Credit Rating

Credit ratings represent an independent and current assessment of a company’s credit standing. In addition to a quantitative analysis of the annual report and appropriate planning data, they also take into account qualitative factors such as industry-specific features and the company’s market position and range of products and services. The following table shows Deutsche Post DHL Group`s current credit ratings and the underlying factors.

Current ratings of Deutsche Post DHL Group

Rating	Fitch Ratings	Moody's Investors Service
Long-term Short-term Outlook	BBB+ F2 stable	A3 P-2 stable

Research	7 November 2016 PDF (462 KB)	14 September 2016 PDF (1.5 MB)
Update		29 September 2016 PDF (1 MB)

Rating factors	Balanced business risk profile Stable contribution of core mail products Growth in internet-led domestic parcel volumes Strong global footprint in the Express, Global Forwarding, Freight and Supply Chain businesses Fairly stable credit metrics for the current rating and adequate financial flexibility	Scale and global presence as the world’s largest logistics company Large and robust mail business in Germany Expectations of profitability recovery through its network investments and restructuring programmes Adequate financial metrics, conservative financial policy and sound liquidity profile
Rating factors	Structural mail volume decline in the Post - eCommerce - Parcel division due to secular changes in the industry (i.e. competition from electronic communication and digitalisation) Exposure to global market volatility and competitiveness through the DHL divisions	Exposure to global macroeconomic trends in the logistics businesses Structural decline of traditional postal services

Rating definitions	PDF (372 KB)	PDF (1.2 MB)
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