On April 6, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on New Zealand-based nonbank financier FE Investments Ltd. to 'D' from 'CCC'. However, since the financial downturn of 2008, many high-rated companies have been downgraded, leaving, for example, exceedingly few 'AAA' rated issuers at the start of 2020. Its Gini coefficient--which is a summary statistic of the Lorenz curve--would thus be zero. On April 17, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered the issuer credit ratings on Texas-based oil and gas exploration and production company Ultra Petroleum Corp. to 'D' from 'CCC-' after the issuer announced it would not be making interest payments of about US$13.2 million due on April 15, 2020, and entered into a 30-day grace period. On Aug. 26, 2020, we raised the issuer credit rating to 'CCC' from 'SD'. On March 9, 2020, Bluestem Brands Inc. defaulted, having filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure its debt. This does not necessarily indicate a default event, but during the period of regulatory supervision, the regulators may have the power to favor one class of obligations over others or pay some obligations and not others. With an increase in the number of defaults in 2020, the total amount of affected debt also rose, to $353.4 billion from $183.2 billion in 2019 (see chart 6). In years with lower-than-average default rates, often more than 90% of defaulters were initially rated speculative grade, as reflected in the rating path observed for defaulters in the trailing 12 quarters (see chart 10). On May 27, 2020, S&P Global Ratings withdrew its ratings on the issuer. On Nov. 2, 2020, Tennessee-based real estate company CBL & Associates Properties Inc. defaulted after the issuer filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The amendment includes a discount on debt for some of its debtholders, which we assess as equivalent to default. Despite increased defaults overall, there were no defaults that began 2020 with an investment-grade rating (see table 4). On May 20, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its issuer credit rating on Oklahoma-based casino resort operator Downstream Development Authority (DDA) to 'SD' from 'CCC'. On Feb. 21, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on China-based high technology service provider Tunghsu Group Co. Ltd. to 'SD' from 'CCC-' after the issuer missed interest and principal payments on three onshore bonds. Adding those companies first rated in 1981 to the surviving members (those still actively rated and not in default) of the 1981 static pool forms the 1982 static pool. Tunghsu also signed a letter of intent to acquire a 26%-38% stake in Alderon Iron Ore Corp., which would be conducted by its subsidiary. On June 29, 2020, S&P Global Ratings withdrew its ratings on Intelsat. Broadly consistent with 2019, almost 54% of defaults in 2020 came from two sectors: consumer services and energy and natural resources (with 122 defaults combined). The exchange provides additional liquidity for at least the next 12 months, but it minimally reduces leverage, and interest costs remain high. . On Dec. 10, 2020, we raised the issuer credit rating on Jo-Ann to 'B-' from 'CCC' on the basis of its good business performance and extension of its asset-based lending facility. The issuer was facing a rise in additional loan loss provision, which was attributed to the large nonperforming loans. Acharya: Credit Risk - Introduction 7 Moody's Definition Of Default: "Credit Events" 1. An S&P Global Ratings issuer credit rating is a forward-looking opinion about an obligor's overall creditworthiness. We combined these percentages to obtain cumulative default rates for the 40 years the study covers (see tables 24-26 and 30-32). Corporate downgrades also increased, to near an all-time . With an increase in the proportion of downgrades during the year, the number of large rating changes (which we define as more than six notches) increased in 2020. As the default rate rose globally, credit quality also showed a net decline in 2020, with many more companies downgraded than upgraded. Expansive Dataset: Includes more than 800,000 individual debt securities, both corporate and sovereign entities, and default history starting from 1920. . The issuer was engaged in discussions with creditors for a debt restructuring. KIS Research and revenue from providing ESG research, data and assessments. We treated this as distressed because the issuer did not meet its contractual obligation to pay principal and interest in a timely manner, and did not adequately compensate lenders for agreeing to temporarily waive their rights. The issuer announced that it completed a transaction to exchange US$700 million of the US$1.476 billion senior unsecured debt due in 2028 with US$400 million in cash and 10 million common shares. Earlier, on July 2, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered the issuer credit rating to 'CC' from 'CCC+' after the issuer defaulted on its unrated asset-backed lending credit facility. Additional information about our ratings fees is available at www.standardandpoors.com/usratingsfees. S&P Global Ratings subsequently withdrew the ratings at the issuer's request. Earlier, on April 2, 2020, we lowered our long-term issuer credit rating to 'CCC+' from 'B-' because of weaker operating performance projections in 2020 owing to the coronavirus pandemic. We did not expect the company to make the interest payments due June 30 and anticipated that it could complete a comprehensive debt restructuring with its debtholders prior to Sept. 30, 2020, which is when its latest forbearance agreement would expire and its next interest payments come due. Earlier, on May 13, 2020, we lowered our issuer credit rating and senior unsecured issue-level ratings on Extraction to 'CC' from 'CCC+', reflecting the increased likelihood that the issuer would enter a debt restructuring that we would view as distressed in the near term. On Sept. 25, 2020, Neiman Marcus Holding Company Inc. (formerly the Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. LLC) announced that it emerged from voluntary Chapter 11. On Aug. 3, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Missouri-based motion picture exhibitor AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. to 'SD' from 'CC' after the issuer completed the distressed exchange of its subordinated debt at 70%-75% of its par value. For example, at the end of 2020, the one-year default rate among all financial entities was 0.23%, compared with 3.8% for all nonfinancial entities. According to S&P, at the end of 2020, their 12-month trailing default rates amounted to 6.6% for U.S. speculative-grade. Normally, recessions include, or are followed shortly by, marked increases in corporate defaults. On April 29, 2020, S&P Global Ratings withdrew its ratings at the issuer's request. Similarly, the second- and third-year conditional marginal averages--shown in the "Summary statistics" section at the bottom portion of the table--were 3.61% for the first 39 pools (96.39% of those companies that did not default in the first year survived the second year) and 3.23% for the first 38 pools (96.77% of those companies that did not default by the second year survived the third year), respectively. Defaulted issuers initially rated 'BB' show a similar pattern but peak a little later, in the fourth year. esgSubNav, Discover more about S&P Globals offerings. This compares with a Gini of 88.3% and a default rate of 2.5% in 2019. The largest defaulter in 2020 was U.S.-based telecommunications provider Frontier Communications Corp., with $22.5 billion outstanding at the time of its default. The issuer announced that it voluntarily filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. On July 2, 2020, we raised the issuer credit rating to 'B-' from 'D' after RGIS completed its debt restructuring and eliminated over US$ 230 million of debt, which, in turn, improved leverage. However, defaults from most other sectors increased as well. The latest step in this effort is the plan put forth by House Democrats in mid-January. Of the 226 defaults in 2020, 198 were from companies rated as of the beginning of the year. If S&P Global Ratings' corporate ratings only randomly approximated default risk, the Lorenz curve would fall along the diagonal. On May 4, 2020, we raised the credit ratings to 'CCC' from 'SD' after the reduction of debt by approximately US$329 million. On Nov. 25, 2020, we lowered the issuer credit rating to 'SD' from 'CCC+' after the issuer disclosed it had repurchased a significant portion of senior unsecured notes due in 2022 and 2024 below par. Esma50 165 2229 TRV 2 22. Earlier, on April 22, 2020, we lowered our issuer credit rating on Revlon to 'CC' from 'CCC-' after the company announced it was pursuing a recapitalization transaction to extend the maturity of its existing 2016 $1.8 billion term loan, term out its unrated $200 million term loan issued in 2019, and enhance its liquidity position. The leading shareholder, LetterOne, purchased 97.5% of its 300 million 1% notes due in 2021 and 76% of its 300 million 0.875% notes due in 2023. Earlier, on Feb. 27, 2020, we revised our outlook on the issuer to negative from stable because of high refinancing risks given the high leverage and significant portion of debt maturing in 2022. Overall, ultimate recovery rates for project finance bank loans are similar to those for senior secured corporate bank loans and overall corporate bank loans. On Aug. 10, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on New York-based oil field service and drilling service provider UTEX Industries Inc. to 'D' from 'CCC' after the issuer opted for missing interest payments on its first-lien and second-lien notes. Default activity in 2020 did increase, but to a lesser extent than recent recessions (see chart 1 and table 1). Nearly 88% of sovereign ratings were unchanged in 2021, and this was the . However, since 2008, speculative-grade ratings in Europe have surged, with the share more than doubling to 44.5% at the end of 2020. We expect the company will not be able to pay most of its obligations as they come due, unless a major debt restructuring it is working on allows it to extend major debt maturities, including the $350 million Eurobond repayment due in September 2021. On Sept. 25, 2020, we withdrew our 'D' long-term issuer and issue credit ratings at the issuer's request. On April 20, 2020, we raised the rating to 'CCC+' on account of liquidity the company maintained. Note: Numbers in parentheses are standard deviations. On April 23, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Canadian diamond company Northwest Acquisitions ULC to 'D' from 'CCC+' after the issuer's subsidiary, Dominion Diamond Mines ULC, announced filing for insolvency protection under The Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. In periods of high defaults, there tends to be greater variation in the distribution of ratings prior to default, which reduces the Gini. On April 7, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Australia-based telecom service provider Speedcast International Ltd. to 'D' from 'CCC' after the issuer missed interest payments on its US$600 million term loan, due on March 31, 2020. On April 16, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered the issuer credit ratings on Cyprus-based real estate market investor O1 Properties Ltd. to 'D' from 'CC' after the issuer missed a coupon payment on US$350 million Eurobonds. Despite this increase, the default total in 2020 was still lower than the peak of 235 in 2009. The cumulative value of the repurchase represents nearly 9% of the term loan debt outstanding compared with the value in fiscal 2019. Static pool methodology. A quantitative analysis of the performance of S&P Global Ratings' corporate ratings shows that they continue to correlate with default risk across several time horizons. On July 8, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Indonesia-based property developer PT Modernland Realty Tbk. An improving picture in 2017 . On Oct. 5, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised the issuer credit rating to 'CCC+' from 'SD'. For example, of all the companies that defaulted during 1981-2020, only two entities rated 'AAA' at inception defaulted within seven years. On Sept. 17, 2020, S&P Global Ratings withdrew its ratings at the issuer's request. If corporate ratings were perfectly rank ordered so that all defaults occurred only among the lowest-rated entities, the curve would capture all of the area above the diagonal on the graph (the ideal curve), and its Gini coefficient would be 1 (see chart 31). The negative outlook reflects our view of a potential risk from a prolonged decline in customer's mining and drilling activity and slower-than-expected recovery, which could lead to further liquidity pressure and leverage remaining above 10x ahead of the large debt maturities in 2022, increasing the risk of another distressed transaction. The transaction was approved by 100% of lenders, and it provided the issuer with additional liquidity. Default and recovery rates for sustainable project finance bank loans, 1983-2020: 16 Feb 2023 . The latter are companies with obligations that are not legally guaranteed by a parent but that have operating or financing activities that are so inextricably entwined with those of the parent that it would be impossible to imagine the default of one and not the other. On Dec. 7, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised the issuer credit rating to 'B-' from 'SD' on improved liquidity with constraints from high leverage. The issuer had also obtained a commitment for $1 billion in debtor-in-possession financing. The issuer aims to eliminate US$840 million of debt by using restructuring and a US$230 million debtor-in-possession facility. On March 16, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised its rating on the issuer to 'CCC-' from 'SD'. On June 11, 2020, S&P Global Ratings withdrew its credit ratings on the issuer. On Nov. 3, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised the issuer credit rating to 'CCC' from 'D' on the completed exchange offer. The issuer missed an interest payment of US$8 million on its senior convertible notes due in 2024. As a result, the noteholders received less than the original promise. On April 22, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Massachusetts-based department store operator Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. LLC to 'D' from 'CCC-' after the issuer missed paying interest due on unsecured notes maturing October 2021. Moody's | Better decisions 3Q 2021 Investor Presentation 2 . Meanwhile, the downgrade rate more than doubled, to 18.5% from 9.0% in 2019. An obligor is considered in default unless S&P Global Ratings believes that such payments will be made within five business days of the due date in the absence of a stated grace period, or within the earlier of the stated grace period or 30 calendar days. The issuer amended its lender group, which allowed it to make payment-in-kind (PIK) interest payments for three quarters on second-lien term debt. On May 11, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Chinese furniture maker Yihua Enterprise (Group) Co. Ltd. to 'SD' from 'CCC' after the issuer failed to make interest payment on its domestic medium-term notes due 2022. As laid out in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the plan would cost $825 billion On July 20, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on North Carolina-based sock manufacturer Renfro Corp. to 'SD' from 'CCC-' after the issuer completed a distressed exchange. DDA's term loan waiver agreement is equivalent to a default, even though no legal default has occurred under the provisions of the term loan, because the timing of the payments was delayed relative to the terms of the original agreement. On June 19, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Hudson, Ohio-based fabric and crafts retailer Jo-Ann Stores LLC to 'SD' from 'CCC' as the company repurchased $5.6 million of its second-lien term loan at a 57% discount in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 ended May 2, 2020, and subsequently agreed to repurchase $206 million face value of first- and second-lien debt at approximately 50% discount in the second quarter ended Aug. 1, 2020. The rating action followed Covia's announcement that its domestic subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for restructuring under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. On Dec. 9, 2020, S&P Global Ratings withdrew its 'D' issuer credit rating at the issuer's request. In a theoretical exploration of recovery rates in a structural On June 3, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its issuer credit rating on U.K.-based offshore drilling contractor Valaris PLC to 'D' from 'CCC-' because the company did not paid the June 1 interest payments on its senior notes due 2022 and 2042, and the company continued to discuss the terms of a comprehensive debt restructuring with its debtholders. In 2010-2020, about 77% of the initial ratings that S&P Global Ratings assigned to new issuers were speculative grade. On June 24, 2020, we raised the credit ratings on the issuer to 'CCC+' from 'SD' after it extended the maturities on all its loans to 2021 and 2022, which helps CSM maintain liquidity for its operation over the next 12 months. On July 29, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised the issuer credit rating to 'CCC' following the issuer's completion of the distressed exchange. The company effectively converted its existing 270 million first-lien term loans from paying cash interest to paying interest as part-cash, part-payment-in-kind over the next three years and 20 million second-lien term loans from paying cash interest to all payment-in-kind until maturity, with unanimous lender approval. On July 2, 2020, we withdrew our ratings on the issuer after it filed for reorganization under Chapter 11. Note: The totals included may differ from the counts in table 1 because defaults that are not rated at the beginning of the pool year are excluded. On July 1, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Mexican lodging company Grupo Posadas S.A.B. Liquidity also weakened as cash flows for debt repayment diminished. On Sept. 18, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Texas-based oil and gas exploration and production company Oasis Petroleum Inc. to 'D' from 'CCC-' after the issuer missed an interest payment and entered into the 30-day grace period. On March 16, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Connecticut-based telecom operator Frontier Communications Corp. to 'SD' from 'CCC-' after the issuer missed interest payments of about US$322 million. However, in most of the relatively benign period since the financial crisis, the two series have diverged somewhat, as they did in 2004-2007. Earlier, on June 14, 2016, S&P Global Ratings withdrew the issuer credit rating at the issuer's request. Reduced EBITDA amid the pandemic and oil price crisis in early 2020 stressed the operating performance of the issuer. An 'SD' rating is assigned when S&P Global Ratings believes that the obligor has selectively defaulted on a specific issue or class of obligations but will continue to meet its payment obligations on other issues or classes of obligations in a timely manner. The debt has been converted from cash to PIK at LIBOR+450 for US$125 million while another US$50 million at LIBOR+1000. Cross-Sector: The . These marginal averages are then used to calculate the cumulative average default rates in the row directly beneath them, as explained in the "Average cumulative default rate" section above. These include industrials, utilities, financial institutions, and insurance companies around the world with long-term local currency ratings. On Nov. 6, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised the issuer credit rating to 'CCC' from 'SD' on completion of restructuring. ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD . On Oct. 28, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Indonesia-based retailer PT Alam Sutera Realty Tbk. For example, leisure and media has a much higher proportion of speculative-grade ratings than financial institutions or insurance (see chart 20). On Sept. 21, 2020, S&P Global Ratings assigned its point-in-time 'BB-' issue-level rating to the $100 million debtor-in-possession facility provided to Fieldwood, which filed for Chapter 11 protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on Aug. 3, 2020. The group entered into a forbearance agreement with its bondholders, such that they will not take any enforcement action with respect to the nonpayment of interest payments on the 2026 notes that were due on Oct. 30, 2020, or on the 2024 notes that were due on Nov. 16, 2020. The downgrade followed the completion of the partial repurchase of senior secured notes. The sovereign downgrades of China in 2017, the U.K. in 2016, France in 2012, and the U.S. in 2011 have factored into the downgrades of many higher-rated financial services companies. The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Weights are based on the number of issuers in each static pool. Of these new issuers, 78% were rated speculative grade. Defaults arise disproportionately from low rating categories, and this holds true over longer time horizons (see table 14). The rating action followed the issuer's exchange of its senior secured notes due 2027 for the new notes, including the PIK of the four quarterly principal and interest payments in the next 12 months, which are repaid pro rata during the remaining term of the notes. 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