OREANDA-NEWS. Fitch Ratings has updated its interactive peer study for standalone U. S. port credits, the Fitch Analytical Comparative Tool (FACT).

'The FACT is a user-friendly analytical tool that compliments Fitch's recently published 'Peer Review of U. S. Ports.'. This interactive interface will facilitate a dive deeper into the key credit metrics that underpin Fitch's analysis of U. S. ports by allowing users to select subsets of Fitch's rated ports for comparison,' said Emma Griffith, Director in the Global Infrastructure and Project Finance Group.

The interactive FACT tool contains key financial information for Fitch-rated standalone port issuers in the U. S., a graphical plotting function for four-year annual and median performance, and a radar chart that indicates key risk levels.

In addition to the peer analysis and median charting tools included in the prior tool, this year's update adds the functionality to select medians by rating category as well as by market size. The database now includes five years of data, providing a more comprehensive base for historical trend analysis.