Norsk Hydro ASA operates within the Primary aluminum sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Norsk Hydro ASA with three other companies in this sector in the United States: Arconic Inc (2018 sales of $14.01 billion of which 45% was Engineered Products and Solutions), Aluminum Corporation of China Limited ($27.22 billion of which 79% was Trading), and Alcoa Corp ($13.40 billion of which 66% was Aluminum).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended December of 2018, sales at Norsk Hydro ASA were $19.50 billion. This is an increase of 47.0% versus 2017, when the company's sales were $13.27 billion. Sales of Extruded Solutions saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 358.0% in 2018, from $1.71 billion to $7.84 billion. Not all segments of Norsk Hydro ASA experienced an increase in sales in 2018: sales of Other Activities fell 21.6% to $1.71 million. (However, this segment's sales were only a very small portion of the company's overall sales). Norsk Hydro ASA also experienced decreases in sales in Metal Markets (down 3.3% to $5.20 billion) and Bauxite and Alumina (down 4.5% to $1.76 billion) .