Equity
Equity fell by 97% in 14 years.
Equity fell by 97% in 14 years.
€4.0m of the debts are secured on the company's own assets. In 2018 that was €4.5m.
Between 2008 and 2025, 35% of the full-time equivalents disappeared.
Six of the last ten came late. The 2019 accounts came latest: 158 days after the end of the period.
New directors. Latest change 03-06-2026 · 7 in office.
Lower solvency than 95% of companies in non-metallic mineral products. Sector median 46.3% · 366 companies.
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.1% across 233 companies (NACE 23, small).
About 1 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
The band follows from the bankruptcy probability. 10 more points roughly halve it.
| 75-100 | Excellent | under 0.55% |
| 60-74 | Healthy | 0.55% to 1.5% |
| 45-59 | Fair | 1.5% to 4.2% |
| 25-44 | Weak | 4.2% to 15.0% |
| 0-24 | Critical | over 15.0% |
Where the company stands within its band depends half on the bankruptcy probability and half on how it does against its sector peers (NACE 23, small). It does better than 6% of them on solvency, 3% on liquidity and 6% on profitability.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 04-11-2026 by the bankruptcy model of 2 October 2026, which learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette.
The probability rests on the annual accounts with balance sheet date 30-06-2025.
Of the companies with a bankruptcy probability in the low class on 30-06-2025, 0.8% went bankrupt within twelve months.
Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. With negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late, the score is Fair at most (59). With two missing filings, it is Weak at most (44). During a judicial reorganisation or at the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation), it is Critical at most (24).
In July 2024, 175 companies had the same profile as STONE has now. Each dot is one company, two years later.
Another 0.6% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.
That fits the bankruptcy probability of STONE itself: 1.2% within 12 months.
The method was tested on the 497,446 companies of July 2024. Each company was given the bankruptcy share of the same profile a year earlier, in July 2023. The expectation was that 1.6% would go bankrupt within 24 months. In fact 1.7% went bankrupt.
| Group | Expected | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| 2 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| 3 | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| 4 | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| 5 | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| 6 | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| 7 | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| 8 | 1.8% | 1.8% |
| 9 | 3.0% | 3.1% |
| 10 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
A company that went bankrupt had a higher expected share than one that kept going in 74.5% of comparisons. The level depends on the economy. In a year with more bankruptcies than the year before, the actual share is higher than the expected one.
This is an observation about 175 companies, not a prediction for STONE. The sector does not count, because the KBO no longer lists a sector for a company that has stopped. By sector, mostly the survivors would count, which would paint too rosy a picture.
Liquidity is insufficient, with a current ratio of 0.77 (0.98 in 2023), below 1. Short-term debt is 94.8% and cash 4.4% of total assets. 99% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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The scores and ratios are Checked's own calculations, not a credit decision.
The company filed its last 7 accounts on average 57 days after the deadline. In the sector (NACE 23), the median for financial year 2023 was 9 days before the deadline, and 32% of those companies filed late.
| Company | Turnover | EBIT margin | Solvency | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STONE Zulte | €23.4m | -7.1% | 1.0% | 44 |
| NEOCERAM La Louvière | €13.0m | 3.1% | 41.0% | 65.1 |
| Plint Express Waasland Temse | - | - | 77.2% | 3.6 |
| KLIVLO Diest | - | - | 24.8% | - |
| MDC Group Schilde | - | - | 22.7% | 1 |
| EURO CARRO Charleroi | €1.0m | 3.3% | 34.0% | 6.6 |
Grey: the largest companies of the sector (non-metallic mineral products (NACE 23)), without their names. Blue: the sector peers from the table.
These companies have the same main activity as STONE: manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products (NACE 23310). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €1m and €31m, founded between 1985 and 2015.
STONE has existed since 1998. Turnover grew from €9.0m in 2008 to €23.4m in 2025, while staff fell from 67.9 to 44 full-time equivalents.
AXIS holds all the shares.
Sources: KBO register, filings at the National Bank, Belgian Official Gazette. Click a figure with a dotted line for the item and the filing.
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