Industry Report Card: Ratings Outlook Remains Stable For U.S. For-Profit Health Care Companies May 12
Standard & Poors, May 2012
Abstract
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services expects ratings for 2012 on the U.S. for-profit health care sector to be stable. Our view reflects adequate or better liquidity for a high majority of issuers, bolstering credit quality in the face of ongoing reimbursement pressures and sluggish demand for many products and services. Of 151 rated issuers, over 80% have stable outlooks and rating activity has been balanced between upgrades and downgrades since 2011. We are expecting, on aggregate, low- to mid-single-digit growth for our rated issuers. (Watch the related CreditMatters TV segment titled, "A Big Picture Look At The U.S. For-Profit Health Care Sector," dated May 8, 2012.) When analyzing the subsectors within U.S. for-profit health care, we focus largely on the...
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- Johnson & Johnson
- Eli Lilly & Co.
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