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Roularta Media Group N.V.

ROU.BR
40
Publishing · Communication Services
Exchange
Euronext Brussels
Winston Score
40
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Weak
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Roularta Media Group is a Belgian media company that publishes magazines, newspapers, and digital content. It owns well-known Belgian titles like Knack, Le Vif, and Trends, covering news, business, and lifestyle topics. The company serves readers across Belgium and the Netherlands, making it one of the larger independent media groups in the Benelux region.

Roularta earns money through a mix of print and digital subscriptions, advertising sales, and content partnerships. Most of its revenue comes from Belgium, where it operates across both Dutch-speaking and French-speaking markets. Its portfolio of established brand names gives it some loyalty among readers, but the business faces ongoing pressure from declining print advertising and the broader shift of audiences toward free online news sources. Maintaining digital subscription growth while managing the long-term decline of print is the central challenge the company must navigate.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
3.5%
Thin — 3.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
5.2%
Thin — 5.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
2.4%
Weak — 2.4% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-5.9%
Shrinking sales (-5.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-18.7%
Earnings shrinking (-18.7% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
538%
Turns 538% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
6.9%
Modest free cash flow (6.9%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.07
Conservative — low debt load (0.07)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
33.25x
Comfortably covers interest (33.3x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
31.7x
no trend
Pricey — P/E 31.7

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-0.4
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
24.00%
no trend
Healthy income — 24.00% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-23.9%
no trend
Dividend cut (-23.9% YoY) — warning sign

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