OREANDA-NEWS. Sharp Corporation's five-year Credit Default Swaps (CDS) have widened 80% over the past month to price at the widest levels observed since February 2014, according to Fitch Solutions in its latest case study.

"CDS widening for the Japanese electronics company likely reflects market concerns stemming from its warning that earnings might fall short of guidance as a weaker yen hurts the company's profits," said Diana Allmendinger, Director, Fitch Solutions.

After consistently pricing in 'BB+'/'BB' space for much of the past year, credit protection on Sharp's debt is now pricing in line with 'B-' levels.

Furthermore, the CDS curve for Sharp has inverted with investors pricing in more credit risk for shorter term contracts.

Fitch Solutions case studies build on data from its CDS Pricing Service and proprietary quantitative models, including CDS Implied Ratings. These credit risk indicators are designed to provide real-time, market-based views of creditworthiness. As such, they can and often do reflect more short term market views on factors such as currencies, seasonal market effects and short-term technical influences. This is in contrast to Fitch Ratings' Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs), which are based on forward-looking fundamental credit analysis over an extended period of time.