How do I find credit ratings?

Current fixed income information including credit ratings can be found in many of our financial databases by searching for a company and then looking for the ratings or at individual bonds for the rating. For example:

  • Bloomberg enter [company ticker]<EQUITY>CRPR<GO> to find ratings from the major rating companies or go enter [company ticker]<CORP><GO> and select a specific bond to view the rating.
  • In Mergent Online bring up the company and go to the Long Term Debt section. Select a bond to get the ratings, convenants, and other information related to the issue.
  • In S&P Market Intelligence (formerly SNL) bring up the company and go to Finacials to view debt amount, composition, ratios, and covenants.
  • In Capital IQ bring up the company and go to the Fixed Income section to get ratings.
Credit rating reports are not typically available via library resources.

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