Issuer Ranking: North American Chemical Companies, Strongest To Weakest Apr 10
Standard & Poors, April 2010
Abstract
Rating actions on North American chemical companies were strongly positive in first-quarter 2010 as improving operating results, prospects for a sustained economic recovery, and speculative-grade issuers' stronger access to the capital markets boosted credit quality in the sector. Prudent financial policies also helped stabilize credit metrics for these companies as the industry worked through the recent recession, and lower cost structures are supporting healthy profit margins--which is key now that volumes are strengthening. The following list ranks all the rated companies in this industry from strongest to weakest based on rating and outlook. Companies with the same rating and outlook are further ranked by our opinion of credit quality based primarily on business risks for investment-grade companies and primarily on...
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- Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
- Ashland Inc.
- Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc.
- Cabot Corp.
- The Dow Chemical Co.
- DuPont (E.I.) De Nemours & Co.
- NewMarket Corp.
- FMC Corp.
- Ferro Corp.
- Hercules Inc.
- The Lubrizol Corp.
- Olin Corp.
- PPG Industries Inc.
- Rohm and Haas Co.
- Sherwin-Williams Co.
- Union Carbide Corp.
- Terra Industries Inc.
- Ecolab Inc.
- Valhi Inc.
- Axiall Corp.
- Praxair Inc.
- RPM International Inc.
- Methanex Corp.
- Eastman Chemical Co.
- Koppers Inc.
- Cytec Industries Inc.
- Polymer Group Inc.
- NOVA Chemicals Corp.
- Westlake Chemical Corp.
- Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.
- Airgas Inc.
- Agrium Inc.
- Solutia Inc.
- American Pacific Corp.
- MacDermid Inc.
- INVISTA B.V.
- GenTek Inc.
- Valspar Corp.
- OMNOVA Solutions Inc.
- OM Group Inc.
- Huntsman Corp.
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC
- PolyOne Corp.
- Monsanto Co.
- Kraton Polymers LLC
- ISP Chemco LLC
- Rockwood Specialties Group Inc.
- Albemarle Corp.
- Sigma-Aldrich Corp.
- Fuller (H.B.) Co.
- Diversey Holdings Inc.
- Nalco Co.
- Celanese US Holdings LLC
- Innophos Inc.
- The Mosaic Co.
- PQ Corp.
- CF Industries Inc.
- FiberVisions Delaware Corp.
- AGY Holding Corp.
- Reichhold Industries Inc.
- Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
- AZ Chem US Inc.
- Millennium Inorganic Chemicals
- Univar Inc.
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