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CREDIT RA
TING AGENCIES
PRESENTED BY :
SHIVAM JAISWAL
BBA 5 C
Credit Rating Agency
Rating Long-term ratings Short-term ratings Rating Long-term ratings Short-term ratings
Ba1
Aaa Rated as the highest quality and lowest credit risk.
Judged to have speculative elements
Ba2
Prime-1 and a significant credit risk.
Aa1 Best ability to repay short- Ba3
Aa2 Rated as high quality and very low credit risk. term debt
Aa3 B1
Judged as being speculative and a
A1 B2
high credit risk.
A2
B3
Rated as upper-medium grade and low credit risk. Prime-1/Prime-2
Best ability or high ability to Caa1
A3 repay short term debt Rated as poor quality and very high
Caa2
credit risk. Not Prime
Caa3 Do not fall within any
Prime-2 of the prime
Baa1 High ability to repay short
term debt categories
Judged to be highly speculative and
with likelihood of being near or in
Ca
Prime-2/Prime-3
default, but some possibility of
High ability or acceptable recovering principal and interest.
Baa2 Rated as medium grade, with some speculative ability to repay short term
elements and moderate credit risk. debt