Others are withdrawn because of a lack of cooperation, particularly when a company is experiencing financial difficulties and refuses to provide all the information needed to continue surveillance on the ratings, or at the entity's request. Sources: High yield spreads, default rate and unemployment assumptions sourced from Moody's Investors Service . On May 21, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered the issuer credit rating on Colorado-based oil and gas exploration and production company Centennial Resource Development Inc. to 'SD' from 'CC' after the issuer announced the exchange of a portion of its 2026 and 2027 senior secured notes for new second-lien secured notes due 2025 at 50% of par value. With its highly developed financing markets, the U.S. also has a considerably higher share of speculative-grade companies than other regions--it accounted for 52.6% of speculative-grade companies globally at the beginning of 2020. 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. On Dec. 8, 2020, we raised our rating on Outerstuff to 'CCC' from 'SD', reflecting its restructured debt and licensing agreements, though it still has high leverage and less than adequate liquidity. The issuer is facing challenges in adapting to the ongoing changes in the department store sector. The transaction, which was settled on Oct. 14, was considered distressed, as opposed to opportunistic. On Sept. 25, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised the issuer credit rating to 'CCC+' from 'SD' as the liquidity metrics significantly improved and debt was lower, with sources of cash exceeding uses by significantly more than 1.5x in the following 12 months. On Dec. 16, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered the issuer credit rating to 'CC' from 'CCC-' with a negative outlook due to the distressed debt-for-equity proposal. S&P Global Ratings then withdrew its issuer credit ratings on the company at its request. High technology/computers/office equipment. Counterparty credit ratings, corporate credit ratings, and sovereign credit ratings are all forms of issuer credit ratings. In the one-year global Lorenz curve, for example, 96.6% of defaults occurred in the speculative-grade category, while these ratings constituted only 39.9% of all corporate ratings (see chart 26). Sources: S&P Global Ratings Research and S&P Global Market Intelligence's CreditPro. 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. Half of this amount, US$5.5 million, was waived until the maturity of notes in 2024, while the issuer was still negotiating the payment date for the other half. It is expected to reduce debt by US$500 million. Subsequently, on June 29, 2020, S&P Global Ratings withdrew its ratings on the issuer. S&P Global Ratings considered this a distressed transaction because of the discounted trading levels and noteholders receiving less than the original promise of the securities. Default activity in 2020 did increase, but to a lesser extent than recent recessions (see chart 1 and table 1). N/A--Not available. Of the rated companies that defaulted in 2020 (and that were rated as of Jan. 1, 2020), 79% were rated 'B-' or lower at the start of the year. The gap becomes even wider over longer time horizons, such as three years and 10 years (see chart 19). In a small number of cases, we use the subordinated debt rating or the senior secured rating as the proxy. Four other sectors' speculative-grade proportions are greater than 70%, and telecommunications reached nearly 68% at the end of 2020. Issuer-weighted default rates. On Nov. 23, 2020, S&P Global Ratings withdrew its rating on 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. In 2020, speculative-grade rating categories had higher default rates than in 2019, with an increase in the 'BB' category to 0.93% from 0.00%, 'B' category to 3.5% from 1.5%, and 'CCC'/'C' category to 47.5% from 29.8% (see table 3). On Aug. 30, 2020, Ohio-based automotive components manufacturer Shiloh Industries Inc. defaulted after the issuer filed for Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. In other words, the Gini coefficient captures the extent to which actual ratings accuracy diverges from the random scenario and aspires to the ideal scenario. Post default, the issuer has been upgraded three times, leading to a 'B' rating on Dec. 14, 2020, with a positive outlook, due to its improved financials and liquidity. Otherwise, the methodology was identical to that used for single-year transitions. However, defaults from most other sectors increased as well. But over the past three years--now that more than a decade has passed since the financial crisis of 2008-2009--financial services defaulters show a median rating in the 'B' category five years prior to default. Affected debt amounts also rose (see chart 15). For the most part, the speculative-grade share of every sector has grown over the past decade, with the exception of the real estate sector. On Oct. 15, 2020, we withdrew the issuer credit ratings on the company at its request. On July 28, 2020, we lowered the issuer credit rating to 'CC' from 'CCC- 'following the company's announcement that it commenced an offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding amounts of 5.75% notes due February 2021 for a combination of new 5.75% notes due February 2024 and an early tender/consent fee. We deem 'D', 'SD', and 'R' issuer ratings to be defaults for the purposes of this study. Initial ratings, or those as of Dec. 31, 1980. The majority (94%) began the year rated in the 'B' or 'CCC'/'C' category (57% 'CCC'/'C' and 37% 'B'). ACLI C-1 Bond Factor WG - 03-26-2021 3 Scope: Moody's Analytics to provide default probability term structures for each Moody's corporate rating and resulting C1 Bond Factors, with articulated limitations providing transparency using data and methodologies accessible and repeatable to the NAIC and industry on an ongoing basis. 17 Jan 2023 | Moody's Investors Service. The pools are static in the sense that their membership remains constant over time. On Aug. 26, 2020, we withdrew the issuer credit ratings on the company at its request. *Fallen angels that survived to Jan. 1 of the year after they were downgraded. On May 8, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Bermuda-based diamond miner Petra Diamonds Ltd. to 'D' from 'CCC+' following the issuer's announcement to enter into a grace period of 30 days for interest payment on it US$650 million debt. 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'. Corporate default rate climbed in December. 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. Earlier, on June 14, 2016, S&P Global Ratings withdrew the issuer credit rating at the issuer's request. Therefore, every update revises results back to the same starting date of Dec. 31, 1980, so as to avoid continuity problems. On May 29, 2020, we raised the issuer credit rating to 'CCC-' from 'SD', reflecting our view of the approaching maturities that may have led to further restructuring of its capital. Moody's Investors Service analysts use this . Although dollar amounts provide information about the portion of the market that is affected by defaults or rating changes, issuer-weighted averages are more useful measures of the performance of ratings. Of these new issuers, 78% were rated speculative grade. While these payments would have a higher interest rate, we considered this modification a selective default since investors were receiving less than they were originally promised under the security, partly because the amendment would delay the timing of the interest payments. The eligible holders of second-lien notes received 97.5 cents on the dollar of the principal amount, whereas first-lien notes holders received 90 cents on the dollar of the principal amount. Following Acharya et al. The cumulative value of the repurchase represents nearly 9% of the term loan debt outstanding compared with the value in fiscal 2019. U.S., Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands, Other developed: On May 11, 2020, we withdrew the ratings on the issuer. As in most years, the U.S. accounted for the majority of defaults in 2020, by both count and the amount of affected debt. Multiyear transitions. The rating action followed the company's exchange of about $58.3 million in aggregate principal amount of its senior unsecured notes for $23.3 million in cash, or a 60% discount to par value. Trends in the one-year Gini ratio emerge during periods of both high and low default rates, which reflects the natural relationship between the two extremes. On March 12, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on New Jersey-based apparel retailer Ascena Retail Group Inc. to 'SD' from 'CCC' after the issuer repurchased US$122 million debt in two tranches, at approximately 37% below par. The issuer entered into an agreement with the majority of its lenders for recapitalization of its funded debt. On Oct. 5, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised the issuer credit rating to 'CCC+' from 'SD'. The issuer was also in talks with its lenders and noteholders for a comprehensive financial restructuring. On Jan. 14, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on China-based integrated aluminum producer Qinghai Provincial Investment Group Co. Ltd. (QPIG) to 'D' from 'CCC-' following the company's failure to pay interest due on Jan. 10, 2020, on its US$ 300 million bonds. On Dec. 2, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on France-based car rental service provider company Europcar Mobility Group S.A. to 'SD' from 'CC' after the issuer elected not to pay the interest due on its 2024 and 2026 corporate senior notes prior to the end of the 30-day grace period. As a result, the trustee placed the issuer into receivership (with KordaMentha as receivers). Sources: S&P Global Ratings Research and S&P Global Market Intelligence's CreditPro. On July 2, 2020, we raised our issuer credit rating on BLY to 'CCC+' from 'SD' as the company completed amending interest payments on its senior secured notes to PIK from cash for 2020. The issuer missed an interest payment of US$8 million on its senior convertible notes due in 2024. On July 20, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its issuer credit rating to 'D' from 'SD' after the company filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. On Dec. 10, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised the issuer credit rating to 'CCC+' from 'SD' following the company's debt repurchase. The company received commitments for US$256 million in debtor-in-possession financing from various lenders. On Oct. 15, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised the issuer credit rating to 'CCC+' from 'SD' on approval of the reorganizational plan amendment. In a theoretical exploration of recovery rates in a structural This brought the downgrade-to-upgrade ratio to a new high of 6.6. Similarly, if it defaulted in the middle of 1991, it would be included in the column representing transitions to 'D' in the 1991 one-year transition matrix. On Dec. 9, 2020, S&P Global Ratings withdrew its 'D' issuer credit rating at the issuer's request. The Gini ratio is a measure of the rank-ordering power of ratings over a given time horizon, from one through seven years. This usually leads to shorter time frames from which to calculate default statistics. The company issued new money debt of about US$155 million and released another US$492 million of preferred stock to lenders who contributed new money. Data Report. Conversely, among nonfinancial entities, willingness to operate with higher leverage to fund share buybacks, expand businesses, or finance acquisitions has gradually increased. The issuer submitted a prepackaged plan. KIS Research and revenue from providing ESG research, data and assessments. In return, the issuer agreed to a small increase in overall interest (cash interest plus PIK) for the first quarter. The company's credit quality deteriorated with the pressure on airlines' cash flows and liquidity due to the coronavirus pandemic. The transaction was approved by 100% of lenders, and it provided the issuer with additional liquidity. While the one-year default rate for nonfinancial companies has climbed above 3.5% in four cyclical peaks (1991, 2001-2002, 2009, and 2020), the annual default rate for financial services has remained below 2% since 1990 and below 1% for the past 11 years (see chart 18). On April 15, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Luxembourg-based telecom service provider Intelsat S.A. to 'SD' from 'CCC+' after the issuer failed to pay semiannual interest payments on unsecured debt. We calculated conditional default rates by dividing the number of issuers in a static pool that default at a specific time horizon by the number of issuers that survived (did not default) to that point in time. On June 15, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Colorado-based oil and gas exploration and production company SM Energy Co. to 'SD' from 'CC' after the issuer announced the results of its previous exchange offer. These default rates do not imply, however, that 'AAA' rated companies are riskier than 'AA+' rated companies, for example, but rather that both are highly unlikely to default. As the Gini ratios show, corporate ratings also serve as effective measures of relative risk over time, particularly in low-default years. The fixed rate loan and the floating rates loans were repurchased at 85% and 84.875% of the original price, respectively. On Dec. 23, 2020, we raised the issuer credit ratings to 'B-' from 'D'. Over the 40 years this study covers, 70.5% of financial entities were initially rated investment grade, compared with only 29.4% of nonfinancial companies. On March 18, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised its ratings on the issuer to 'CCC' from 'SD', reflecting our view that there was a possibility of additional debt restructuring. 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 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. On Sept. 9, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Missouri-based printing equipment designer and manufacturer MAI Holdings Inc. to 'SD' from 'CCC-' after the issuer completed the partial exchange of its senior secured notes. Source: Moody's Investors Service, "Moody's Corporate Default & Recovery Rates Study 2019" Senior Secured Loans Equity Unsecured Debt (ie, high yield bonds) Subordinated Bonds Senior Unsecured Bonds Loans 28.0% 47.0% 80.0% Recovery Rate 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 1 Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence, Wells Fargo, March 31, 2020 In addition, on March 13, 2020, the issuer's license was suspended by the Kazakh insurance regulator due to breach of the regulatory ratios. Average cumulative default rate calculation. Default, Transition, and Recovery: 2020 Annual Global Corporate Default And Rating Transition Study, China's Local Governments Are Shedding Their Ties To Struggling SOEs, Instant Insights: Key Takeaways From Our Research, Research Update: Dexus Wholesale Property Fund Outlook Revised To Stable From Positive On Merger Completion; 'A' Ratings Affirmed, Scenario Analysis: Higher Rates Threaten The Credit Quality Of 13 EMEA Retail And Restaurant Companies. Each issuer is likely to be captured multiple times, in line with its migration from one rating to another, so the total count in table 13 is different from that in table 12. On July 2, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Texas-based oil and gas exploration and production company Lonestar Resources U.S. Inc. to 'D' from 'CCC-' after the issuer elected to skip an interest payment on its unsecured notes due 2023, and was not likely to pay within the 30-day grace period. For the purposes of this study, a corporate rating may also be withdrawn as a result of mergers and acquisitions. The company had debt of about US$1.4 billion and was not likely to pay the interest within the grace period. The status of the issuer's subsidiary, Anagram International, is changed to unrestricted subsidiary, which raised another US$110 million of secured debt. In the transaction, the issuer raised another US$200 million notes due in 2026. The company eliminated its prepetition debt during the bankruptcy process. We used the same method to form static pools for 1983-2020. Sources: S&P Global Ratings Research and S&P Global Market Intelligence's CreditPro. However, the two-year default rate column in table 24 is not the same as column 'D' of the average two-year transition matrix in table 34. On Oct. 20, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised its issuer credit ratings to 'B-' from 'D' after the issuer announced it had completed a debt restructuring transaction, resulting in US$400 million of debt reduction. On Dec. 23, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised its issuer credit rating to 'CCC+' from 'SD' based on the company's recent operating performance, improved cash flow, and financial transactions, which helped in improving its maturity profile and lowering interest rates. The notable exception was Europe, which continued to see historically elevated defaults through the third and fourth quarters. The differences between each rating category's minimum and maximum times to default are in the last column, under "range." 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. 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. expect solid corporate bond issuance and low defaults. We combined these percentages to obtain cumulative default rates for the 40 years the study covers (see tables 24-26 and 30-32). This relationship between higher ratings and higher ratings stability holds even over longer time horizons (see table 21) and when broken out by region (see table 22). default rates and decrease of recovery rates registered during a substantial part of the 1999-2009 period. Loan loss charges also retreated to well below management's earlier guidance to 117 million (Q3 2020: 273 million) or 10 basis On July 23, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its rating on the issuer to 'D' from 'CCC-' upon the company filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following which, on Jan. 5, 2021, the ratings on the issuer were withdrawn. 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. 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. The high default rate for commodity sector in 2016 was caused by low oil prices, among other factors, and more than half of last year's 144 defaults documented by Moody's occurred in commodity . S&P Global Ratings had previously withdrawn its ratings on Techniplas. The issuer has limited refinancing options owing to the disruptions caused by the coronavirus and the presence of foreign currency-denominated debt, about 40%. Earlier, on Dec. 30, 2019, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Constellis to 'CC' from 'CCC+' after the company entered into a new $110 million priority first-lien term loan. The debt structure of the issuer became unsustainable, with adjusted debt to EBITDA close to 8x in 2019. We believe the company is unlikely to make this interest payment within the 30-day grace period as it has pursued a comprehensive capital restructuring or bankruptcy filing. On Nov. 26, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered the long-term issuer credit rating on Spain-based real estate debt and property management company Haya Real Estate S.A.U. We believe this bankruptcy filing is due to the combined effect of the coronavirus pandemic and the company's weak performance in 2019. *This total does not match table 1 because it excludes confidentially rated defaults. These were Macy's Inc., Ally Financial Inc., Ambac Assurance Corp., Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., Executive Life Insurance Co. CA, Confederation Life Insurance Co., Motors Liquidation Co. (formerly known as General Motors Corp.), and Eastman Kodak Co. Table 13 shows the cumulative defaults over various time horizons from all ratings received subsequent to initial ratings. On July 23, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Virginia-based student educational travel provider Lakeland Holdings LLC to 'D' from 'CCC-' after the issuer filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. For both broad categories over the past three years, all of these defaulters were rated in the lowest rating categories several years ahead of their eventual default. An issuer that remained rated for more than one year was counted as many times as the number of years it was rated. Scribd is the world's largest social reading and publishing site. On April 29, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Kansas-based consumer products supplier CSM Bakery Solutions LLC to 'SD' from 'CCC' after the issuer executed an amendment to extend the maturity of its US$105 million asset-based lending and has not completed refinancing of its first-lien term loan due July 2020. (EDGAR Online via COMTEX) -- NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC false 0001078075 0001078075 2023-02-22 2023-02-22 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). complementary role in model validation and as benchmarks. This is not surprising at the three- and 10-year horizons, considering the relative stress of the financial crisis has now passed beyond the 10-year time frame. If, however, S&P Global Ratings withdrew the rating prior to Jan. 1 of the year of default, we do not include the issuer in the default rate calculation in that year. In periods of high defaults, there tends to be greater variation in the distribution of ratings prior to default, which reduces the Gini. The procedure for calculating the Gini coefficients is illustrated in chart 31: Area B is bounded by the random curve and the Lorenz curve, while area A is bounded by the Lorenz curve and the ideal curve. Earlier, on May 29, 2020, we lowered our ratings on BLY from 'CCC+' to 'CC' and placed them on CreditWatch with negative implications following the company's announcement of a proposal to convert the interest payments due on its senior secured notes in 2020 to PIK interest payments. Note: Descriptive statistics for regions other than U.S. calculated from 1996 to 2020 due to sample size considerations. In the summary section at the bottom of tables 30-32, the first row shows the issuer-weighted averages of the marginal default rates. On Oct. 15, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Spain-based private gaming service provider Codere S.A. to 'SD' from 'CCC' after the scheme of arrangement was approved by the courts, after 99.6% of creditors participating in the scheme voted in favor. Earlier, on April 20, 2020, we lowered the issuer credit rating on Equinox to 'CCC' from 'B-' following the closure of all its fitness clubs in the U.S. and freezing of all its club memberships due to the coronavirus outbreak. Sources: StepStone Group, CS HY Index, Barclays US IG, Moody's, Cliffwater, Refinitiv LPC as of December 2022. A majority of issuers have been rated speculative grade before--the first instance in July 2018--but the ratio has largely hovered around 50% since. The issuer is exploring other strategic alternatives as liquidity remains constrained. Strains between the U.S. and China in their ongoing trade dispute eased at the end of the year with the signing of the "Phase 1" trade deal, which helped markets close the . On July 16, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Ohio-based oil and gas exploration and production company Chaparral Energy Inc. to 'D' from 'CCC-' after the issuer elected not to make interest payments of US$13.1 million due on its unsecured notes due 2023.
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