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Enterprise Value Financing Scope Across 9 Reviewed Companies

3 of 9 Had Enterprise Value Withheld Even After Complete Net-Debt Review
By Lee BaileyPublished September 11, 2026Latest included SEC filing September 2, 2026Version 1.09 reviewed companies
Key findings

Complete net-debt evidence was still not enough for enterprise value in 3 of 9 reviewed companies

All nine companies in the reviewed cohort had complete current borrowings and liquid-financial-asset evidence. Six could use the bounded common-equity-plus-net-debt enterprise-value formula. Three were deliberately withheld because another reviewed financing layer remained outside that simplified scope.

3 of 9EV withheld after net-debt review
33.3% of the selected reviewed cohort.
2Noncontrolling-interest cases
Two withheld companies had a reviewed noncontrolling-interest boundary.
2Explicit reviewed zero-borrowing cases
A reviewed zero is kept separate from missing debt evidence.
This is a selected reviewed cohort, not a representative sample of public companies. EV eligibility here describes one bounded methodology, not a universal valuation verdict.

Bounded EV eligibility

Reviewed companies by bounded EV state

Every company below already had complete reviewed net-debt inputs; the split asks whether common equity plus net debt was sufficient for the bounded enterprise-value formula.
Compatible6 companies
66.7% of the cohort.
Withheld3 companies
33.3% of the cohort.
Source: reviewed current-net-debt evidence from issuer SEC filings. Latest included filing September 2, 2026.

The nine-company reviewed cohort

The public table intentionally publishes classification and SEC source details rather than debt, cash, net-debt, market-cap, or enterprise-value amounts.

CompanyBalance sheetEV stateFinancing-scope noteBorrowings reviewPrimary source
Meta PlatformsJune 30, 2026CompatibleNo additional reviewed financing layer identifiedReviewed borrowing scope10-Q filed July 29, 2026 β†—
NVIDIAJuly 26, 2026CompatibleNo additional reviewed financing layer identifiedReviewed borrowing scope10-Q filed August 26, 2026 β†—
OracleMay 31, 2026WithheldPreferred equity outside bounded EV scopeReviewed borrowing scope10-K filed June 22, 2026 β†—
TeslaJune 30, 2026WithheldNoncontrolling interests outside bounded EV scopeReviewed borrowing scope10-Q filed July 23, 2026 β†—
CiscoJuly 25, 2026WithheldNoncontrolling interests outside bounded EV scopeReviewed borrowing scope10-K filed September 2, 2026 β†—
eBayJune 30, 2026CompatibleNo additional reviewed financing layer identifiedReviewed borrowing scope10-Q filed August 6, 2026 β†—
FortinetJune 30, 2026CompatibleNo additional reviewed financing layer identifiedReviewed borrowing scope10-Q filed July 30, 2026 β†—
MedpaceJune 30, 2026CompatibleNo additional reviewed financing layer identifiedExplicit reviewed zero borrowings10-Q filed July 23, 2026 β†—
Monster BeverageJune 30, 2026CompatibleNo additional reviewed financing layer identifiedExplicit reviewed zero borrowings10-Q filed August 7, 2026 β†—

Methodology

  1. Use the nine companies for which Grizzly Bulls had complete reviewed current borrowings and liquid-financial-asset evidence at one balance-sheet date.
  2. Require complete reviewed borrowings and liquid-financial-asset scope. Do not substitute total liabilities for debt.
  3. Classify the simplified EV formula as compatible only when the reviewed financing scope supports common equity plus net debt without a known omitted financing layer.
  4. Keep preferred equity and noncontrolling interests as separate reasons for withholding rather than forcing an incomplete enterprise value.
  5. Publish classification, dates and SEC source details only. Do not redistribute the underlying debt/cash amounts or calculate market cap, enterprise value, or valuation multiples in this study.

Data cutoff: latest included SEC filing September 2, 2026.

Primary SEC sources

The issuer filings establish the reviewed balance-sheet and financing-scope evidence. The compatible/withheld counts summarize that nine-company sample.

Download the financing-scope dataset

CSV and JSON contain the nine classification/source rows and summary counts. They intentionally omit debt, cash-like-asset, net-debt, market-cap, enterprise-value and valuation-multiple amounts.

Citation and reuse

Lee Bailey. β€œEnterprise Value Financing Scope Across 9 Reviewed Companies: 3 of 9 Had Enterprise Value Withheld Even After Complete Net-Debt Review.” Grizzly Bulls, September 11, 2026. Version 1.0. Data snapshot September 2, 2026. https://grizzlybulls.com/research/enterprise-value-financing-scope

When citing the 3-of-9 result, preserve that this is a selected reviewed cohort and that withholding describes a bounded EV methodology rather than the broader public-company population.