# Credit Ratings of Big US Firms and their Financials
## Context
A corporate credit rating expresses the ability of a firm to repay its debt to creditors. Credit rating agencies assess companies' creditworthiness based on financial indicators.
## Content
This dataset contains 2029 credit ratings issued by major agencies (S&P, Moody's, Fitch) for US firms traded on NYSE/NASDAQ from 2010-2016. It includes 30 features:
- 25 financial indicators grouped into:
* Liquidity Ratios (current ratio, quick ratio, etc.)
* Profitability Ratios (profit margins, ROA, ROE, etc.)
* Debt Ratios (debt ratio, debt-equity ratio)
* Operating Performance Ratios (asset turnover)
* Cash Flow Ratios (operating/free cash flow metrics)
- Company name, trading symbol, rating agency, date, sector
## Target Variable
The target variable 'Rating' includes 10 class labels representing credit ratings from AAA (highest) to D (lowest).
## Important Notes
- Dataset is unbalanced
- Contains missing values in financial indicators
- May contain outliers with extreme values