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High-grade issuance heavy; Qualcomm, Capital One, Magellan, Loews, SEK price; spreads soften
By Cristal Cody
Tupelo, Miss., May 6 – Investment-grade issuers flooded the primary market with new bonds on Wednesday.
Qualcomm Inc. priced $2 billion of senior notes in two tranches.
Capital One Financial Corp. brought $2 billion of senior notes in two parts to the primary market.
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC priced a $1.2 billion two-tranche offering of senior notes.
Magellan Midstream Partners, LP sold $500 million of 10-year senior notes.
Loews Corp. came with $500 million of 10-year senior notes.
Realty Income Corp. sold $600 million of senior notes due Jan. 15, 2031.
Public Service Electric and Gas Co. was in the market with $375 million of 30-year secured medium-term notes.
Also, Swedish Export Credit Corp. priced $1.25 billion of five-year senior notes, while Tennessee Valley Authority offered $1 billion of five-year global power bonds on Wednesday.
In addition, issuance was expected from companies including Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC, GE Capital Funding, LLC, American International Group, Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Office Properties Income Trust and Consumers Energy Co.
Well over $47 billion of investment-grade bonds have priced week to date.
About $60 billion to $75 billion of volume was expected for the week.
New issues have traded mostly tighter in the secondary market, a source said.
Ryder System, Inc.’s upsized $400 million of 3.35% medium-term notes due Sept. 1, 2025 (Baa1/BBB+/A-) priced on Tuesday firmed about 6 basis points.
The notes priced at 99.931 and a spread of 300 bps over Treasuries.
Initial talk was in the 330 bps over Treasuries area with price guidance tightened to the 305 bps area, plus or minus 5 bps.
The offering was upsized from $300 million.
Credit spreads widened over 4 bps on Wednesday.
The Markit CDX North American Investment Grade 33 index softened to a spread of 93.23 bps from 88.93 bps on Tuesday.
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