ABS

In a tough quarter for the auto industry, the Detroit-based lender posted earnings that sped past Wall Street's expectations.

Ford Credit Floorplan pays a fixed rate to ABS investors, while the dealers' assets pay a rate pegged to the flexible prime rate, so there is the potential of eroding excess spread.

Credit enhancement builds over time and includes non-declining overcollateralization at 5.00% of the initial adjusted pool balance, and a reserve fund that represents 0.25%.

Subordination and a reserve account are among the protections on notes supported by subprime loans on primarily used vehicles.

The class A notes, which KBRA assigns a AAA rating, and which have the bulk of the outstanding note balance, $259.3 million, benefits from an enhancement level of 61.10%.

Goldman Sachs and Obra Capital are providing loan funding, and the Crescent Auto Finance acquisition brings a technology platform and loan portfolio.

The membership also claims a large wallet share of borrowers' financial services business, which supports a strong direct auto lending credit profile.

As the deal's servicer, GLS is considered less able to mitigate non-collateral risks on behalf of securitization bondholders, it is still experienced, with more than 35 ABS deals.

Performance in recent vintages of Tesla leases, specifically 2024, had weakened recently, leading to increased credit loss expectation for the deal by 0.75%.

A significant percentage of the Barclays Dryrock accounts, about 74.2%, were co-branded with 13 different partner credit card accounts.

Credit performance in Ford's managed portfolio normalized recently, with June 2025, delinquencies reaching 1.38%. That was higher than 1.19% from a year prior, but lower than 1.62% at yearend 2019.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received pointed pushback from banks in their public comments on a proposed rule that would slash the number of nonbanks being supervised in four key markets.

The non-prime collateral pool starts out with 56,336 contracts, and an average balance of $26,041, which could be upsized to 71,695 contracts, with an average balance of $26,034.

Coupons range from 4.17% on the A1 notes, rated P1/A1+ by Moody's and Fitch Ratings, respectively, to 5.38% on the class N notes, which S&P rates BB.

Banks are bracing for hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, while investors who piled into asset-backed bonds sold by the company as recently as June have seen the prices of their securities plunge.