The Refinancing Cliff Map

One question, one screen: if each company refinanced the debt coming due in the next 24 months at today's market yields, how much would its annual interest bill rise — and what share of operating income would that consume? Names in the upper-left face expensive walls, soon. Bubble size is the amount of debt due within 24 months. Click any bubble for the full calculation.

Market yields: ICE BofA US Corporate & High Yield effective yields by rating bucket (via FRED, as of 2026-09-17). Rating buckets are synthetic — estimated from interest coverage — and the shock is an index-level approximation, not issuer-level bond pricing. How this is computed →

AAA yield

5.47%

A yield

5.53%

BBB yield

5.84%

BB yield

6.33%

B yield

7.53%

CCC yield

15.45%

Months to the wall vs. cost of crossing it

Y-axis: estimated annual interest increase from refinancing 24-month maturities at market yields, as % of operating income. X-axis: months until the first meaningful maturity bucket.

What if yields move? all yields +0 bps

High risk score Medium Low Bubble size = debt due within 24 months

Most expensive walls first

Company	Due ≤24mo	Current avg rate	Market yield	Est. added interest	% of op. income
Newell Brands NWL · est. CCC	$630M	5.2%	15.4%	+$65M/yr	166.1%
American Airlines Group AAL · est. CCC	$8.1B	8.5%	15.4%	+$563M/yr	38.4%
On Semiconductor ON · est. BBB	$700M	1.7%	5.8%	+$29M/yr	34.7%
Alaska Air Group ALK · est. A	$1.1B	1.8%	5.5%	+$41M/yr	13.7%
Warner Bros. Discovery WBD · est. B	$16.6B	6.9%	7.5%	+$99M/yr	13.4%
Microchip Technology MCHP · est. BBB	$2.0B	3.7%	5.8%	+$43M/yr	8.7%
Diamondback Energy FANG · est. AA	$2.7B	1.9%	5.5%	+$95M/yr	7.5%
Equinix EQIX · est. AA	$2.5B	2.0%	5.5%	+$87M/yr	4.7%
Eversource Energy ES · est. BBB	$4.3B	3.0%	5.8%	+$121M/yr	4.0%
Wec Energy Group WEC · est. BBB	$3.7B	3.6%	5.8%	+$81M/yr	3.6%
Kroger KR · est. AA	$2.0B	2.9%	5.5%	+$52M/yr	2.8%
Cvs Health CVS · est. BB	$7.4B	4.6%	6.3%	+$130M/yr	2.8%
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings NCLH · est. BB	$2.4B	4.7%	6.3%	+$40M/yr	2.5%
Tesla TSLA · est. AAA	$2.8B	1.7%	5.5%	+$105M/yr	2.4%
American Electric Power AEP · est. BBB	$5.6B	3.6%	5.8%	+$124M/yr	2.3%
Verizon Communications VZ · est. A	$26.8B	3.1%	5.5%	+$643M/yr	2.2%
Duke Energy DUK · est. BBB	$10.8B	4.2%	5.8%	+$180M/yr	2.1%
Dell Technologies DELL · est. A	$8.1B	3.5%	5.5%	+$166M/yr	2.0%
Illinois Tool Works ITW · est. AAA	$2.5B	2.5%	5.5%	+$74M/yr	1.8%
Xcel Energy XEL · est. B	$1.0B	4.0%	7.5%	+$36M/yr	1.4%
Highwoods Properties HIW · est. BBB	$465M	4.3%	5.8%	+$7M/yr	1.3%
Wynn Resorts WYNN · est. B	$2.9B	7.0%	7.5%	+$15M/yr	1.3%
Las Vegas Sands LVS · est. BBB	$3.5B	4.9%	5.8%	+$33M/yr	1.2%
Cisco Systems CSCO · est. AAA	$4.5B	1.3%	5.5%	+$188M/yr	1.2%
Marvell Technology MRVL · est. A	$1.2B	4.3%	5.5%	+$16M/yr	1.2%
NetApp NTAP · est. AAA	$550M	2.6%	5.5%	+$16M/yr	1.0%
AbbVie ABBV · est. A	$11.1B	4.5%	5.5%	+$116M/yr	0.8%
Target TGT · est. AAA	$2.1B	3.5%	5.5%	+$42M/yr	0.8%
RTX RTX · est. A	$6.3B	4.5%	5.5%	+$63M/yr	0.7%
Home Depot HD · est. AAA	$8.3B	3.9%	5.5%	+$128M/yr	0.6%

What this is — and isn't

Each estimate uses only public inputs: the company's SEC-reported maturity schedule and interest expense, and index-level market yields. The current average rate is interest expense ÷ total interest-bearing debt; the market yield comes from the ICE BofA effective-yield index for the company's synthetic rating bucket (estimated from interest coverage). Actual new-issue pricing depends on the issuer's real ratings, tenor, security, and market conditions on the day.

Companies are excluded when the estimate would be unreliable: deposit-funded financials, stale or incomplete maturity schedules, implied current rates outside a sanity window, or less than $100M due within 24 months. The value of this screen is the ranking — which walls are expensive relative to earnings power — not any single point estimate.