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S&P 500 non-financial company filings examined in an independent working paper.
When debt-to-equity stops making sense.
The Q1 2026 Balance Sheet Stress Report examines the most recent available 10-Q or 10-K filings for 396 S&P 500 non-financial companies and proposes a three-regime framework for cases in which conventional leverage ratios become unstable or mathematically undefined.
The paper is published as independent working research, with its methods, data coverage, limitations, and permanent records available for inspection.
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