Valens Credit Weekly Insights for December 28, 2016
Each week, the Valens Credit team highlights our most interesting insights from across our tools and our analysis. This week’s interesting insights include:
Credit and Market Mispricings
Most Compelling Credit v Equity Market Mispricings
AVP, CYH, NAV, THC, UIS
Most Compelling Credit Rating Dislocations
ATW, BLDR, EXPE, GM, R, TWTR, UIS, VRX, X, YRCW
Most Compelling CDS Market Mispricings
AKS, AVP, CHK, CYH, HNT, PKD, SHLD, UIS, VRX, X
Most Compelling Bond Market Mispricings
AMD, ATW, AVP, CHK, CYH, FTR, JCP, NAV, RIG, X
Highlighted Top Ideas
CCO – Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
MDR – McDermott International
TSX:MEG – MEG Energy Corp
Other Recent Analyses
Industrials
CAR – Avis Budget Group, Inc.
Materials
WRK – WestRock Company
Quantitative Credit Outlier Report Review
SHLD and X top our quantitative outlier report this week.
Aggregate Credit Market and Credit Fundamental Review
IG markets are currently fairly valued, as are HY markets. However, even after XO CDS has normalized in the last several months, it remains substantially above XO iCDS levels. This indicates that the XO market is overstating credit risk.