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Value Added: 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

Value Added

BE 0794.463.454
NACE 69.101, Activities of lawyers
NACE division 69, Legal and accounting activities all sizesfiscal years 2023 to 202515,225 to 17,040 sector peers per ratio

Summary

fiscal year 2025

Value Added 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
  • Interest coveragebetter than 76%
  • Return on equitybetter than 69%
  • Return on assetsbetter than 60%
Points to watch
  • Current ratiobetter than 22%
  • Working-capital ratiobetter than 22%
  • Debt to equitybetter than 33%

Solvency and debt

How soundly the company is financed.
Solvency
38.6%▲2025

Solvency is below 63% of 17,040 sector peers: less favourable than the median.

Position against the sector improving since 2023.

202320242025
Debt to equity
1.59▼2025

Debt to equity is above 67% of 16,624 sector peers: less favourable than the median.

Position against the sector improving since 2023.

202320242025
Interest coverage
180.01▼2025

Interest coverage is above 76% of 15,225 sector peers: in the most favourable quarter.

Position against the sector stable since 2023.

202320242025

Liquidity

Whether it can pay its short-term bills.
Current ratio
1.03▲2025

The current ratio is below 78% of 16,903 sector peers: in the least favourable quarter.

Position against the sector stable since 2023.

202320242025
Working-capital ratio
1.8%▲2025

The working-capital ratio is below 78% of 17,022 sector peers: in the least favourable quarter.

Position against the sector improving since 2023.

202320242025

Profitability

What the company earns on its assets and its sales.
Return on equity
55.7%▼2025

Return on equity is above 69% of 15,641 sector peers: more favourable than the median.

Position against the sector weakening since 2023.

202320242025
Return on assets
21.5%▲2025

Return on assets is above 60% of 17,037 sector peers: more favourable than the median.

Position against the sector stable since 2023.

202320242025

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.