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HERCOL: 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

HERCOL

BE 0438.245.307
NACE 16.281, Manufacture of other wood products
NACE division 16, Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials all sizesfiscal years 2019 to 20231,013 to 1,135 sector peers per ratio

Summary

fiscal year 2023

HERCOL does better than half of its sector on 5 of the 7 ratios compared.

most favourable quarter above the median below the median least favourable quarter
Strongest points
  • Solvencybetter than 95%
  • Current ratiobetter than 95%
  • Working-capital ratiobetter than 95%
Points to watch
  • Return on equitybetter than 24%
  • Return on assetsbetter than 33%

Solvency and debt

How soundly the company is financed.
Solvency
95.7%▲2023

Solvency is above 95% of 1,134 sector peers: in the most favourable quarter.

Position against the sector stable since 2020.

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Debt to equity
0.04▼2023

Debt to equity is below 85% of 1,126 sector peers: in the most favourable quarter.

Position against the sector stable since 2020.

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Interest coverage
19.96▲2023

Interest coverage is above 63% of 1,057 sector peers: more favourable than the median.

Position against the sector stable since 2020.

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Liquidity

Whether it can pay its short-term bills.
Current ratio
22.01▲2023

The current ratio is above 95% of 1,126 sector peers: in the most favourable quarter.

Position against the sector stable since 2020.

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Working-capital ratio
90.1%▲2023

The working-capital ratio is above 95% of 1,133 sector peers: in the most 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 equity
1.2%▼2023

Return on equity is below 76% of 1,013 sector peers: in the least favourable quarter.

Position against the sector weakening since 2020.

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Return on assets
1.1%▼2023

Return on assets is below 67% of 1,135 sector peers: less favourable than the median.

Position against the sector weakening since 2020.

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Not computable

Long-term debt ratio, 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 28 September 2026 via checked.be.