Auto ABS

A DBRS report states rising concentrations of light-duty truck collateral adds risks to vehicle securitization portfolios, but risk may differ among ABS types.

Kroll this week withdrew ratings on the defunct subprime auto lender's loan securitization, which had undergone multiple downgrades.

Foursight's first deal of 2019 has a rising 36.6% share of subprime borrowers from its lower-tier loan programs.

A decline in average FICO and recent loss levels in AmeriCredit's securitizations prompts Moody's to project slightly higher credit losses in the new transaction compared to previous rated deals.

S&P Global Ratings reports that cumulative loss levels on collateralized portfolios of subprime auto loans fell to 7.11% in March, compared to 8.67% in February. That figure was also down from 7.61% in March 2018, and the lowest since 2016.

A Davis & Gilbert poll of market participants showed more expect delinquencies over the next one to two years, likely requiring credit enhancement in future deals.

S&P Global Ratings forecasts lower losses in subprime lender American Credit Acceptance's next auto-loan securitization, citing the inclusion of performing loans transferred from a recently called deal.

The portion of Americans with a car loan climbed to 35% last year from just 20% in 1999, the New York Fed said in a blog post. Auto loans first overtook mortgages in 2013 and have pulled further ahead every year since.

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2019-2 has a lower average FICO (600) and lighter seasoning (two months) compared to SDART 2019-1.

DT Auto Owner Trust 2019-2 will issue five classes of notes, collateralized by $550 million in auto loans issued through company-owned "buy here-pay here" dealerships.