KBRA PREMIUM
Trusted Ratings. Actionable Research.
Unlock full access to KBRA’s trusted ratings, in-depth research, and powerful analytical tools with KBRA Premium—a subscription service from KBRA Analytics. Built for market participants who need clarity, context, and confidence to make informed decisions.
Empowering Investment Decisions
KBRA continues to set the standard as the market leader in key asset classes,* including Structured Finance and Private Credit. With a KBRA Premium subscription, investors, issuers, and market participants gain exclusive access to our trusted ratings, comprehensive research on top headlines, and advanced analytical tools that drive smarter decisions.
Industry Leading Rating Analysis
Our first-to-market pre-sale and surveillance reports deliver forward-looking credit analysis that helps market participants evaluate new transactions with confidence.
These reports provide in-depth insight into deal structure, collateral quality, and key credit considerations—supporting smarter investment and risk management decisions. Ongoing surveillance monitoring ensures that investors stay informed as market conditions evolve and credit performance shifts over time.
Market Insights & Research
KBRA’s expansive research suite keeps you ahead of the curve. From our monthly index reports and timely sector outlooks to performance trends and specialized compendiums, we deliver insights that matter—when they matter most.
Whether you're tracking market shifts or analyzing long-term credit trends, our research empowers you to act with clarity and confidence.
Featured Reports: Sector Outlooks, Monthly Indices, Performance Trends, Middle Market Surveillance Compendium, BDC Ratings Compendium, and much more.
Access to Historical Ratings
Historical ratings data offers a powerful advantage: full visibility into the credit story over time. KBRA Premium users can track every rating action—affirmations, upgrades, downgrades, and withdrawals—providing critical context around issuer performance, credit trends, and rating stability.
This insight is essential for deeper credit analysis, back-testing strategies, and building defensible investment or risk management decisions.
Excel-Based Models & Data
Our Excel-based analytic tools deliver unmatched transparency, flexibility, and actionable data—giving market participants the edge they need to assess credit risk, benchmark performance, and respond to market changes in real time.
Designed for power premium users, these tools transform data into decision-ready intelligence.
Featured Tools: KBRA Comparative Analytic Tool (KCAT) (new issue and surveillance), and downloadable chart data.
*KBRA holds top rankings in consumer and esoteric ABS asset classes, non-prime and prime RMBS, CES HELOC and GSE CRT RMBS, conduit and agency CMBS, BDCs, asset managers. Source: GreenStreet; as of Q1 2025
What’s Included?
Unlock full access to our ratings, research, and Excel publications—giving you a comprehensive view of the credit landscape. Packages can be combined and customized as needed. View the full suite of publications to see what’s included per sector.
Suite of Publications
Private Credit
Explore our catalog of ratings and research publications, each designed to deliver valuable insights, timely analysis, and actionable intelligence to market participants.
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Quarterly Middle Market Surveillance Compendium
Market Insights and Research
Annual Sector Outlooks
Conference Recaps
Ratings History
Pre-Sale and New Issue Reports
Surveillance Reports
Quarterly CLO Manager Comparison
Semi-Annual Trend Watch
Quarterly Recurring Revenue Loan Metrics
Market Insights and Research
Annual Sector Outlooks
Conference Recaps
ABS
Ratings History
Pre-Sale and New Issue Reports
Surveillance Reports
Monthly Auto Loan Indices
Monthly Equipment ABS Indices
Monthly Marketplace Consumer Loan Indices
Monthly Solar Loan Indices
KBRA Comparative Analytic Tool (KCAT)
Market Insights and Research
Annual Sector Outlooks
Conference Recaps
Ratings History
Rating and Surveillance Reports
Market Insights and Research
Annual Sector Outlooks
Conference Recaps
Ratings History
Rating and Surveillance Reports
Market Insights and Research
Quarterly BDC Compendium
Annual Sector Outlooks
Conference Recaps
CMBS
Ratings History
Pre-Sale and New Issue Reports
Surveillance Reports
Default and Loss Studies
Loan Performance Trends
Loss Compendium
Monthly CMBS Trend Watch
KBRA Comparative Analytic Tool (KCAT)
Market Insights and Research
Annual Sector Outlooks
Conference Recaps
Ratings History
Rating and Surveillance Reports
Market Insights and Research
Annual Sector Outlooks
Conference Recaps
RMBS
Ratings History
Pre-Sale and New Issue Reports
Surveillance KBRA Comparative Analytic Tool (KCAT)
Rating Report Tear Sheets
Monthly RMBS Credit Indices
Market Insights and Research
Annual Sector Outlooks
Conference Recaps