S&P Global Ratings (2024)

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What are S&P global ratings? ›

Standard & Poor's Global Ratings division ranks debt instruments, like bonds, and the companies that issue them, in terms of creditworthiness—defined as the likelihood of default or inability to pay debts in a timely manner.

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The scale runs from A-1 to D. An A-1 rating may be designated with a plus sign (+) to indicate that the issuer's commitment to meet its obligation is extremely strong.

AAA: An obligor rated 'AAA' has extremely strong capacity to meet its financial commitments. 'AAA' is the highest issuer credit rating assigned by Standard & Poor's. AA: An obligor rated 'AA' has very strong capacity to meet its financial commitments. It differs from the highest-rated obligors only to a small degree.

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All holdings in the S&P500 are US-listed companies, whereas the Global 100 Index can offer exposure to companies not listed in the United States.

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S&P Global Ratings uses the issuer-pays business model. Under this model, rating agencies charge issuers for providing a rating.

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The S&P 500® Quality Index is designed to track high quality stocks in the S&P 500 by quality score, which is calculated based on return on equity, accruals ratio and financial leverage ratio.

What is the highest rating S&P Global gives? ›

'AAA' is the highest issuer credit rating assigned by S&P Global Ratings. An obligor rated 'AA' has very strong capacity to meet its financial commitments.

In S&P Global Ratings long-term rating scale, issuers and debt issues that receive a rating of 'BBB-' or above are generally considered by regulators and market participants to be “investment-grade,” while those that receive a rating lower than 'BBB-' are generally considered to be “speculative-grade.”

A 'D' rating is assigned when S&P Global Ratings believes that the default will be a general default and that the obligor will fail to pay all or substantially all of its obligations as they come due.

The S&P Global ESG Score: This is a single measure of a company's sustainability performance, calculated by aggregating its Environmental (E), Social (S) and Governance (G) Dimension Scores, where each of these is weighted according to its importance for a given sub-industry.

S&P Global Ratings uses the issuer-pays business model. Under this model, rating agencies charge issuers for providing a rating.

In S&P Global Ratings long-term rating scale, issuers and debt issues that receive a rating of 'BBB-' or above are generally considered by regulators and market participants to be “investment-grade,” while those that receive a rating lower than 'BBB-' are generally considered to be “speculative-grade.”