This page details the ratings awarded to the Company by the following credit rating agencies: Dominion Bond Rating Service (henceforth "DBRS"), Fitch Ratings ,Ireland (henceforth "Fitch"), Moody's Investors Service España, S.A. (henceforth "Moody's"), S&P Global Ratings Europe limited, Ireland (henceforth "Standard & Poor's") Gesellschaft für Bonitätsbeurteilung mbH (henceforth “GBB-Rating”) and Scope Ratings (henceforth “Scope”).
Agency | Long Term | Short Term | Outlook | Reports | ||
DBRS |
A (High) | R-1 (Middle) | Stable | December 2021 pdf 390 Kb |
October 2021 pdf 53,8 Kb |
October 2020 (2) pdf 353 Kb October 2020 pdf 51 Kb |
Fitch | A- (Senior A) | F2 (Senior F1) | Stable | December 2021 pdf 376 Kb | June 2021 (2) pdf 535 Kb June 2021 pdf 53 Kb |
October 2020 (2) pdf 427 kb October 2020 pdf 45 kb |
Moody's | A2 | P-1 | Stable | July 2021 pdf 129 Kb | October 2020 pdf 1200 Kb | April 2020 pdf 1200 Kb |
Standard & Poor's | A+ | A-1 | Stable | March 2022 pdf 142 Kb | December 2021 pdf 155 Kb | July 2021 pdf 1.4 Mb June 2021 pdf 155 Kb |
JCR Japan | A+ | - | Stable | December 2021 pdf 413 Kb |
November 2020 pdf 416 Kb | November 2019 pdf 367 Kb |
Scope | AA- | S-1+ | Stable | September 2021 pdf 116 Kb | September 2019 pdf 317 Kb | March 2018 pdf 298 Kb |
GBB-Rating | A+ | - | Stable | May 2021 pdf 390 Kb | May 2020 pdf 800 Kb | May 2019 pdf 705 Kb |
Axesor Rating | A | - | Stable | December 2021 pdf 433 Kb | December 2020 pdf 784 Kb | December 2019 pdf 593 Kb |
The credit rating can be revised, cancelled or withdrawn at any time by the ratings agency.
The aforementioned credit ratings are only an estimation and should not prevent potential investors in bonds issued by the company from undertaking their own analysis of the Company or the bonds it issues.
The long term debt rating categories used by the aforementioned agencies are as follows:
Agencia | Moody's | Standard & Poors | Fitch | DBRS |
Investment Category | Aaa Aa A Baa |
AAA AA A BBB |
AAA AA A BBB |
AAA AA A BBB |
Especulative Category | Ba B Caa Ca C |
BB B CCC CC C |
BB B CCC CC C |
BB B CCC CC C |
Moody's assignes numeric modifiers 1, 2 and 3 to each generic ratings classification from Aa through B. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category.
Standard & Poor's applies a plus (+) or minus (-) sign in categories AA through CCC to show relative standing within the major rating categories.
Fitch applies these same signs from the AAA category. The short term debt rating categories used by these agencies are as follows:
Moody's | Standard & Poors | Fitch | DBRS |
Prime-1 Prime-2 Prime-3 |
A-1 A-2 A-3 B C |
F1 F2 F3 B C |
R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 R-5 |
Standard & Poor's and Fitch both apply a plus sign (+) within the categories A-1 and F1.
These credit ratings do not constitute a recommendation to buy, sell or subscribe to the bonds issued by the Company. The credit rating can be revised, cancelled or withdrawn at any time by the ratings agency.
The aforementioned credit ratings are only an estimation and should not prevent potential investors in bonds issued by the company from undertaking their own analysis of the Company or the bonds it issues.