Research Update: The Brink's Co. Downgraded To 'BB' On COVID-19-Related Business Disruption And Delayed Deleveraging; Outlook Stable - S&P Global Ratings’ Credit Research

Research Update: The Brink's Co. Downgraded To 'BB' On COVID-19-Related Business Disruption And Delayed Deleveraging; Outlook Stable

Research Update: The Brink's Co. Downgraded To 'BB' On COVID-19-Related Business Disruption And Delayed Deleveraging; Outlook Stable - S&P Global Ratings’ Credit Research
Research Update: The Brink's Co. Downgraded To 'BB' On COVID-19-Related Business Disruption And Delayed Deleveraging; Outlook Stable
Published May 13, 2020
8 pages (3440 words) — Published May 13, 2020
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Richmond, Va.-based The Brink's Co., a cash-in-transit and security-related services provider that generated $3.7 billion of revenue in the last-12-months ended March 31, 2020, could see double-digit organic revenue declines and a meaningful reduction in profitability. We now expect funds from operations (FFO) to debt to fall materially below our 20% downgrade trigger in 2020, and make it unlikely that the ratio will return above the threshold in 2021. Accordingly, we are lowering the issuer credit rating on Brink's to 'BB' from 'BB+' and our issue-level rating on the unsecured notes due 2027 to 'BB-' from 'BB'. Our '5' recovery rating is unchanged. The stable outlook reflects our expectations that following weakness in 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, revenue

  
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...- Richmond, Va.-based The Brink's Co., a cash-in-transit and security-related services provider that generated $3.7 billion of revenue in the last-12-months ended March 31, 2020, could see double-digit organic revenue declines and a meaningful reduction in profitability. - We now expect funds from operations (FFO) to debt to fall materially below our 20% downgrade trigger in 2020, and make it unlikely that the ratio will return above the threshold in 2021. - Accordingly, we are lowering the issuer credit rating on Brink's to '##' from '##+' and our issue-level rating on the unsecured notes due 2027 to '##-' from '##'. Our '5' recovery rating is unchanged. - The stable outlook reflects our expectations that following weakness in 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, revenue and EBITDA should continue to gradually recover in 2021, resulting in FFO to debt in the mid-to-high-teens and leverage around 4x....

  
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S&P Global Ratings’ Credit Research. "Research Update: The Brink's Co. Downgraded To 'BB' On COVID-19-Related Business Disruption And Delayed Deleveraging; Outlook Stable" May 13, 2020. Alacra Store. May 06, 2025. <http://www.alacrastore.com/s-and-p-credit-research/Research-Update-The-Brink-s-Co-Downgraded-To-BB-On-COVID-19-Related-Business-Disruption-And-Delayed-Deleveraging-Outlook-Stable-2434684>
  
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S&P Global Ratings’ Credit Research. (). Research Update: The Brink's Co. Downgraded To 'BB' On COVID-19-Related Business Disruption And Delayed Deleveraging; Outlook Stable May 13, 2020. New York, NY: Alacra Store. Retrieved May 06, 2025 from <http://www.alacrastore.com/s-and-p-credit-research/Research-Update-The-Brink-s-Co-Downgraded-To-BB-On-COVID-19-Related-Business-Disruption-And-Delayed-Deleveraging-Outlook-Stable-2434684>
  
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