Tenant Financials and Credit Ratings
Standard & Poors provide Credit Ratings for most large tenants.
You can search for current S&P rating information using an entity name, a standard identifier such as CUSIP, CINS or ISINS number, or a Fund name .
Moodys also provide a similar parallel credit rating service, but while their ratings use similar symbols there are significant differences. The table below compares the various symbols.
| Standard & Poors | Moody’s
|
Interpretation |
| AAA | Aaa | Extremely strong capacity to meet financial commitments. |
| AA | Aa2 | Very strong capacity to meet financial commitments. |
| A | A2 | Strong capacity to meet financial commitments, but susceptible to adverse conditions |
| BBB | Baa2 | Adequate capacity to meet financial commitments, but more subject to adverse economic conditions. |
| BB | Ba2 | Less vulnerable in the near-term but faces major ongoing uncertainties in the event of adverse business, financial and economic conditions. |
| B | B2 | More vulnerable to adverse business, financial and economic conditions but currently has the capacity to meet financial commitments. |
| CCC | Caa2 | Currently vulnerable and dependent on favorable business, financial and economic conditions to meet financial commitments. |
| CC | Currently highly vulnerable. | |
| C- | A bankruptcy petition has been filed or similar action taken but payments or financial commitments are continued. | |
| D- | Payment default on financial commitments. |
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