The credit rating of a corporation is a financial indicator to potential investors
of debtsecurities such as bonds. These are assigned by credit rating agencies such as A.M.
Best, Dun
& Bradstreet, Standard & Poor's, Moody's or Fitch
Ratings and have letter designations such as A, B, C. The Standard
& Poor's rating scale is as follows, from excellent to poor: AAA, AA+, AA, AA-, A+, A, A-, BBB+, BBB,
BBB-, BB+, BB, BB-, B+, B, B-, CCC+, CCC, CCC-, CC, C, D. Anything lower than a BBB- rating is considered a
speculative or junk bond.[3] The Moody's rating system is similar in concept but the
naming is a little different. It is as follows, from excellent to poor: Aaa, Aa1, Aa2, Aa3, A1, A2, A3,
Baa1, Baa2, Baa3, Ba1, Ba2, Ba3, B1, B2, B3, Caa1, Caa2, Caa3, Ca, C. A.M. Best rates from excellent to
poor in the following manner: A++, A+, A, A-, B++, B+, B, B-, C++, C+, C, C-, D, E, F, and S. The CTRISKS
rating system is as follows: CT3A, CT2A, CT1A, CT3B, CT2B, CT1B, CT3C, CT2C and CT1C. All these CTRISKS
grades are mapped to one-year probability of default.
Moody's
S
Fitch
Long-term
Short-term
Long-term
Short-term
Long-term
Short-term
Aaa
P-1
AAA
A-1+
AAA
F1+
Prime
Aa1
AA+
AA+
High grade
Aa2
AA
AA
Aa3
AA-
AA-
A1
A+
A-1
A+
F1
Upper medium grade
A2
A
A
A3
P-2
A-
A-2
A-
F2
Baa1
BBB+
BBB+
Lower medium grade
Baa2
P-3
BBB
A-3
BBB
F3
Baa3
BBB-
BBB-
Ba1
Not prime
BB+
B
BB+
B
Non-investment grade speculative
Ba2
BB
BB
Ba3
BB-
BB-
B1
B+
B+
Highly speculative
B2
B
B
B3
B-
B-
Caa1
CCC+
C
CCC
C
Substantial risks
Caa2
CCC
Extremely speculative
Caa3
CCC-
In default with little prospect for recovery
Ca
CC
C
C
D
/
DDD
/
In default
/
DD
/
D
(AAA = Prime) ;
(AA+, AA, AA- = High Grade) ; (A+, A, A-= Upper medium grade) ; (BBB+, BBB, BBB-= Lower medium grade). Companies with a
rating of BBB- and higher (S&P scale) are considered "investment grade". The higher the rating of a company,
the lower the risk associated with the investment and the lower the cap and the higher the price. For example,
McDonalds, "Upper medium grade" sells at cap of ~ 5 and Blockbuster,
"In default with littleprospect for
recovery" sells at cap of ~ 10.
Cap= NOI/PRICE. At Noi
of $100k, Mcdonalds Price will be $2m and Blockbuster Price will be 1m.
Proplocate
Realty LLC / Robert Gamzeh, Associate Real Estate Broker
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