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Here is my cheat-sheet for the long-term corporate credit ratings that the three major US rating agencies Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch use and how they fit into major categories.
Credit ratings are forward-looking opinions about an issuer’s relative creditworthiness. They provide a common and transparent global language for investors to form a view on and compare the relative likelihood of whether an issuer may repay its debts on time and in full.
Credit ratings can address a corporation's financial instruments i.e. debt security such as a bond, but also the corporations itself. Ratings are assigned by credit rating agencies, the largest of which are Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch Ratings.
Moody's Investors Service provides investors with a comprehensive view of global debt markets through credit ratings and research. Learn how Moody's ratings and analysis speak to the relative credit risk of debt instruments and securities across industries and asset classes around the globe.
Fitch’s credit rating scale for issuers and issues is expressed using the categories ‘AAA’ to ‘BBB’ (investment grade) and ‘BB’ to ‘D’ (speculative grade) with an additional +/- for AA through CCC levels indicating relative differences of probability of default or recovery for issues.
Credit ratings may facilitate the process of issuing and purchasing bonds and other debt issues by providing an efficient, widely recognized, and long-standing measure of relative credit risk. Credit ratings are assigned to issuers and debt securities as well as bank loans.
Credit ratings are letter grades ranging from AAA at the top to C or D at the bottom. The three major credit rating agencies are Fitch Ratings, Moody's Investors Service, and S&P Global...
Investors and lenders look for companies with higher credit scores, as this indicates a lower credit (more ability to honor financial commitments). The big three (most significant) credit rating agencies are Standards & Poor’s Global Ratings (S&P), Moody’s, and Fitch Ratings.
What is Moody’s rating scale? The rating scale, running from a high of Aaa to a low of C, comprises 21 notches. It is divided into two sections, investment grade and speculative grade. The lowest investment-grade rating is Baa3. The highest speculative-grade rating is Ba1. SP9108 Long-term Debt Ratings (maturities of one year or greater)
A bond is considered investment grade or IG if its credit rating is BBB− or higher by Fitch Ratings or S&P, or Baa3 or higher by Moody's, the so-called "Big Three" credit rating agencies.