13M	661.53M	967.94M	-	-

Cash Flow

Currency: NOK	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	141.84M	134.24M	147.01M	78.49M	66.25M	141.32M	163.88M	315.70M	372.63M	221.17M	178.89M	241.70M	213.20M
Investing Cash Flow	-	-	-	-	-	-104.57M	-38.04M	-88.07M	-32.44M	-19.13M	-39.66M	-164.58M	-373.52M	-418.93M	-287.61M	-19.99M	1.60B	-
Financing Cash Flow	27.68M	503.11M	-166.59M	-182.39M	-165.48M	-147.94M	-64.78M	-95.48M	-65.85M	-51.07M	-53.08M	-42.59M	230.79M	-5.93M	-269.03M	-257.50M	-831.30M	-
Capital Expenditure	145.15M	80.53M	62.05M	58.80M	75.16M	90.99M	79.52M	65.42M	42.37M	22.89M	21.33M	50.73M	86.52M	77.16M	88.39M	75.29M	71.10M	70.80M
Free Cash Flow	-145.15M	-80.53M	-62.05M	-58.80M	-75.16M	50.85M	54.72M	81.59M	36.12M	43.36M	119.99M	113.15M	229.18M	295.47M	132.78M	59.16M	159.10M	142.40M
Dividends Paid	54.86M	44.01M	48.91M	73.36M	85.57M	85.62M	85.62M	48.87M	63.20M	49.10M	73.33M	85.47M	163.25M	163.25M	163.25M	92.80M	50.90M	1.10B
FCF to OCF	-	-	-	-	-	35.85%	40.76%	55.50%	46.02%	65.45%	84.91%	69.04%	72.60%	79.29%	60.03%	33.07%	65.83%	66.79%
Dividend Paid to FCF	-37.80%	-54.65%	-78.83%	-124.75%	-113.86%	168.38%	156.48%	59.90%	174.97%	113.23%	61.12%	75.54%	71.23%	55.25%	122.94%	156.85%	31.99%	771.14%

Earnings

Report Date	Mar 31, 2008	Jun 30, 2008	Sep 30, 2008	Dec 31, 2008	Mar 31, 2009	Jun 30, 2009	Sep 30, 2009	Dec 31, 2009	Mar 31, 2010	Jun 30, 2010	Sep 30, 2010	Feb 15, 2011	Apr 28, 2011	Aug 18, 2011	Oct 25, 2011	Feb 16, 2012	Aug 17, 2012	Feb 15, 2013	Apr 30, 2013	Aug 29, 2013	Oct 25, 2013	Feb 28, 2014	Apr 30, 2014	Aug 28, 2014	Oct 30, 2014	Feb 11, 2015	Apr 30, 2015	Aug 28, 2015	Nov 2, 2015	Feb 18, 2016	Apr 26, 2016	Aug 25, 2016	Oct 27, 2016	Feb 16, 2017	May 10, 2017	Aug 25, 2017	Oct 26, 2017	Feb 14, 2018	Apr 26, 2018	Aug 24, 2018	Nov 1, 2018	Feb 15, 2019	May 7, 2019	Aug 21, 2019	Oct 31, 2019	Feb 14, 2020	May 6, 2020	Aug 27, 2020	Nov 5, 2020	Feb 10, 2021	May 6, 2021	Aug 24, 2021	Nov 4, 2021	Feb 10, 2022	May 3, 2022	Aug 24, 2022	Oct 28, 2022	Jan 31, 2023	Apr 25, 2023	Jul 25, 2023	Nov 2, 2023	Feb 8, 2024	May 8, 2024	Aug 20, 2024	Nov 7, 2024	Feb 13, 2025	May 14, 2025	Aug 15, 2025	Nov 6, 2025	Feb 13, 2026	May 12, 2026	Aug 14, 2026	Nov 5, 2026
EPS Estimate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.56	0.49	0.93	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.50	-	1.64	-0.01	1.93	0.84	1.19	0.58	2.65	1.59	1.78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
EPS Actual	0.02	0.03	0.01	-0.31	-0.35	0.38	0.66	-0.02	0.06	0.88	0.54	0.16	0.29	1.09	0.61	0.41	0.74	1.25	0.22	0.95	0.41	0.39	0.06	0.85	-1.00	1.95	0.25	0.78	0.31	17.81	-0.26	0.52	0.81	-3.36	-0.02	1.39	0.45	-0.04	0.03	1.38	0.20	0.29	-0.11	1.13	1.96	-0.06	0.12	1.30	1.09	-0.04	-0.93	0.50	1.94	1.64	-0.01	0.24	1.64	-0.67	-0.97	1.77	0.14	-1.91	-0.47	12.74	1.61	-0.04	-0.39	0.72	-0.26	0.09	-0.32	0.71	-
Surprise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8.93%	-16.33%	-20.43%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9.06%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.00%	-	0.00%	0.00%	-87.50%	95.63%	-155.99%	-266.67%	-33.24%	-90.89%	-207.41%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Timing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pre-market	Pre-market	Pre-market	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pre-market	-	Pre-market	After-hours	Pre-market	Pre-market	Pre-market	-	Pre-market	Pre-market	Pre-market	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pre-market	-	Pre-market	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	Pre-market	After-hours	Pre-market	Pre-market	Pre-market	Pre-market	-	Pre-market	Pre-market	Pre-market

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap3.04B

Enterprise Value2.61B

Trailing P/E295.24

Forward P/E10.00

PEG Ratio0.00

Price / Sales0.89

Price / Book1.84

EPS0.21

Book Value33.64

Revenue (TTM)3.42B

Gross Profit (TTM)1.10B

EBITDA153.80M

Profit Margin0.30%

Operating Margin4.05%

Return on Equity1.15%

Return on Assets1.77%

Shares Outstanding48.99M

Shares Float9.82M

Beta-0.07

Dividend Yield5.32%

Dividend Rate3.30

Payout Ratio15.48%

Dividends

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3.30May 12, 2026

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2.00May 14, 2025

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1.00May 8, 2024

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1.50May 5, 2023

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1.00May 3, 2022

20191×

1.75May 7, 2019

20181×

1.50May 24, 2018

20171×

1.00May 11, 2017

20161×

1.25May 20, 2016

20151×

1.00May 21, 2015

20141×

1.75May 23, 2014

20131×

1.75Jun 6, 2013

20121×

1.75May 23, 2012

20111×

1.50May 27, 2011

20101×

1.00May 28, 2010

20091×

0.90May 28, 2009

20081×

1.36May 7, 2008

20071×

1.14May 3, 2007

20061×

1.00May 4, 2006

20051×

0.91May 13, 2005

20041×

0.82Apr 30, 2004

20031×

0.73May 8, 2003

20021×

0.68May 2, 2002

20011×

0.68May 10, 2001

Stock Splits

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