Moody's: Debt restructuring does not solve the root issue, interval between defaults shortens to 18 months
- Moody's analysis shows that high interest rates, market volatility, and refinancing challenges are increasing the risk of renewed defaults among companies that previously avoided bankruptcy through distressed exchanges (DE) or complex liability management exercises (LME). Since 2022, DE has accounted for over 70% of default events in the United States.
- These operations often only buy time and cannot fix underlying capital structure deficiencies. The interval from a borrower's first default to repeated default has shortened from the historical average of 3.5 years to just 18 months, and the interest rates on new debt are generally higher.
- Compared to DE (where the average recovery rate for first-lien loans is about 69%), bankruptcy restructuring has a lower recovery rate (around 55%). Moody's expects that geopolitical conflicts will continue to push up energy prices and inflation, complicate Federal Reserve rate cuts, and keep default rates elevated, prompting more highly leveraged private equity firms to seek debt restructurings.
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