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FGL: 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

FGL

BE 0823.799.422
NACE 47.221, Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry
NACE division 47, Retail trade all sizesfiscal years 2020 to 202420,805 to 38,166 sector peers per ratio

Summary

fiscal year 2023

FGL does better than half of its sector on 3 of the 7 ratios compared.

most favourable quarter above the median below the median least favourable quarter
Strongest points
  • Return on assetsbetter than 91%
  • Debt to equitybetter than 90%
  • Long-term debt ratiobetter than 88%
Points to watch
  • Solvencybetter than 6%
  • Working-capital ratiobetter than 9%
  • Interest coveragebetter than 13%

Solvency and debt

How soundly the company is financed.
Solvency
-68.3%▼2022

Solvency is below 94% of 38,088 sector peers: in the least favourable quarter.

Position against the sector stable since 2020.

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Debt to equity
-2.46▲2022

Debt to equity is below 90% of 37,607 sector peers: in the most favourable quarter.

Position against the sector stable since 2020.

20202021202220232024
Long-term debt ratio
-0.34▲2022

The long-term debt ratio is below 88% of 20,805 sector peers: in the most favourable quarter.

Position against the sector stable since 2020.

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Interest coverage
-3.48▼2023

Interest coverage is below 87% of 35,632 sector peers: in the least favourable quarter.

Position against the sector weakening since 2020.

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Liquidity

Whether it can pay its short-term bills.
Current ratio
0.66▲2022

The current ratio is below 85% of 37,973 sector peers: in the least favourable quarter.

Position against the sector stable since 2020.

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Working-capital ratio
-49.5%▼2022

The working-capital ratio is below 91% of 38,008 sector peers: in the least favourable quarter.

Position against the sector stable since 2020.

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Profitability

What the company earns on its assets and its sales.
Return on assets
24.0%▼2022

Return on assets is above 91% of 38,166 sector peers: in the most favourable quarter.

Position against the sector stable since 2020.

20202021202220232024

Not computable

Return on equity, Net margin, EBITDA margin, Gross margin, Days sales outstanding, Days payable outstanding, Days inventory. This company files the abbreviated or micro schema, in which turnover and purchases are optional; margins and credit terms therefore cannot be taken from its figures.

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 29 September 2026 via checked.be.