Corporate Borrowing & Debt

Analysis

Covid Drove Corporate Bankruptcy Spike in 2020

Meg Waters |

The numbers are not unexpected, after corporate borrowing growth—T&R research shows a big swing in the proportion of companies that are net borrowers.
News

Corporate Bond Sales on Pause

Caleb Mutua & Carolina Gonzalez |

For the past couple of weeks, debt issuances have backed up in anticipation of tomorrow's high-stakes Georgia Senate vote.
News

Corporate America’s Cash Burn Problem Is Getting Worse

Paula Seligson |

8% of junk-rated companies that borrow in U.S. dollars currently have a negative EBITDA.

News

America’s Zombie Companies Have Racked up $1.4 Trillion of Debt

Lisa Lee & Tom Contiliano |

Many fret that capital is being routed to businesses that will underinvest in growth for years, even if they recover enough to fully pay the interest on their debt.
News

Allstate Shuns Big Banks in Bond Sale

Molly Smith |

In selecting firms to underwrite its debt offering, the insurer looked only at “diverse” businesses.
News

American Companies Are Again Stockpiling Cash

Sally Bakewell, Drew Singer & Davide Scigliuzzo |

Junk-rated companies are taking advantage of low rates in preparation for a prospective “Covid Winter.”
News

U.S. Junk Bond Yields Hit Record Low

Paula Seligson |

Vaccine hope fuels rally.
News

Escalating Debt Brawls Add to Headaches for Distressed Companies

Katherine Doherty |

Restructurings become more difficult as creditors seek not to keep the company going, but to enhance their own returns.
News

Corporate America Chips away at $350 Billion Debt Problem

Caleb Mutua |

“You entered the pandemic with dozens of U.S. high-grade companies carrying around $1 trillion of debt in aggregate, pledging to pay down debt or grow their way into lower leverage.” That’s going to be hard in this economy.
Analysis

Corporate America Is Choking on Debt

Paula Seligson |

Record level of borrowing relative to earnings threatens to imperil the economic recovery.

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