BORA S.P.A. Corporate Credit Rating (First Issuance)

modefinance published the Solicited Corporate Credit Rating of BORA S.P.A. on its CRA website, and the rating assigned to the entity is B1- (First Issuance). The analysis revealed it is an adequate company with average capability of repaying financial obligations and little affected by adverse economic scenarios.

BORA S.P.A. is a company based in Maiolati Spontini (Ancona), which has been active for over forty years in design, manufacturing, maintenance and molding services for metal components. In the early years of its activity, the Company’s main market was household appliances, while in recent years the automotive sector has become increasingly strategic.

The Company BORA S.P.A. shows a balanced economic and financial situation, although characterized by an important recourse to external capital. Assets-liabilities management appears adequate and improving overall, just as profitability recorded an overall growth. The cash flows analysis shows an overall balance, despite the large resources allocated to investments. The ensuing recourse to financial debts did not, however, affected the liquidity levels, which continue to be adequate.

The analysis of the Central Credit Register of the Bank of Italy reveals that the Company can optimally manage its credit lines, having not highlighted situations related to disputes or serious anomalies.

In terms of Governance, over the last year the Company’s administrative body has assumed a collegial form which includes two shareholders. The Company also has a control body and submits its financial statements to a specialized auditing company. As of September 2020, the Company has changed its legal form in a joint stock company, thus expanding its shareholder structure. The Company is particularly well-positioned in terms of size, being one of the largest companies in terms of turnover of the entire analysis sample.

On the solvency’s side, the Company shows a weak positioning, being one of the least capitalized companies among those examined, while as regards profitability, the Company proves to be particularly profitable even if compared with the analysis sample. The peer group shows a slight reduction in leverage values, while the financial leverage remained stable over the period examined. However, the values of both indicators remain largely appropriate. The peer group also shows a constant trend in the current ratio, whose value appears adequate, while the quick ratio recorded a contraction during the last financial year considered, thus highlighting an major impact of stocks on short period’s assets.

The Company works closely with two sectors with divergent trends: the automotive crisis is counterbalances by the constant growth recorded by the household appliances sector. In light of this, today it is difficult to understand how this will affect the Company's turnover, net of the physiological reduction in revenues that it could record in 2020. The ongoing health emergency will inevitably impact on the European economy, reducing businesses’ investment propensity and customers’ consumption, the latter due to the simultaneous increase in the unemployment rate. Furthermore, the spending made by national governments to address the epidemic, together with the decrease in tax revenues, will increase difficulties in terms of fiscal sustainability.

In the following table, the addressing factors, actions or events that could lead to an upgrade or a downgrade are summarized:

The present Corporate Credit rating is issued by modefinance under EU Regulation N. 1060/2009 and following amendments.

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No amendments were applied after the notification process.

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The present Credit Rating is an opinion of the general creditworthiness that modefinance issues on the rated entity, and should be relied upon to a limited degree. The issued rating is subject to an ongoing monitoring until withdrawal.

Head Analyst – Christian Raimondo
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Assistant Analyst – Fabio Politelli
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Responsible for Rating Approval – Pinar Dilek
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