Liquidity Risk in Credit Rating

Liquidity risk assesses whether a company can meet its near-term obligations even if operating conditions deteriorate unexpectedly.

What Is Assessed

•      Cash and bank balances relative to near-term obligations

•      Unutilised limits under working capital and other bank facilities

•      Debt maturity profile over the next twelve to twenty-four months

•      Headroom under financial covenants in existing loan agreements

•      Access to alternate funding sources, including promoter or group support

Why Liquidity Often Drives the Rating

A company can be profitable and moderately leveraged and still face a rating downgrade if its liquidity buffers are thin, because liquidity risk speaks directly to the near-term ability to meet obligations — which is precisely what a credit rating is meant to assess.

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