Credit rating is an assessment of a company's credit-worthiness. It helps investors to analyse the credit risks associated with fixed-income securities issued by the company.
SCA has had a long-term rating from Moody's Investor Service and Standard & Poor's (S&P) since 1994. The ratings have since then been changed three times. In 1996 SCA was upgraded from S&P to A- from BBB+ and in 2006 SCA was downgraded back to BBB+. In 2005 SCA was downgraded by Moody's to Baa1 from A3.
|
Long-term rating |
Outlook |
Short-term rating |
Short-term domestic rating |
| Moody's |
Baa1 |
Stable* |
P-2 |
|
| S&P |
BBB+ |
Stable** |
A-2 |
K1 |
The table above and the following rating history chart give an overview of the ratings assigned to SCA.
* February 22, 2012 -- Moody's Investors Service today confirmed the Baa1 senior
unsecured rating and the P-2 short term rating of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (SCA) as well as its guaranteed subsidiary AB SCA Finans, concluding the review for possible downgrade initiated on November 11, 2011. The rating outlook is stable.
** September 27, 2010: Standard & Poor's Rating Services revised the outlook to stable from negative. At the same time, all ratings on SCA were affirmed, including the 'BBB+' long-term corporate credit rating, 'A-2' short-term corporate credit rating and K-1 Nordic scale CP rating.