May 23, 2019
S&P upgrades Fresenius Medical Care to BBB with stable outlook
Fresenius Medical Care, the world’s largest provider of dialysis products and services, today announced that Standard & Poor’s has upgraded Fresenius Medical Care’s corporate credit rating to BBB with a stable outlook from BBB- with a positive outlook. Fresenius Medical Care is rated investment grade by the three leading rating agencies Standard & Poor’s (BBB/stable), Moody's (Baa3/stable) and Fitch (BBB-/stable).
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