OREANDA-NEWS. Expert RA Rating Agency (RAEX) assigned Shpalernaya Managing Company credit rating (long-term creditworthiness) A, which means “High level of creditworthiness”, the first sub-level. The outlook is stable, which means the likelihood of mid-term rating stability is high.

High liquidity margins, moderately high indicators of business activity and growth of assets had a positive effect on the rating of Shpalernaya Managing Company.

Moderately high level of the estimated debt burden, quite low profitability margins, high share of accounts receivable in the assets structure, high share of accounts payable in the liabilities structure and low level of financial information disclosure were highlighted among the factors restraining the level of the rating score.

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