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Bought their growth

Goodwill from past deals at or above all book equity — the business on the balance sheet is mostly the premium paid for other businesses — or acquisitions already conceded by write-down.

The thresholdFires when goodwill stands at or above all book equity, or when past deals have already been conceded by write-down — a write-down against negative book equity, or one worth at least 5% of it. Ordered by goodwill against equity where it exceeds it, then by the written-down share of the cash put in.

727 companies the 200 largest by the fact's own size; 727 fired in all

From the company's SEC filings and its MD&A, computed the same way as on its page. A fired flag is a fact about the filing, stated with its figure; what it means for the business is read on the company page, where the full panel sits.