Abstract The text aims to show the breadth of engagement of credit rating agencies. In the context of the financial crisis, there was massive criticism of their activities and their part of the responsibility for the problems. On the contrary, the positive contribution of credit ratings have a small number of authors. The authors of the present text use a method of analysis of publicly available information and discusse the issue of the likelihood of bankruptcy subject to the investigational rating. The results of analysis they associated with selected information from the markets.