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Rating Agencies Signal Positive Outlook for FY26
Hindustan Times Jammu
|April 02, 2025
Rating agency Icra on Tuesday said it has upgraded ratings of 301 companies in the just concluded fiscal 2024-25, compared to 150 downgrades, marking the fourth consecutive year of improving credit profiles.
NEW DELHI:
The upgrade to downgrade ratio or the credit ratio remained healthy although it moderated to 2.0 in FY25 from the peak of 3.0 in FY22.
Icra executive vice president & chief rating officer K Ravichandran said, "India Inc has experienced an extended period of credit profile improvement, much of it due to strengthening balance sheets."
"Over the past decade, the aggregate operating profits of around 6,000 listed and unlisted entities analysed by us have grown at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 12%, while their total debt has increased by only 4%," he said.
This story is from the April 02, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Jammu.
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