Credit FAQ: What Are Credit Estimates And How Do They Differ From Ratings? - S&P Global Ratings’ Credit Research

Credit FAQ: What Are Credit Estimates And How Do They Differ From Ratings?

Credit FAQ: What Are Credit Estimates And How Do They Differ From Ratings? - S&P Global Ratings’ Credit Research
Credit FAQ: What Are Credit Estimates And How Do They Differ From Ratings?
Published Apr 06, 2011
5 pages (2215 words) — Published Apr 06, 2011
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Abstract:

In recent years, Standard&Poor's Ratings Services has observed an increase in the demand for its credit estimates. Credit estimates differ significantly from credit ratings, including confidential ratings and private ratings, and are requested by a third party other than the company or issuer of the obligation. Credit estimates are intended to provide solely to the requesting party an indication of our opinion regarding creditworthiness of an unrated company based on an abbreviated analysis. (Watch the related CreditMatters TV segment titled, "How Credit Estimates Differ From Ratings," dated April 11, 2011.) With the aim of clarifying how credit estimates differ from credit ratings, we address a number of questions frequently asked by investors on this topic. A credit estimate

  
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...In recent years, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has observed an increase in the demand for its credit estimates. Credit estimates differ significantly from credit ratings, including confidential ratings and private ratings, and are requested by a third party other than the company or issuer of the obligation. Credit estimates are intended to provide solely to the requesting party an indication of our opinion regarding creditworthiness of an unrated company based on an abbreviated analysis. (Watch the related CreditMatters TV segment titled, "How Credit Estimates Differ From Ratings," dated April 11, 2011.) With the aim of clarifying how credit estimates differ from credit ratings, we address a number of questions frequently asked by investors on this topic....

  
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Global Issuers
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S&P Global Ratings’ Credit Research. "Credit FAQ: What Are Credit Estimates And How Do They Differ From Ratings?" Apr 06, 2011. Alacra Store. May 07, 2025. <http://www.alacrastore.com/s-and-p-credit-research/Credit-FAQ-What-Are-Credit-Estimates-And-How-Do-They-Differ-From-Ratings-2613665>
  
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S&P Global Ratings’ Credit Research. (). Credit FAQ: What Are Credit Estimates And How Do They Differ From Ratings? Apr 06, 2011. New York, NY: Alacra Store. Retrieved May 07, 2025 from <http://www.alacrastore.com/s-and-p-credit-research/Credit-FAQ-What-Are-Credit-Estimates-And-How-Do-They-Differ-From-Ratings-2613665>
  
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