Middle-Market CFOs Reframe Uncertainty As Cost

PYMNTS Intelligence reports, based on nine surveys of U.S. CFOs at firms with $100M–$1B revenue, that 26% reported high operational uncertainty in 2025 versus 29% in 2024, with goods-sector firms seeing larger increases. High-uncertainty firms were likelier to report revenue declines—53% versus 8% for low-uncertainty firms—and attributed about 6% average revenue loss, driving constrained investment and cash-focused strategies in 2026.