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ROSSEL & Cie paid out €24.9m in dividends. That is 95% of the 2025 profit.
ROSSEL & Cie paid out €24.9m in dividends. That is 95% of the 2025 profit.
The result rose in 2025: restructuring with ROSSEL SOP.
Between 2008 and 2025, 42% of the full-time equivalents disappeared.
Six of the last ten came late. The 2017 accounts came latest: 80 days after the end of the period.
Wallonia-Brussels support, mostly Aide à la presse quotidienne écrite francophone.
Group, consolidated 2025: turnover €597.4m, result €17.5m
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.1% across 23 companies (NACE 58, medium-sized).
Fewer than 1 in 1,000 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 58). It does better than 84% of them on solvency, 69% on liquidity, 47% on profitability and 31% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 08-11-2026 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 31-12-2025.
Of the companies with a bankruptcy probability in the very low class on 30-06-2025, 0.1% 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).
Liquidity is ample, with a current ratio of 1.72 (1.76 in 2024), above the usual 1.5. Short-term debt is 15.1% and cash 3.2% of total assets. 27.2% 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 5 accounts on average 2 days after the deadline. In the sector (NACE 58), the median for financial year 2024 was 7 days before the deadline, and 37% of those companies filed late.
Shares in 34 companies, including eFluenz and GROUPE SUDMEDIA
Board & ownership| Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSSEL & Cie Brussels | €108.8m | 6.3% | 72.8% | 215.9 |
| MEDIAHUIS Antwerp | €297.7m | -9.0% | 49.1% | 776.8 |
| Mediahuis Partners Antwerp | - | - | 89.3% | - |
Grey: the largest companies of the sector (publishing (NACE 58)), without their names. Blue: the sector peers from the table.
These companies have the same main activity as ROSSEL & Cie: publishing activities (NACE 58120). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €180m and €1.3bn, founded between 1976 and 1989.
ROSSEL & Cie has existed since 1968. Turnover grew from €74.6m in 2008 to €108.8m in 2025, while staff fell from 375.3 to 215.9 full-time equivalents.
ROSSEL INVEST SRL holds 90% of the shares. In January 2025, the Official Gazette published the appointment of MMB CONSULT as managing director.
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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