Kroll Bond Rating Agency on March 15 affirmed Guaranty Bancorp's senior unsecured debt rating of BBB+, subordinated debt rating of BBB and short-term debt rating of K2.
It also affirmed subsidiary Guaranty Bank and Trust Co.'s senior unsecured debt and deposit ratings of A-, subordinated debt rating of BBB+ and short-term debt and deposit ratings of K2.
The ratings reflect the Denver-based company's "consistently better than average asset quality metrics" and its management team's "knowledge of and experience in the market footprint," according to Kroll. They are constrained, however, by the bank's "limited geographic and product diversification [and] moderately below average fee income generation capability."
The outlook on all long-term ratings is "stable."
