Profits were positive in 10 years (at least 8 needed).
- 10y median
- NOK 4.8B
- Worst year
- NOK 3.7B
- Latest · 2025
- NOK 6.6B
# Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (GJF.OL) Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/GJF.OL Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:35:25.091Z. Financial observations: FY2015–FY2025. Listing currency: NOK. Reporting currency: NOK. ## Verdict A wonderful business at too high a price Quality tests for Buy: pass (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no. Share price: NOK 259.60 per share; close as of 2026-10-15. Estimated value: low NOK 76.71 per share, central NOK 85.22 per share, high NOK 95.86 per share. Buy at or below the central value NOK 85.22 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:35:25.091Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals. Expected annual return: 3.9% at the stated quote. About 3.9% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; NO 10-year bond 4.5% + 4 points). ## Checklist ### understandable: pass - Financial history: 10 years - Profitable years in the last ten: 10 - Required profitable years: 8 - Return on common equity variation (informational): 0.18× Chart: Net income; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: NOK 4.7B - FY2017: NOK 4.5B - FY2018: NOK 3.7B - FY2019: NOK 6.6B - FY2020: NOK 5.0B - FY2021: NOK 7.1B - FY2022: NOK 4.6B - FY2023: NOK 4.1B - FY2024: NOK 5.1B - FY2025: NOK 6.6B ### moat: pass - Common book per share - Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings - Underwriting economics assessed through return on tangible common equity - Bank / P&C ROTE, median of available years: 26.0% - Required median return: 12.0% - Return uses tangible common equity: Yes - Bank ROTE, second-lowest year: 24.2% - Years with reported combined ratio: 0 Chart: Return on tangible common equity; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: 26.2% - FY2017: 24.2% - FY2018: 19.6% - FY2019: 30.7% - FY2020: 24.3% - FY2021: 36.6% - FY2022: 25.0% - FY2023: 25.7% - FY2024: 28.2% - FY2025: 31.9% ### economics: pass - Common book per share - Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings - Book value per share + reinvested dividends, annualized return: 21.1% - Book return interval: 10 years - Starting book value per share: NOK 46.59 - Ending book value per share: NOK 56.60 Chart: Annual book + dividend return; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: 22.1% - FY2017: 21.7% - FY2018: 15.7% - FY2019: 24.7% - FY2020: 19.9% - FY2021: 27.0% - FY2022: 17.9% - FY2023: 9.6% - FY2024: 25.4% - FY2025: 28.1% ### management: pass - Common book per share - Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings - Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: -0.0% - Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: -0.0% - Share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: -0.0% - Five-year share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: -0.0% - Flagged crisis recapitalisations: 0 - Book created / earnings retained after dividends and buybacks: 1.04× - Book value created per share: NOK 10.01 - Earnings retained per share after dividends and buybacks: NOK 9.59 Chart: Shares (first year = 100); fiscal year observations. - FY2015: 100 - FY2016: 100 - FY2017: 100 - FY2018: 100 - FY2019: 100 - FY2020: 100 - FY2021: 100 - FY2022: 100 - FY2023: 100 - FY2024: 100 - FY2025: 100 ### accounting: pass - Financial accounting warning count: 0 - Known restatement years: 0 ## Holders ## Price story The price is 2.9 times annual sales · net income +27.5% Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:04.811Z; price observation 2026-10-15. The price is 2.9 times annual sales ### Net income · FY2025 net income +27.5%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16. - FY2016: NOK 4.7B - FY2017: NOK 4.5B - FY2018: NOK 3.7B - FY2019: NOK 6.6B - FY2020: NOK 5.0B - FY2021: NOK 7.1B - FY2022: NOK 4.6B - FY2023: NOK 4.1B - FY2024: NOK 5.1B - FY2025: NOK 6.6B ## Owner memo Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z. ### How it makes money Operates in insurance property & casualty; annual sales are NOK 44.9 billion. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:25.091Z); FY2025: revenue 44936300000. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); GJF.OL: Gjensidige Forsikring ASA, together with its subsidiaries, provides general insurance and pension products in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. It operates in four segments: General Insurance Private, General Insurance Commercial, General Insurance Sweden, and Pension. The company offers motor, property, travel, accident and health, general liability, natural perils, agriculture, medical treatment and expense, disability, income protection, workers' compensation, motor vehicle liability, marine, aviation, transport, fire and other damage to property, assistance, other non-life, and life insurance products, as well as non-proportional non-life reinsurance products. It also provides defined contribution occupational pension schemes for businesses, including disability pension, spouse/cohabitant pension, and child's pension; and individual pension savings agreements. The company sells its products to private individuals, commercial and agricultural customers, and private and commercial markets through various distribution channels comprising customer service centres, office channel, call center, Internet, partners, agents, and external brokers. Gjensidige Forsikring ASA was founded in 1816 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. ### Why customers stay It earns 26% on shareholders’ money, excluding intangible assets. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:25.091Z); 10-year return on tangible equity observations [[2016,0.2623009744180169],[2017,0.24245396799871352],[2018,0.19587346414044554],[2019,0.3065083696303975],[2020,0.2430954951418196],[2021,0.36587252792294295],[2022,0.25004788826436514],[2023,0.2568904308034743],[2024,0.2821613432647393],[2025,0.31906268249951336]]; median 0.2595957026107456. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity. ### Where the cash goes Paid dividends in 10 of 10 years. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:25.091Z); Dividend observations: [[2016,6152700000],[2017,3459900000],[2018,3549900000],[2019,3549900000],[2020,6124900000],[2021,6899500000],[2022,3849800000],[2023,4124899999],[2024,4374700000],[2025,4999700000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement. ### Are managers owners Insiders own 62.3% of the company. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); GJF.OL SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 62.277 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16. ### What the price says The price is 2.9 times annual sales. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:25.091Z); Closing price 259.6 NOK; reporting-to-trading FX 1; FY2025 annual sales per share 89.84905810919047; price multiple 2.8892901657857903. FY2023 cash earnings/share 7.676521150770502. Closing-price date 2026-10-15. ## Monthly share-price history (NOK per share) - 2016-10: NOK 148.10 per share - 2016-11: NOK 136.20 per share - 2016-12: NOK 137.00 per share - 2017-01: NOK 141.90 per share - 2017-02: NOK 131.10 per share - 2017-03: NOK 130.80 per share - 2017-04: NOK 131.90 per share - 2017-05: NOK 136.20 per share - 2017-06: NOK 142.50 per share - 2017-07: NOK 136.20 per share - 2017-08: NOK 135.80 per share - 2017-09: NOK 138.60 per share - 2017-10: NOK 153.70 per share - 2017-11: NOK 150.80 per share - 2017-12: NOK 154.90 per share - 2018-01: NOK 145.40 per share - 2018-02: NOK 144.60 per share - 2018-03: NOK 143.60 per share - 2018-04: NOK 127.20 per share - 2018-05: NOK 126.30 per share - 2018-06: NOK 133.60 per share - 2018-07: NOK 130.90 per share - 2018-08: NOK 140.30 per share - 2018-09: NOK 137.20 per share - 2018-10: NOK 130.60 per share - 2018-11: NOK 134.10 per share - 2018-12: NOK 135.20 per share - 2019-01: NOK 145.30 per share - 2019-02: NOK 153.40 per share - 2019-03: NOK 149.00 per share - 2019-04: NOK 167.55 per share - 2019-05: NOK 170.45 per share - 2019-06: NOK 171.80 per share - 2019-07: NOK 172.45 per share - 2019-08: NOK 175.95 per share - 2019-09: NOK 180.35 per share - 2019-10: NOK 171.90 per share - 2019-11: NOK 173.45 per share - 2019-12: NOK 184.25 per share - 2020-01: NOK 201.00 per share - 2020-02: NOK 189.00 per share - 2020-03: NOK 178.05 per share - 2020-04: NOK 181.00 per share - 2020-05: NOK 176.30 per share - 2020-06: NOK 177.10 per share - 2020-07: NOK 186.40 per share - 2020-08: NOK 186.10 per share - 2020-09: NOK 189.40 per share - 2020-10: NOK 181.30 per share - 2020-11: NOK 193.70 per share - 2020-12: NOK 191.40 per share - 2021-01: NOK 198.00 per share - 2021-02: NOK 199.00 per share - 2021-03: NOK 200.60 per share - 2021-04: NOK 189.45 per share - 2021-05: NOK 186.70 per share - 2021-06: NOK 189.80 per share - 2021-07: NOK 202.30 per share - 2021-08: NOK 203.30 per share - 2021-09: NOK 193.80 per share - 2021-10: NOK 210.10 per share - 2021-11: NOK 205.40 per share - 2021-12: NOK 214.00 per share - 2022-01: NOK 216.60 per share - 2022-02: NOK 217.90 per share - 2022-03: NOK 218.70 per share - 2022-04: NOK 201.60 per share - 2022-05: NOK 204.80 per share - 2022-06: NOK 199.50 per share - 2022-07: NOK 201.40 per share - 2022-08: NOK 202.00 per share - 2022-09: NOK 187.00 per share - 2022-10: NOK 189.90 per share - 2022-11: NOK 189.20 per share - 2022-12: NOK 192.20 per share - 2023-01: NOK 178.90 per share - 2023-02: NOK 184.40 per share - 2023-03: NOK 171.30 per share - 2023-04: NOK 185.30 per share - 2023-05: NOK 186.50 per share - 2023-06: NOK 171.80 per share - 2023-07: NOK 160.20 per share - 2023-08: NOK 165.50 per share - 2023-09: NOK 157.50 per share - 2023-10: NOK 167.30 per share - 2023-11: NOK 182.10 per share - 2023-12: NOK 187.50 per share - 2024-01: NOK 169.70 per share - 2024-02: NOK 167.60 per share - 2024-03: NOK 157.20 per share - 2024-04: NOK 178.70 per share - 2024-05: NOK 183.70 per share - 2024-06: NOK 190.80 per share - 2024-07: NOK 184.60 per share - 2024-08: NOK 187.90 per share - 2024-09: NOK 197.40 per share - 2024-10: NOK 198.50 per share - 2024-11: NOK 196.40 per share - 2024-12: NOK 201.00 per share - 2025-01: NOK 232.20 per share - 2025-02: NOK 230.80 per share - 2025-03: NOK 241.80 per share - 2025-04: NOK 242.60 per share - 2025-05: NOK 258.40 per share - 2025-06: NOK 255.40 per share - 2025-07: NOK 272.60 per share - 2025-08: NOK 279.20 per share - 2025-09: NOK 292.60 per share - 2025-10: NOK 272.60 per share - 2025-11: NOK 283.20 per share - 2025-12: NOK 302.00 per share - 2026-01: NOK 273.80 per share - 2026-02: NOK 268.40 per share - 2026-03: NOK 252.00 per share - 2026-04: NOK 259.60 per share - 2026-05: NOK 255.40 per share - 2026-06: NOK 267.80 per share - 2026-07: NOK 282.20 per share - 2026-08: NOK 283.40 per share - 2026-09: NOK 258.80 per share - 2026-10: NOK 256.20 per share ## Annual estimated value (NOK per share) - FY2016: low NOK 55.24 per share, central NOK 62.40 per share, high NOK 71.70 per share - FY2017: low NOK 69.81 per share, central NOK 80.15 per share, high NOK 94.09 per share - FY2018: low NOK 80.88 per share, central NOK 93.44 per share, high NOK 110.61 per share - FY2019: low NOK 95.08 per share, central NOK 110.04 per share, high NOK 130.59 per share - FY2020: low NOK 92.09 per share, central NOK 104.09 per share, high NOK 119.68 per share - FY2021: low NOK 91.37 per share, central NOK 101.92 per share, high NOK 115.23 per share - FY2022: low NOK 83.59 per share, central NOK 92.82 per share, high NOK 104.34 per share - FY2023: low NOK 72.56 per share, central NOK 80.14 per share, high NOK 89.50 per share - FY2024: low NOK 87.36 per share, central NOK 97.05 per share, high NOK 109.16 per share - FY2025: low NOK 98.53 per share, central NOK 109.46 per share, high NOK 123.12 per share Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates Prior published observations retained from 2026-10-15T06:41:07.192Z where newer inputs omit a numeric field or fiscal period. ## Sources Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. 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GJF · OL
STOXX Europe 600 · OBX
A wonderful business at too high a price
Passes the quality tests.
Profits were positive in 10 years (at least 8 needed).
Earned a median 26% on tangible equity (minimum 12%).
Book value plus dividends grew 21.1% a year (minimum 7%).
Ordinary share growth was 0% over the full period and 0% over five years (either must be at most 2% a year).
0 accounting warnings were found (none allowed).
Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), three-year average earnings per share 10.55 NOK.
| Value range | NOK 76.71 – NOK 95.86 |
|---|---|
| Buy at or below | Central value NOK 85.22 |
| Discount to value | 1 − 259.60 / 85.22 = -204.6% |
| Return / year | About 3.9% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%) |
| Cash-flow inputs | Book NOK 31.99/share; ROE 25.0%; first payout NOK 7.68/share, growing 1.0% perpetually (4× book payout cap applied). |
| Required return | 10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value |