Rated Corporate Leisure, Lodging & Entertainment

Ba Na Service Cable Car Joint Stock Company

Ticker: Unlisted
BBB+ Current rating
Stable Outlook
2 Rating status
0 SPOs published

About the Issuer

Established in 2007, BNC operates Sun World Ba Na Hills in Da Nang, one of Vietnam's most iconic tourism complexes with theme parks, cable cars, and hotels. Since 2016, its subsidiary - Fansipan Sa Pa Cable Car Services & Tourism Co., Ltd. (FSP) - operates Sun World Fansipan Legend in Sa Pa. BNC is aa member of the Sun Group ecosystem, which is one of the largest corporate groups in Vietnam with operations in tourism, hospitality, and residential real estate sectors. BNC works closely with other Sun Group's affiliated companies on business development and operations.

Basic information
Sector level 1 Corporate
Sector level 2 Leisure, Lodging & Entertainment
Ticker Unlisted
Customer code COM002099

Rating Results

Issuer rating - Long-term
BBB+
Outlook: Stable
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Credit Opinion

Factors that could lead to an upgrade

The company maintains steady improvement in its operating cash flow and debt leverage and coverage ratios, for example, Debt/ EBITDA ratio of below 5x, or EBIT/ interest expense ratio of above 2x, or CFO (Operating cash flow)/ Debt ratio of above 20%

Factors that could lead to a downgrade

(1) faces prolonged deterioration in the number of visitors, leading to weak operating cash flow; and/ or
(2) fails to implement new businesses as planned and experiences significant deterioration in profitability and leverage and coverage metrics, for example, Debt/ EBITDA ratio rising above 11x; and/ or
(3) we review the company’s liquidity risk has increased  due to limited access to bank financing or difficulties in refinancing at market rates

Strengths

(1) Strong market position in the leisure, lodging and entertainment sector, anchored by iconic tourism assets
(2) Very strong profitability and operating efficiency

Challenges

(1) Below-average leverage and debt coverage profile due to debt expansion
(2) High exposure to a cyclical and shock-sensitive tourism sector

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Rating Results

LATEST CORPORATE CREDIT RATING RESULTS  |  04/2026
BBB+
Outlook: Stable

Second Party Opinion

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