Moody’s rating scale
Moody’s ratings
- American firm
- Date of foundation : 1900
- Turnover: 4.2 billion USD
- Net income : 1 billion USD
- Total staff: 12 300 staff members worldwide
- Presence in 42 countries
- Market share: 40%
Moody’s rating scale
Moody’s rating scale, which ranges from a maximum Aaa to a minimum C, consists of 21 notches and two categories:
- Investment category for the financially sound companies.
- Speculative category for the companies with a higher risk of defaulting.
Categories | Rating symbols | Rating notches | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Investment | Aaa | Highest quality, subject to the lowest level of credit risk | |
Aa | Aa1 | High quality, subject to very low credit risk | |
Aa2 | |||
Aa3 | |||
A | A1 | Upper-medium grade, subject to low credit risk | |
A2 | |||
A3 | |||
Baa | Baa1 | Medium-grade, subject to moderate credit risk and may possess certain speculative characteristics | |
Baa2 | |||
Baa3 | |||
Speculative | Ba | Ba1 | Judged to be speculative, subject to substantial credit risk |
Ba2 | |||
Ba3 | |||
B | B1 | Considered speculative, subject to high credit risk | |
B2 | |||
B3 | |||
Caa | Caa1 | Speculative of poor standing and subject to very high credit risk | |
Caa2 | |||
Caa3 | |||
Ca | Speculative and likely in, or very near, default, with some prospect of recovery of principal and interest | ||
C | The lowest rated and typically in default, with little prospect for recovery of principal or interest |
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