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Recurring Revenue Loan

A recurring revenue loan is a credit facility underwritten partly on predictable subscription or recurring revenue metrics, often used for software and other asset-light growth companies.

DEFINITION

A recurring revenue loan is a credit facility underwritten partly on predictable subscription or recurring revenue metrics, often used for software and other asset-light growth companies.

How Recurring Revenue Loan works

Private credit and CLO markets transform corporate loan exposure through bilateral lending, fund structures and securitization. Returns depend not only on borrower credit quality but also on documentation, collateral tests, liability costs and manager decisions. Recurring Revenue Loan should be assessed together with portfolio composition, leverage, documentation and cash-flow waterfalls. Private structures can provide stronger information rights or bespoke protections, but they also have less standardized public price discovery.

Why it matters to credit investors

Recurring Revenue Loan matters because a growing share of corporate credit risk is held outside traditional public bond markets. Understanding the structure helps connect borrower fundamentals with fund leverage, securitization mechanics and the ultimate distribution of losses.

What to look at

Review asset quality, concentration, leverage, documentation, cash-flow coverage, manager behavior, liability costs and structural test cushions.

Documentation and context

The meaning and enforceability of Recurring Revenue Loan can vary by instrument, jurisdiction and documentation. BondStats uses the term as an educational market reference; the governing agreement and applicable law remain authoritative.

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