Key Highlights
- History shows that companies with weak balance sheets tend to underperform sharply during economic slowdowns, even if their business models look attractive.
- This is why serious investors track debt ratios as closely as profits.
- Today, investors can track debt, debt-to-equity, interest coverage and multi-year balance sheet trends for every listed company on Finology Ticker, where data is updated daily and presented in a comparable format.
- During good times, debt often looks harmless.
- Sales grow, profits expand and interest costs appear manageable.
