Interest rates and inflation
130 of 521 companies added a paragraph in Risk Factors that uses one of these words:
interest rate, interest rates, inflation, inflationary.
The paragraph is in the latest 10-K and nothing like it was in the one before.
It counts text; it does not say how serious a risk is. Words in capitals only (such as AI) must be in capitals.
By sector
Sector is the SEC's industry description of the company. Each count opens that sector's quotes below.
| Sector | Companies | Compared |
|---|---|---|
| Optical Instruments & Lenses | 2 | 2 |
| Apparel & Other Finishd Prods of Fabrics & Similar Matl | 1 | 1 |
| Bottled & Canned Soft Drinks & Carbonated Waters | 1 | 1 |
| Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties | 1 | 1 |
| Farm Machinery & Equipment | 1 | 1 |
| Gas & Other Services Combined | 1 | 1 |
| Gold and Silver Ores | 1 | 1 |
| Grain Mill Products | 1 | 1 |
| Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors | 1 | 1 |
| Metal Mining | 1 | 1 |
| Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment | 1 | 1 |
| Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products | 1 | 1 |
| Oil Royalty Traders | 1 | 1 |
| Paper Mills | 1 | 1 |
| Real Estate Operators (No Developers) & Lessors | 1 | 1 |
| Retail-Computer & Computer Software Stores | 1 | 1 |
| Retail-Eating & Drinking Places | 1 | 1 |
| Retail-Retail Stores, NEC | 1 | 1 |
| Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals | 1 | 1 |
| Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services | 1 | 1 |
| Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management | 1 | 1 |
| Services-Management Services | 1 | 1 |
| Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, NEC | 1 | 1 |
| Special Industry Machinery, NEC | 1 | 1 |
| Water Supply | 1 | 1 |
| Wholesale-Motor Vehicle Supplies & New Parts | 1 | 1 |
| Retail-Eating Places | 3 | 4 |
| Natural Gas Transmission | 2 | 3 |
| Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries | 2 | 3 |
| Finance Services | 17 | 28 |
| Accident & Health Insurance | 1 | 2 |
| Aircraft Engines & Engine Parts | 1 | 2 |
| Computer Peripheral Equipment, NEC | 1 | 2 |
| Converted Paper & Paperboard Prods (No Contaners/Boxes) | 1 | 2 |
| Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware | 1 | 2 |
| Fats & Oils | 1 | 2 |
| Industrial Inorganic Chemicals | 1 | 2 |
| Industrial Organic Chemicals | 1 | 2 |
| Men's & Boys' Furnishgs, Work Clothg, & Allied Garments | 1 | 2 |
| Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) | 1 | 2 |
| Paperboard Containers & Boxes | 1 | 2 |
| Printed Circuit Boards | 1 | 2 |
| Radio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment | 1 | 2 |
| Retail-Auto & Home Supply Stores | 1 | 2 |
| Rubber & Plastics Footwear | 1 | 2 |
| Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, NEC | 1 | 2 |
| Ship & Boat Building & Repairing | 1 | 2 |
| National Commercial Banks | 5 | 11 |
| Investment Advice | 3 | 8 |
| Pharmaceutical Preparations | 4 | 11 |
| Electric Services | 5 | 15 |
| Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance | 4 | 12 |
| Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip | 1 | 3 |
| Computer & office Equipment | 1 | 3 |
| General Industrial Machinery & Equipment | 1 | 3 |
| Life Insurance | 1 | 3 |
| Operative Builders | 1 | 3 |
| Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations | 1 | 3 |
| Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research | 1 | 3 |
| Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies | 1 | 3 |
| Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics | 1 | 3 |
| Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas | 2 | 7 |
| Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies | 2 | 7 |
| Real Estate Investment Trusts | 7 | 27 |
| Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment (No Computer Equip) | 1 | 4 |
| Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies | 1 | 4 |
| Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys | 1 | 4 |
| Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services | 1 | 4 |
| Services-Prepackaged Software | 4 | 19 |
| Beverages | 1 | 5 |
| Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | 1 | 5 |
| Computer Storage Devices | 1 | 5 |
| Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and Control | 1 | 5 |
| Laboratory Analytical Instruments | 1 | 5 |
| Retail-Variety Stores | 1 | 5 |
| Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. | 1 | 5 |
| Electric & Other Services Combined | 2 | 12 |
| State Commercial Banks | 1 | 6 |
| Services-Business Services, NEC | 2 | 16 |
| Semiconductors & Related Devices | 1 | 15 |
277 paragraphs · Paper Mills show all sectors
significant fluctuations in recycled fiber prices. Taking into account ongoing inflationary conditions in domestic and
Read in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026 ↗
developments associated with interest rates, asset values, currency exchange rates and the availability of credit,
Read in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026 ↗
been characterized not only by persistent inflationary pressures, elevated interest rates, challenging labor market
Read in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026 ↗
to commodity inflation), adverse tax consequences or rulings, import restrictions, controls or other trade protection
Read in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026 ↗
Certain of our debt agreements provide for an interest rate increase in case of a credit rating downgrade. This
Read in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026 ↗
We are subject to interest rate risk associated with short-term cash investments, variable rate debts, supply chain
Read in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026 ↗
amount of approximately $2.1 billion as of December 31, 2025. Interest rates rose significantly during 2022-2024
Read in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026 ↗
in actual market returns on plan assets, changes in general interest rates and in the number of retirees may impact
Read in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026 ↗
plan assets and changes in interest rates. If benefit obligations under the qualified pensions exceed the value of
Read in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026 ↗