KBRA Assigns AAA Rating with Stable Outlook to New Mexico Finance Authority State Transportation Revenue Bonds (State Transportation Commission - Subordinate Lien), Series 2026B

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA assigns a long-term rating of AAA with a Stable Outlook to the New Mexico Finance Authority State Transportation Revenue Bonds (State Transportation Commission - Subordinate Lien), Series 2026B. Concurrently, KBRA affirms the long-term rating of AAA with a Stable Outlook on the outstanding New Mexico Finance Authority State Transportation Revenue Bonds (State Transportation Commission - Senior Lien and Subordinate Lien).

Key Credit Considerations

The rating was assigned because of the following key credit considerations:

Credit Positives

• Robust coverage of combined MADS from a diverse and stable array of Pledged Revenues.
• Rapid debt amortization of the Bonds, with a final maturity of 2041.
• Stringent additional bond provisions that protect the TRB credit from overleveraging.

Credit Challenges

• Periodic reauthorization risk associated with FAHP, mitigated by the stability and diversity of the State Revenue component which alone provide sufficient coverage.
• Economic dependency of the State on the energy sector which can be volatile, coupled with below national average State wealth income metrics.

Rating Sensitivities

For Upgrade

• N/A

For Downgrade

• While not expected, a pronounced decline in debt service coverage stemming from a severe, sustained decline in Pledged Revenues or overleveraging of the TRB credit.

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Methodology

• Public Finance: U.S. Special Tax Revenue Bond Rating Methodology

Disclosures

A description of all substantially material sources that were used to prepare the credit rating and information on the methodology(ies) (inclusive of any material models and sensitivity analyses of the relevant key rating assumptions, as applicable) used in determining the credit rating is available in the Information Disclosure Form(s) located here.

Information on the meaning of each rating category can be located here.

Further disclosures relating to this rating action are available in the Information Disclosure Form(s) referenced above. Additional information regarding KBRA policies, methodologies, rating scales and disclosures are available at www.kbra.com.

About KBRA

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