Finding credit ratings for companies
07/08/2025
A credit rating (or score) is a measure of a company or corporation’s ability to meet their financial commitments based on their previous dealings. It can also be viewed as a measure of a company’s credit worthiness when issuing bonds. Scores are calculated by reference to various items, for example cash flow, profits, equity and financial ratios.
Credit ratings are issued by three main agencies:
- Standard & Poor’s (S&P)
- Fitch
- Moody’s.
The rating system and calculations vary between each however generally they range from AAA+ [Good] to CCC [Poor].
On Bloomberg you can get to a company (equity) credit rating by entering the code <CRPR> which will give you the credit rating profile. An example is shown below.
You will also find S&P Credit ratings on their Capital IQ platform. Simply select credit ratings from the ‘Fixed Income’ menu that can be found at the left hand side of the company profile. Remember to create an account if you wish to use Capital IQ. This blog post explains how to register.
A Credit Health Panel for the company is listed in the ‘Peer Analysis’ menu which compares a company’s credit rating with others in its peer group.
Fame has a credit rating system for UK and Irish companies, developed by CRIF Decision Solutions in collaboration with Jordan’s. It provides a numerical score and the likelihood of a company becoming insolvent. To view the credit rating for a company, open the ‘Company profile’ section of the left-hand report menu and select ‘Credit & CCJs’.
FAME credit ratings
BankFocus, our global financial accounts database for banks and financial institutions, has Moody’s ratings listed for companies. These appear under the ‘Agency ratings and credit scores’ heading on the left hand menu of a bank’s report screen.
BankFocus credit rating
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