Bonds and Credit Data
A company's bonds, how they are rated and how expensive they are to borrow.
A company's debt says as much about it as its share price. ORTEX holds over 2.2 million live bonds with an ISIN from 54,000 issuers in 177 countries, and ties over 1.6 million of them to a listed company ORTEX covers, so a finance subsidiary's bonds roll up to the listed parent. On top sit credit ratings and their history, daily securities lending from 2012, estimated bond short interest, US fund holders and ECB collateral status. Every term names the source it came from, and a term ORTEX cannot source stays empty rather than guessed.
At a glance
- 2.2m+ live bonds with an ISIN
- 54,000 issuers, in 177 countries
- 1.6m+ bonds tied to a listed company
- 2012 daily bond lending history from
10m+ historical rating actions, so every upgrade and downgrade on a bond sits on a dated timeline next to the current rating.
From the EU regulatory rating platform, covering the major agencies.
What you can do with it
- Credit next to equity. See a company's bonds, maturity wall, ratings and rating changes alongside its stock, with finance subsidiaries rolled up to the listed parent.
- Lending and positioning. Daily value on loan, utilization and loan fees for every bond on loan, with estimated short interest and a flag for bonds that are expensive and in demand to borrow.
- A sourced bond master. Terms for live bonds, each with the source it came from, pulled incrementally by updated time, so you can see why a value is what it is.
Every bond, tied to its company
Terms, ratings, lending, holders and central bank status on one record per bond, linked to the issuer and the listed company behind it.
- Bond master. Over 2.2 million live bonds with an ISIN from 54,000 issuers. Over 1.6 million are tied to one of almost 12,000 listed companies, through the issuer or its consolidation parent.
- Terms, with sources. Coupon on 1.6 million live bonds and maturity on 2 million. Amount issued on 190,000, the bonds traded on European venues and those read from their documents. Every term carries its source.
- Read from the offering documents. Over 12,000 of the largest listed-company bonds read in full: frequency, day count, seniority, call and put schedules, make-whole. A term is stored only when the quoted text is found in the document and, on a multi-tranche deal, shown to belong to this bond's tranche.
- Credit ratings. About 1.4 million instrument ratings on record, over 600,000 of them current, covering over 126,000 live bonds, and over 10 million rating actions from the EU regulatory rating platform.
- Lending and short interest. Daily from 2012: value on loan, utilization, loan fees and a special flag, about 31,000 bonds on the latest day. Estimated short interest is the share of the issue on loan; not every loan is a short.
- Holders and central banks. Which US registered funds hold over 41,000 bonds and how much, quarterly, from public fund filings; ECB eligibility with the haircut on 22,000 bonds, and Eurosystem holdings.
Facts
| Coverage | Over 2.2 million live bonds with an ISIN; 54,000 issuers in 177 countries |
| Linking | Over 1.6 million bonds tied to almost 12,000 listed companies; finance subsidiaries roll up to the parent |
| History | Bond lending daily from 2012; over 10 million rating actions from 2012 |
| Frequency | Lending and ratings daily; US fund holdings quarterly |
| Delivery | Enterprise API, CSV, JSON; ORTEX platform for Advanced subscribers |
Why ORTEX
Bonds are linked to the same companies as every other ORTEX dataset, so a company's debt, its ratings and the cost of borrowing its bonds sit next to its short interest, fundamentals and prices. Every term records where it came from, and terms read from offering documents are kept only when the quoted text backs them up.
One record per bond
What a bond record holds and how many live bonds carry it, so you know what you are buying.
What each bond record holds, and on how many live bonds
| Block | What it holds | Live bonds |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ISIN, issuer, status; listed company where covered | 2.2m; 1.6m linked |
| Coupon | Rate and type, floating index and spread | 1.6m |
| Dates | Issue and maturity date | 2.0m |
| Amount | Amount issued | 190,000 |
| Documents | Frequency, day count, seniority, calls, make-whole | 12,000+ read |
| Ratings | Current instrument ratings and rating actions | 126,000 |
| Lending | Value on loan, utilization, loan fees, special flag | 31,000 |
| Short interest | Estimated: share of the issue on loan | 27,000 |
| Holders | US registered funds holding the bond, and how much | 41,000 |
| Central bank | ECB eligibility and haircut; Eurosystem holding | 22,000 |
Live bonds with an ISIN, 4 November 2026. Rounded down. Lending counts bonds on loan on the latest day.
| Linked | Issuer and listed parent company |
| Sourced | Every term carries the source it came from |
| Checked | Offering-document terms stored only when the quoted text is found |
A bond issued by a finance subsidiary shows up under the listed parent, where the people who own the stock will look for it.
Documents and API
- Download the brochure (PDF)
- Bonds and Credit Data on public.ortex.com
- The full ORTEX data catalog (PDF)
- Enterprise API reference: Bond master, Bond lending per company, Bond holders per company, Bond short interest per company, Bond short interest by date
Coverage, history and figures are as at November 2026. Provided for information purposes only; not investment advice, a personal recommendation, or an offer to buy or sell any security. Past performance is not a guide to future results. ORTEX does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any data or forecast. Trial access, pricing and licensing: [email protected].
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