Data Update 7 for 2026: Debt and Taxes

In my fifth data update , I examined hurdle rates in 2025, and in my sixth data update , I looked at the profitability and return metrics for firms. Both hurdle rates and profitability metricsmcan be affected by how much debt companies choose to have in their financing structure, and it enters explicitly into my cost of capital calculations , both through the costs of equity/debt and the mix of…