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Fitch Affirms Eni at 'A-', Stable Outlook
16 APR 2019 09:24 AM ET
Fitch Ratings-Warsaw/London-16 April 2019: Fitch Ratings has affirmed Eni SpA's (Eni) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured rating at 'A-'. The Outlook on the IDR is Stable. Fitch has also assigned Eni's short-term debt an 'F1(EXP)' expected rating conditional on the finalisation of Fitch's Short-Term Rating Criteria ("Exposure Draft: Short-Term Ratings" dated 22 March 2019). The full list of rating actions is provided at the end of the commentary.
The ratings of Eni reflect its large upstream segment with good growth prospects and strong asset diversification as well as our expectation that funds from operations (FFO)-adjusted net leverage will remain comfortably below 3.0x, our threshold for negative rating action.
Eni's credit profile is constrained by weaker business integration than direct peers' and a high share of output in the upstream division from lower-rated countries in north and sub-Saharan Africa.
16 APR 2019 09:24 AM ET
Fitch Ratings-Warsaw/London-16 April 2019: Fitch Ratings has affirmed Eni SpA's (Eni) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured rating at 'A-'. The Outlook on the IDR is Stable. Fitch has also assigned Eni's short-term debt an 'F1(EXP)' expected rating conditional on the finalisation of Fitch's Short-Term Rating Criteria ("Exposure Draft: Short-Term Ratings" dated 22 March 2019). The full list of rating actions is provided at the end of the commentary.
The ratings of Eni reflect its large upstream segment with good growth prospects and strong asset diversification as well as our expectation that funds from operations (FFO)-adjusted net leverage will remain comfortably below 3.0x, our threshold for negative rating action.
Eni's credit profile is constrained by weaker business integration than direct peers' and a high share of output in the upstream division from lower-rated countries in north and sub-Saharan Africa.