Management Risk in Credit Rating

Management risk reflects the quality, experience, and track record of the people running the business — factors that financial statements cannot fully capture.

What Agencies Look At

•      Depth and relevant experience of the senior management team

•      Track record of executing on stated strategy and financial plans

•      Succession planning and key-person dependency

•      Consistency between management commentary and actual financial outcomes over time

•      Approach to financial discipline, including funding of expansion plans

Why It Is Assessed Separately

Two companies with identical financials can carry different management risk if one has a proven, experienced leadership team and the other does not — and this distinction can influence how much confidence the agency places in forward projections provided by management.

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