Orkla stock gains as insider buys NOK 92.58 shares

Published on 09/22/2026 at 12:42 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Orkla stock traded at NOK 93.85 on September 22, 2026, while an insider-related party bought 20,000 shares. Q2 adjusted EPS rose 3 percent to NOK 1.60.

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Orkla ASA (NO0003733800) traded at NOK 93.85 on the Oslo Stock Exchange as of September 22, 2026, with the quoted share data showing a 1.08 percent gain. The same day, a related party to CFO Arve Regland bought 20,000 shares at NOK 92.58, according to TradingView on September 22, 2026.

Insider purchase sets the peg

K9 Invest AS, a related party to Orkla CFO Arve Regland, acquired the shares on the Oslo exchange. Following the transaction, Regland and related parties held 140,000 Orkla shares, according to TradingView on September 22, 2026. The purchase price was 1.27 percent below the quoted market level of NOK 93.85, calculated from the two reported prices.

Q2 earnings show mixed signals

Orkla's Q2 fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS increased 3 percent year over year to NOK 1.60, while adjusted EBIT rose 2.5 percent, according to Ad-hoc-News on September 21, 2026. The improvement was not uniform: reported revenue and reported EBITDA each fell 5 percent, while underlying revenue at Jotun increased 11 percent and its profit rose 21 percent in the same quarter.

The margin picture was steadier. Orkla's consolidated EBIT margin was 10.5 percent in Q2 fiscal 2026, and operating cash flow reached NOK 2.1 billion in the first half of fiscal 2026, according to Ad-hoc-News. Net interest-bearing debt stood at NOK 20.7 billion, equivalent to about 2 times EBITDA, making currency effects and leverage important counter-factors alongside the earnings growth.

Stock trades at NOK 93.85

Orkla stock was quoted at NOK 93.85 on the Oslo Stock Exchange as of September 22, 2026, with turnover of EUR 48.696 million and 4,498,518 shares shown for the OBX Consumer Staples index data. The insider purchase price of NOK 92.58 therefore stood NOK 1.27 below the market quote reported for the same date.