Fitch Assigns Uniper Investment-Grade Issuer Rating as Company Strengthens Capital Markets Profile

Fitch Assigns Uniper Investment-Grade Issuer Rating as Company Strengthens Capital Markets Profile

(IN BRIEF) Uniper has received a first-time long-term issuer rating of BBB- with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings, while Fitch also assessed the company’s Stand-Alone Credit Profile at bb+. The rating reflects Uniper’s strengthened financial profile, improved cash flow visibility, robust liquidity position, disciplined financial policy and continued strategic repositioning toward more stable and contracted earnings streams. Fitch becomes Uniper’s third rating agency alongside S&P and Scope, giving the company broader rating coverage and supporting enhanced access to capital markets, a more diversified investor base and additional funding flexibility. Uniper CFO Christian Barr said the rating marks a key milestone and reflects progress in improving the resilience of the company’s business model. Düsseldorf-based Uniper remains a major European energy company with 18.5 gigawatts of power generation capacity, a leading role in gas trading and LNG imports, and investments in renewables, hydrogen and low-carbon energy carriers.

(PRESS RELEASE) DÜSSELDORF, 11-Jun-2026 — /EuropaWire/ — Uniper has received a first-time long-term issuer rating of BBB- with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings, marking a further step in the company’s efforts to strengthen its capital markets profile and broaden access to funding sources.

Fitch also assessed Uniper’s Stand-Alone Credit Profile at bb+. The rating reflects the company’s strengthened financial position, improved visibility on cash flows and robust liquidity. Fitch also recognised Uniper’s disciplined financial policy and its strategic repositioning toward more stable and contracted earnings streams.

The addition of Fitch as a third rating agency, alongside S&P and Scope, gives Uniper broader rating coverage and supports the company’s ability to reach a wider investor base. Uniper said the rating enhances its credibility in capital markets and increases funding flexibility by supporting more diversified access to investors and financing sources.

Christian Barr, Chief Financial Officer of Uniper, said the BBB- issuer rating from Fitch represents an important milestone for the company. He said the rating reflects Uniper’s progress in strengthening its financial profile and improving the resilience of its business model.

Barr added that expanded rating coverage further strengthens Uniper’s position in the capital markets and broadens access to a more diversified investor base and funding sources. He said the company remains focused on delivering the strategy communicated to rating agencies and capital markets.

The rating comes as Uniper continues to reposition its business while maintaining a central role in European energy supply. The Düsseldorf-based company has around 7,000 employees and operates across key European markets including Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands.

About Uniper

Düsseldorf-based Uniper is a European energy company with global reach. It has about 7,000 employees and plays a key role in ensuring a secure energy supply in Europe, particularly in its core markets of Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Uniper’s 18.5 gigawatts of power generating capacity make it a mainstay of reliable power production. Uniper is a leading gas trader and one of Northwestern Europe’s most important LNG importers, and its broad procurement portfolio enhances supply security. Uniper’s investments in renewables, hydrogen, and other low-carbon energy carriers propel the transformation of the energy system.

Uniper provides energy and services to about 1,000 municipalities and industrial companies in its home market, Germany. Uniper is also Germany’s largest operator of gas storage facilities and hydropower plants.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Uniper SE management and other information currently available to Uniper. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. Uniper SE does not intend, and does not assume any liability whatsoever, to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.

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SOURCE: Uniper