Credit rating

Corporate bonds by credit rating

8,665 rated corporate bonds across 7 grades. The ladder runs from AAA (the safest) down to D (in default); each grade with a page explains what the rating means and ranks its largest issues. We always use the most conservative current agency grade for a bond.

  1. AAAHighest grade, the strongest assessed capacity to repay.2,953 bonds · 199 issuers
  2. AAVery strong repayment capacity, just below AAA.2,506 bonds · 301 issuers
  3. AAdequate-to-strong capacity, more sensitive to conditions.1,585 bonds · 177 issuers
  4. BBBThe lowest investment-grade tier.1,118 bonds · 170 issuers
  5. BBBelow investment grade, with moderate default risk.301 bonds · 68 issuers
  6. BHigh default risk; fragile capacity.87 bonds · 30 issuers
  7. DRecorded by an agency as already in default.115 bonds · 35 issuers

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Counts cover the broader rated market, every published rated bond by grade, not only the best-issuer set the directory browses by default. Grades with fewer than 25 bonds are not given their own page.