The company’s ambitions may have to take a back seat as high levels of debt and loss-making subsidiaries weigh on its credit profile.
On 3 February, S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone to “negative” from “stable”, citing concerns of increased cost of capital and reduced funding access.
Then, on 3 March, ICRA followed by changing its outlook on the company to “negative”, due to a deterioration in the Adani group’s financial flexibility. The rating agency noted that “the group’s strong financial flexibility and APSEZ’s track record of refinancing a large part of its debt with borrowing [mostly from overseas debt capital markets] of longer tenures at lower interest were the key credit strengths, which have been …
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