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RatingsDirect®

All the credit ratings data and insights you need on a powerful platform with a faster, reimagined user experience. Get a comprehensive view of credit risk with RatingsDirect® on S&P Capital IQ Pro.

Reimagine your credit analysis workflow with RatingsDirect® on the S&P Capital IQ Pro platform.

As the official source for S&P Global Ratings credit ratings and research, RatingsDirect® combines this essential intelligence with comprehensive market data, credit risk indicators and dynamic visualization tools, all on a single platform. With an AI-powered integrated search function, you can quickly research an issuer or topic of interest. Locate the information you need in a fraction of time. We’ve made it easier than ever to get the insights you need with a clean, simple layout and easy-to-use platform. Reimagine your credit analysis workflow on our reimagined platform.

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  • Powerful web-based solution
  • Get the full credit story
  • ESG influence on credit risk
  • Tech-forward productivity tools
  • Power your credit research with Pro

The official source for S&P Global Ratings credit ratings and research

S&P Global Ratings is synonymous with quality credit ratings, deep analytical expertise, and insightful forward-looking opinions. With coverage of over 9,500 issuers and 79,000 securities* across the globe, that’s a lot of essential intelligence. With RatingsDirect®, you can tap into all the essentials, including:

    • Global, national, and regional scale credit ratings on issuer and issue level
    • Detailed research on issuer and issue level, economies, credit trends, hot topics (including Environmental, Social, and Governance [ESG]) and special reports
    • Credit research in local languages (Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish)
    • Credit adjusted Income Statements, Balance Sheets and Cash Flows

Conduct thorough credit analysis with holistic credit insights

Power your insights by accessing credit research and ratings data on issuers, issues, sectors, and markets using our screener tool and AI powered search.

  • Uncover an issuer’s credit story with its rating history, outlook, and potential drivers for upgrades/downgrades.
  • Understand the influence of E, S, and G factors on a credit rating with ESG Credit Indicators, access ESG Evaluations and Opinions
  • Differentiate between peers with the same credit rating by reviewing the underlying scores and factors behind the final credit rating, covering Banks, Insurance, Corporate and Sovereigns.

Explore a world of ESG insights

Uncover hidden risks and identify the right opportunities with a detailed overview of which ESG factors are material to each sector and their level of influence, as well as greater insights into how these factors vary across geographies.

Take ESG insights a step further with ESG Evaluations and Opinions. ESG Evaluations offer a forward-looking opinion of a company’s ability to manage future ESG risks and opportunities. Sustainable financing opinions from S&P Global Ratings analysts include the Framework Alignment Opinion and Green Transaction Evaluation.

Improved workflow tools including pre-built screens

We’ve made it easier than ever to spot the essential credit ratings data and research you need. Designed with user experience in mind, RatingsDirect® content is displayed on a new, simple, and clean layout.

Pre-built screens are ready for you to quickly search and spot rating changes, including tracking potential Fallen Angels and Rising Stars.

Create customized push alerts to stay on top of critical changes so you can monitor counterparty exposures and monitor your portfolios.

Pair RatingsDirect® insights with unrivaled breadth and depth of data on S&P Capital IQ Pro

Get next-level analysis with a powerful platform of data, including:

  • Private company and private markets data; ESG scores, news, and analytics; and supply chain intelligence via Panjiva. 
  • Advanced visualization and discovery tools to help streamline your daily workflows, easily monitor markets and quickly find content with an intuitive, AI-powered search.
  • Sector-, persona-, and topic-focused news every day delivering the critical insights you need to help you understand what's driving markets.
  • Powerful web-based solution
  • Get the full credit story
  • ESG influence on credit risk
  • Tech-forward productivity tools
  • Power your credit research with Pro

Transform your credit analysis workflow

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RatingsDirect® is the official desktop source for S&P Global Ratings.

Analyze credit performance and trends across industries, companies, and securities around the world. Access the essential ratings intelligence you need via RatingsDirect®, on our desktop platform, mobile apps, Excel Plug-in, and flexible delivery channels with RatingsXpress®.

  • Aggregated Intelligence

    20+ years of ratings history spanning: 9,500+ issuer ratings, 79,000+ securities across the globe, 936,000+ research articles. As of July 1, 2021.

  • Credit-adjusted financials

    Your single source for analytically adjusted financials with access to analyst adjusted financial statements for 960+ global banks, 2,700+ corporates, and 11,300 U.S. municipals. As of October 21, 2020. Improve the clarity, consistency, and comparability of credit risk analysis with pre- and post-adjusted financial statement data from S&P Global Ratings.

  • ESG Intelligence

    S&P Global Ratings' ESG research, insight, and analysis help investors gain a better understanding of companies’ strategy, purpose, and management quality. Apply an ESG lens to your critical business decisions with ESG Evaluations, ESG Industry Report Cards and more.

  • Structured Finance Securities

    Get the latest global structured finance research, industry news, and sector trends.




  • U.S. Public Finance

    Access insights on credit quality of debt securities issued by state & local governments.

  • Credit Ratings

    Credit ratings are integral analytical tools that investors and risk managers rely on to assess and monitor the credit strength of investments and counterparties. Research, chart, and analyze credit performance and trends across industries, companies, and securities around the world.

  • Credit Ratings Research

    With over a century of rating experience, research and proven methodologies, S&P Global Ratings’ analysts worldwide provide independent and objective credit opinions with local perspective within a global context. Leverage top stories and the latest sector highlights tailored to your specific portfolio or risk management needs.

Insights

A Central Bank Gains Market Intelligence to Support its Supervision and Stability Roles

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An Export Credit Agency Leverages Credit Ratings and Industry Data to Minimize Unwanted Exposure

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Discover a variety of issuer, sector, and macro research

Sector and macro research

Dive into industry and macro-level articles. View the compendium of reports types here.



Issuer research

Dive into issuer-level reports by sector. Learn more on the Credit Reports Guide.

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Data Delivery & Workflow Tools

Leverage the power of essential credit ratings and research backed by integrated workflows and flexible delivery channels.


Desktop & Mobile

Access RatingsDirect® via a single, streamlined desktop platform, combining tech-forward productivity tools, unrivaled market insights, and 24/7 customer support.
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Flexible Data Delivery

Whether through our data feed, cloud, or API Solutions, we offer credit ratings data and research published by S&P Global Ratings analysts through flexible distribution channels.
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*Data as of July 1, 2021