NEW YORK (S&P Global Ratings) Nov. 12, 2019--S&P Global Ratings said today that Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.'s (BBB/Stable/A-2) operating results continued to be strong in the third quarter and were in line with expectations. The company is on track to meet S&P Global Ratings' forecast, which includes adjusted debt to EBITDA in the mid-4x area by year-end 2019. We estimate its pro forma adjusted leverage declined to 4.8x for the trailing 12 months ended Sept. 30, 2019 (including $338 million of structured payables and deferred payables beyond 120 days) compared with pro forma 5.4x at year-end 2018 and 5.8x at the close of the transaction in July 2018. In the quarter, we estimate its accounts payable days were slightly over