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CREATE: sector benchmark

Where does a company stand against its sector? Every ratio over five fiscal years, with its place among its peers and what that means, ready to print for your client.

Sector benchmark

CREATE

BE 0432.472.520
NACE 47.400, Retail sale of information and communication equipment
NACE division 47, Retail trade all sizesfiscal years 2021 to 202527,017 to 32,568 sector peers per ratio

Summary

fiscal year 2025

CREATE does better than half of its sector on 5 of the 8 ratios compared.

most favourable quarter above the median below the median least favourable quarter
Strongest points
  • Return on equitybetter than 93%
  • Return on assetsbetter than 90%
  • Interest coveragebetter than 64%
Points to watch
  • Debt to equitybetter than 24%
  • Solvencybetter than 40%
  • Current ratiobetter than 44%

Solvency and debt

How soundly the company is financed.
Solvency
26.4%▼2025

Solvency is below 60% of 32,488 sector peers: less favourable than the median.

Position against the sector weakening since 2021.

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Debt to equity
2.78▲2025

Debt to equity is above 76% of 32,106 sector peers: in the least favourable quarter.

Position against the sector weakening since 2021.

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Interest coverage
13.85▼2025

Interest coverage is above 64% of 29,199 sector peers: more favourable than the median.

Position against the sector weakening since 2021.

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Liquidity

Whether it can pay its short-term bills.
Current ratio
1.33▼2025

The current ratio is below 56% of 32,316 sector peers: less favourable than the median.

Position against the sector weakening since 2021.

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Quick ratio
1.26▼2025

The quick ratio is above 62% of 32,337 sector peers: more favourable than the median.

Position against the sector stable since 2021.

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Working-capital ratio
24.6%▼2025

The working-capital ratio is above 52% of 32,412 sector peers: more favourable than the median.

Position against the sector weakening since 2021.

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Profitability

What the company earns on its assets and its sales.
Return on equity
88.4%▲2025

Return on equity is above 93% of 27,017 sector peers: in the most favourable quarter.

Position against the sector stable since 2021.

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Return on assets
23.4%▼2025

Return on assets is above 90% of 32,568 sector peers: in the most favourable quarter.

Position against the sector stable since 2021.

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Not computable

Long-term debt ratio, Net margin, EBITDA margin, Gross margin, Days sales outstanding, Days payable outstanding, Days inventory. The filed figures do not contain the lines these need.

Source: filed annual accounts (NBB) and main activity (CBE register). Compared per fiscal year with each peer's latest statutory accounts; at least 30 peers per ratio. Prepared on 28 September 2026 via checked.be.