Moody's Investors Service, the rating services arm of Moody's Corporation (MCO - Free Report) , upgraded the long-term issuer and senior unsecured debt rating of Barclays PLC (BCS - Free Report) from Baa3 to Baa2. It also upgraded the long-term deposit and senior unsecured debt ratings of Barclays Bank PLC from A2 to A1. However, the outlook for the ratings remains negative.
Using an advanced Loss Given Failure analysis, which considers the company’s September-end balance sheet, Moody’s assessed that because of Barclays’ issuance of loss-absorbing capital to date, both Barclays’ senior unsecured and Barclays Bank’s junior depositors and senior unsecured creditors face a lower-loss.
In fact, Moody’s expects that the company will issue additional senior unsecured debt in the near term, which will help it in absorbing further loss for its creditors.
These are the reasons why Moody’s upgraded the ratings for both Barclays and Barclays Bank.
The rating agency, however, believes that Barclays Banks’ standalone credit profile continues to be under pressure because of the uncertain U.K. operating environment as a result of Brexit. It is of the opinion that as Barclays is trying to dispose its non-core assets and is dealing with litigation issues, its current profitability level remains sub-par. Hence, the negative ratings outlook continues for both Barclays and Barclays Bank.
According to Moody’s estimates, Barclays needs to build up a significant stock of Total Loss Absorbing Capacity and approximately £30 billion of Minimum Requirement For Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities.
Moreover, during its third-quarter 2016 financial release, the company disclosed that it needs to issue at least £6 billion of loss-absorbing capital per annum so as to meet its end-state requirements by Jan 1, 2022.
Notably, any progress in the disposal of non-core assets and/or the settlement of material litigations may put an upward pressure on the rating outlook.
Shares of the company gained 26.7% over the last six months, outpacing the 20.9% growth for the Zacks categorized Foreign Banks industry.
Currently, Barclays sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
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Societe Generale has witnessed an upward earnings estimate revision of 11.4% for the current year, over the past 60 days. Moreover, its share price is up 6% year to date. It sports a Zacks Rank #1.
Itaú Unibanco currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). It has witnessed an upward earnings estimate revision of nearly 3% for the current year, over the past 60 days. Its share price is up 63.2% year to date.
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Moody's Investors Service, the rating services arm of Moody's Corporation (MCO - Free Report) , upgraded the long-term issuer and senior unsecured debt rating of Barclays PLC (BCS - Free Report) from Baa3 to Baa2. It also upgraded the long-term deposit and senior unsecured debt ratings of Barclays Bank PLC from A2 to A1. However, the outlook for the ratings remains negative.
Using an advanced Loss Given Failure analysis, which considers the company’s September-end balance sheet, Moody’s assessed that because of Barclays’ issuance of loss-absorbing capital to date, both Barclays’ senior unsecured and Barclays Bank’s junior depositors and senior unsecured creditors face a lower-loss.
In fact, Moody’s expects that the company will issue additional senior unsecured debt in the near term, which will help it in absorbing further loss for its creditors.
These are the reasons why Moody’s upgraded the ratings for both Barclays and Barclays Bank.
The rating agency, however, believes that Barclays Banks’ standalone credit profile continues to be under pressure because of the uncertain U.K. operating environment as a result of Brexit. It is of the opinion that as Barclays is trying to dispose its non-core assets and is dealing with litigation issues, its current profitability level remains sub-par. Hence, the negative ratings outlook continues for both Barclays and Barclays Bank.
According to Moody’s estimates, Barclays needs to build up a significant stock of Total Loss Absorbing Capacity and approximately £30 billion of Minimum Requirement For Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities.
Moreover, during its third-quarter 2016 financial release, the company disclosed that it needs to issue at least £6 billion of loss-absorbing capital per annum so as to meet its end-state requirements by Jan 1, 2022.
Notably, any progress in the disposal of non-core assets and/or the settlement of material litigations may put an upward pressure on the rating outlook.
Shares of the company gained 26.7% over the last six months, outpacing the 20.9% growth for the Zacks categorized Foreign Banks industry.
Currently, Barclays sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
A couple of other stocks worth considering in the same space include Societe Generale Group (SCGLY - Free Report) and Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (ITUB - Free Report) .
Societe Generale has witnessed an upward earnings estimate revision of 11.4% for the current year, over the past 60 days. Moreover, its share price is up 6% year to date. It sports a Zacks Rank #1.
Itaú Unibanco currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). It has witnessed an upward earnings estimate revision of nearly 3% for the current year, over the past 60 days. Its share price is up 63.2% year to date.
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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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