The Gini coefficient is defined as area B divided by the total of area A plus area B. The issuer aims to eliminate US$840 million of debt by using restructuring and a US$230 million debtor-in-possession facility. Meanwhile, the downgrade rate more than doubled, to 18.5% from 9.0% in 2019. On Aug. 17, 2020, S&P Global Ratings withdrew its ratings on the issuer. On May 15, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered the issuer credit rating on Texas-based oilfield products and services provider Forum Energy Technologies Inc. to 'SD' from 'CC'. PDF Sovereign Default and Recovery Rates - Moody's Analytics Defaulters initially rated 'CCC' show the reverse pattern, with the highest default rate observed in the first year, which is not surprising given the low rating and S&P Global Ratings' associated criteria (see "Criteria For Assigning CCC+, CCC, CCC-, And CC Ratings," Oct. 1, 2012). From Jan. 1, 1981-Dec. 31, 2020, a total of 21,693 first-time-rated organizations were added to form new static pools, while we excluded 3,098 defaulting companies and 11,448 companies that are no longer assigned ratings (NR). The global trailing-12-month speculative-grade default rate rose to 5.5% at the end of 2020--above its annual average of 4% (since 1981)--from 2.5% in 2019. The company had a $135 million interest payment due in mid-July and a $208 million debt maturity in August 2020, and its bonds traded at less than $0.10 on the dollar. On Dec. 17, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised its issuer credit rating to 'CCC+' from 'D', reflecting the company's position post restructuring. 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The exchange provides additional liquidity for at least the next 12 months, but it minimally reduces leverage, and interest costs remain high. risen in recent months, direct lending's floating rate has allowed it to deliver superior yields while . 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 April 10, 2020, we lowered the rating on the issuer to 'CC' from 'CCC-' after it was unable to obtain mezzanine debt lenders' consent to extend the loan and had insufficient liquidity. Many practitioners use statistics from this default study to estimate the "probability of default" and "probability of rating transition." It also reported weak financial performance over the past 12 months that was insufficient to meet the net leverage covenant ratio as of Dec. 31, 2019, and increased the risk of payment default. 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 Oct. 21, 2020, S&P Global Ratings withdrew its ratings at the issuer's request. All rating changes that occur in between are ignored. In 2020, 216 of the 226 defaults, or 96%, were from companies originally rated speculative grade, which is nearly eight percentage points higher than the long-term average of 88.3%. KIS Research and revenue from providing ESG research, data and assessments. 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. Moody's Investors Service (MIS) First Quarter Revenue Down 20%. The average amount of debt per defaulter in 2020 was the same as in 2019: $1.6 billion. The transaction was viewed as distressed because the remaining US$42 million will now become subordinated, while the noteholders who agreed to the exchange will receive US$850 per US$1,000 principal amount. S&P Global Ratings viewed Technicolor's completed debt-to-equity swap as equivalent to a default. On June 11, 2020, S&P Global Ratings withdrew its credit ratings on the issuer. On June 24, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Houston-based Summit Midstream Partners L.P. (SMLP) to 'SD' from 'CCC'. Over the long term (1981-2020), heightened ratings stability is broadly consistent with higher ratings (see table 21). The company noted that the filing resulted from the financial strain from the prolonged COVID-19 restaurant closures. Overall, ultimate recovery rates for project finance bank loans are similar to those for senior secured corporate bank loans and overall corporate bank loans. The issuer's business had been suffering and further deteriorated due to the coronavirus pandemic. More generally, evidence from many countries in recent years suggests that collateral values and recovery rates can be volatile and, moreover, they tend to go down just when the number of defaults goes up in economic downturns. Furthermore, weak liquidity supports our view of O1 Properties' general default. 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. This study--in line with previous default studies--confirms that over the long term (1981-2020), higher ratings are more stable than lower ratings. Moody's Investors Service, Inc., a wholly-owned credit rating agency subsidiary of Moody's Corporation ("MCO"), hereby disclosesthat most issuers of debt securities (including corporate and municipal bonds, debentures, notes and commercial paper) and preferred stock rated by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. On April 10, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Turkey-based household appliance manufacturer Vestel Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. to 'SD' from 'CCC+' after the issuer postponed a portion of its financial obligation due in June for three to six months. We considered this exchange as a distressed exchange. On July 1, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Ohio-based frac sand and industrial minerals producer Covia Holdings Corp. to 'D' from 'CCC+'. The negative outlook reflects our view of the company's unsustainable capital structure and heavy debt service burden, and our belief that Revlon could default on its debt obligations in the upcoming quarters. 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. These include industrials, utilities, financial institutions, and insurance companies around the world with long-term local currency ratings. We deem 'D', 'SD', and 'R' issuer ratings to be defaults for the purposes of this study. On Oct. 30, 2020, Luxembourg-based offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling S.A. filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, which S&P Global Ratings considers a default. Default, Transition, and Recovery: Global Corporate Defaults Drop On April 6, 2020, we raised the issuer rating to 'CCC-' from 'SD' to reflect the risk of a conventional default or restructuring, which was likely in the following six months. The transaction was approved by 100% of lenders, and it provided the issuer with additional liquidity. The negative outlook reflects the possibility that we could lower the rating if we believe a near-term conventional default, restructuring, or transaction that we view as tantamount to a default becomes a near certainty. 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. 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. On Oct. 14, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Argentina-based Banco Hipotecario S.A. to 'SD' from 'CC' after the issuer announced that 46.7% of the bondholders of its outstanding US$279.8 million series 29 notes due on Nov. 30, 2020, accepted the exchange offer originally launched in early September. Although MCS had sufficient liquidity to make the interest payment, S&P Global Ratings believed that the company was unlikely to pay it within the five-day grace period, given its unsustainable capital structure. On Aug. 19, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Georgia-based building products producer Omnimax International Inc. to 'D' from 'CCC-' after the issuer announced that it missed a principal repayment due on its US$385 million senior notes. The issuer was unable to raise capital to maintain the regulatory minimum, and subsequently the principal and interest payments to the depositors were suspended. S&P Global Ratings then withdrew the long-term issuer credit rating at the issuer's request. This transaction brought remaining principal balance to US$29 million. Export PDF Export CSV Email . On Aug. 27, 2020, Texas-based oil and gas exploration and production company SAExploration Holdings Inc. defaulted after the issuer filed for reorganization under Chapter 11. In light of our expectation of a continued economic recovery and accommodative funding conditions in the coming year, Moody's Analytics Credit Transition Model projects the global default rate will fall to 1.7% at the end of this year. The company was operating at a reduced rate of utilization--a production rate of 5.7 million tons per year against total nameplate capacity of 17.3 million tons per year. One key reason is that financial services companies typically start with investment-grade ratings, while most nonfinancial issuers have speculative-grade initial ratings, particularly over the past 10 years. As has been the case for an extended period, the leisure time and media sector has by far the highest proportion of speculative-grade ratings, with 83.3% of its issuers in this rating category in 2020. Earlier, in 2004, S&P Global Ratings withdrew its ratings on the company. PFS also announced an agreement to merge with Animal Supply Co. On May 6, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its ratings on the issuer to 'D' from 'SD' upon missed interest payments, following which, on May 14, 2020, the ratings on the issuer were withdrawn. Earlier, on June 6, 2020, we lowered our issuer credit rating on SMLP to 'CCC' from 'B'. On Aug. 6, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean Ltd. to 'SD' from 'CCC' after the issuer opted for an exchange of US$356 million due in 2023 for US$ 213 million new debt at a higher interest rate. This reflects our forward-looking opinion post the reduction in outstanding gross debt by approximately $127 million. Over the long term, defaults in nonfinancial sectors have tended to be more cyclical than defaults in the financial sectors. On Nov. 17, 2020, S&P Global Ratings raised the issuer credit rating to 'CCC+' from 'SD' on lower refinancing risk. The new notes are in a payment favorable position. *Or Dec. 31, 1980, whichever is later. Counterparty credit ratings, corporate credit ratings, and sovereign credit ratings are all forms of issuer credit ratings. Rating transition rates may be compared with the marginal and cumulative default rates described in the previous sections. Moody's optimistic scenario entails a strong recovery leading to a default rate forecast of just 2% for the year-end and maintaining around the 2% area for the initial months of 2022. Most were nonfinancial companies, and five were financial services issuers. PDF Markets, Bankers and Analysts Differ on 2021's Default Rate Over each time span, lower ratings correspond to higher default rates (see chart 4 and chart 25), and this relationship holds true when broken out by rating modifier (see tables 24 and 26) and by region (see table 25). PDF Relative Attractiveness of Direct Lending: Term and Credit Risk Research & Ratings: Default & Ratings Analytics - Moody's Each static pool can be interpreted as a buy-and-hold portfolio. Ratings stability decreased in 2020, to 69.2%, largely the result of the downgrade rate of 18.5%, which was the highest since 2009. 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. On June 18, SMLP announced it repurchased approximately $90 million of its 2022 senior unsecured notes and 2025 senior unsecured notes for approximately $50 million in cash. On April 7, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Wisconsin-based industrial products manufacturer Jason Inc. to 'SD' from 'CCC'. 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. On Nov. 4, 2020, S&P Global Ratings withdrew its ratings on the issuer. The proposed reorganization involves the company eliminating more than half of its debt and transferring up to 97% of its equity to lenders. On May 19, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its issuer credit rating on German value retailer Takko Fashion S.a.r.l. On the same day, we withdrew the ratings at the company's request. On March 17, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Georgia-based data center operator Internap Corp. to 'D' from 'CCC+' after the issuer, along with its subsidiaries, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with the Southern District of New York. The global corporate default tally has increased to 17 after two issuers defaulted since our last report. On Sept. 25, 2020, we withdrew our 'D' long-term issuer and issue credit ratings at the issuer's request. With the strongly improved U.S. economic outlook for 2021, the speculative-grade negative . 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). Average cumulative default rate calculation. We calculated all default rates on an issuer-weighted basis. Default and recovery rates for sustainable project finance bank loans, 1983-2020: 16 Feb 2023 . On July 2, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on California-based specialty apparel retailer Tailored Brands Inc. to 'D' from 'CCC+', reflecting interest payment default on its senior notes due 2022. On April 2, 2020, we lowered our issuer credit rating to 'CCC' from 'B-' and removed all of the ratings from CreditWatch negative, where they had been placed on March 19, 2020, as the company faced significant operational headwinds due to the coronavirus pandemic and had about $215 million of 8% senior unsecured notes maturing in less than two years. The issuer was engaged in discussions with creditors for a debt restructuring. Although defaulters that are not rated (NR) are not always captured in the default rate calculations for the year of default, we do capture them in the longer-term cumulative default rate statistics, which are tied back to the year in which defaulters were last rated. The buyback worth was around US$76 million between March 13 and March 17 and at a discount, and these buybacks were considered distressed, rather than an opportunistic attempt. On Jan. 7, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on California-based shoes and accessories seller TOMS Shoes LLC to 'D' (default) from 'CCC' after the company restructured substantially all of its debt and its term loan lenders took ownership of the company. Issuer-weighted default rates. On Aug. 19, 2020, we raised our issuer credit rating on Forum to 'CCC+' from 'SD' following the completion of its debt exchange for the majority of its 6.25% senior unsecured notes due 2021. On Nov. 11, 2020, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term issuer credit rating on Spain-based transportation company Bahia de las Isletas S.L.

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