Corporate_Credit_Rating_Classification

# 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