Marine Harvest ASA (MHGVY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Marine Harvest ASA was a Norwegian seafood company focused primarily on the farming, processing and marketing of Atlantic salmon. Its activities covered the aquaculture value chain, including hatcheries, marine farming operations, harvesting, processing and distribution. The company sold fresh and prepared salmon products to retailers, food-service providers and industrial customers.

Marine Harvest operated internationally, with salmon-farming and processing activities in major production regions including Norway, Scotland, Canada, Chile, Ireland and the Faroe Islands. Its products were marketed in seafood-consuming markets around the world through retail, food-service and business-to-business channels.

The company traces its origins to the development of modern Norwegian salmon farming in the 1960s. In 2019, Marine Harvest ASA changed its name to Mowi ASA, adopting the name associated with one of its historic predecessors. The business continues under the Mowi brand, with operations spanning salmon farming, feed production, processing and seafood sales.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $22.14 to $22.29
• 50-Day Range: $18.91 to $22.74
• 52-Week Range: $18.06 to $24.86
• Volume: 19,314 shs
• Average Volume: 17,781 shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.68 billion
• P/E Ratio: 15.61
• Dividend Yield: 3.38%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Marine Harvest ASA Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Marine Harvest ASA scored higher than 54% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Marine Harvest ASA has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Marine Harvest ASA has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Marine Harvest ASA is 15.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.17.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Marine Harvest ASA is 15.61, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 14.11.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Marine Harvest ASA has a P/B Ratio of 2.26. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Marine Harvest ASA has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Marine Harvest ASA has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.22, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Marine Harvest ASA has recently decreased by 69.50%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Marine Harvest ASA pays a meaningful dividend of 3.43%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Marine Harvest ASA does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Marine Harvest ASA is 52.82%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Marine Harvest ASA has a news sentiment score of 1.00. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.72 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Marine Harvest ASA this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Marine Harvest ASA insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Marine Harvest ASA has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/18/2026
• Today: 9/12/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Products
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:MHGVY
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:MHG
• CIK: 1578526
• Web: www.marineharvest.com
• Phone: (472) 156-2300
• Fax: 47-2156-2301
• Employees: 14,195
• Year Founded: 2006

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.42
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.61
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $708.93 million
• Net Margins: 11.19%
• Pretax Margin: 16.72%
• Return on Equity: 11.78%
• Return on Assets: 5.38%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.68
• Current Ratio: 3.15
• Quick Ratio: 1.02

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.47 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.81
• Cash Flow: $2.16 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.26
• Book Value: $9.80 per share
• Price / Book: 2.26

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 527,290,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $11.68 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.92