Agreed though it would be a better illustration to add outstanding debt to market cap to get a sense of the size of the company. Some companies (like GE I assum

Agreed though it would be a better illustration to add outstanding debt to market cap to get a sense of the size of the company. Some companies (like GE I assume) are largely financed by debt and not by equity and it makes them look considerably smaller in terms of net assets than they really are.