| Title: | Summary: HD Supply Inc. |
| Price: | $175.00 |
| Publication Date: | May 09, 2008 |
| Report Type: | Summary |
| Abstract: | The ratings on HD Supply Inc. reflect the company's high financial leverage and pressure on its operating performance stemming from the severe and potentially protracted downturn in U.S. residential construction activity. Partially offsetting these factors are business-line diversity, leading market positions, operational scale, and financial flexibility to weather the housing downturn. However, uncertainty about the housing downturn's ultimate depth and duration increases Standard&Poor's Ratings Services' concerns about Atlanta-based HD Supply's near- to intermediate-term operating performance and financial leverage. The building materials distributor's capital structure contains approximately $6 billion of funded debt. HD Supply's business profile is satisfactory. Although the company has leading market positions, some business diversity, and scale advantages vis-à-vis competitors, it is struggling with the severe |
| Brief Excerpt: | RESEARCH Ratings Definitions Summary: HD Supply Inc. Publication date: ##-May-#### Primary Credit Analyst: John R Sico, New York (#) ###-###-####; john_sico@standardandpoors.com Credit Rating: B/Stable/-- Rationale The ratings on... |
| Word Count: | 1244 |
| Ticker: | 1002940Z |
| Issuer: | HD Supply Inc. |
| GICS: | Trading Companies & Distributors (20107010) |
| Sector: | Global Issuers, Corporations, Building Materials, Retail |
| Country: | United States |
| Region: | United States |
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