Apple (AAPL) Times Interest Earned (2013 - 2016)

Apple (AAPL) has reported Times Interest Earned for 4 consecutive years, with 43.57 the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2016.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2016, Times Interest Earned fell 61.14% year-over-year to 43.57; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2016 stood at 64.54 (down 48.65% YoY), and the FY2015 full-year result was 97.18, down 28.93% from the prior year.
• Times Interest Earned declined to 43.57 in Q1 2016 per AAPL's latest filing, from 87.58 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Times Interest Earned topped out at 207.89 in Q4 2013 and bottomed at 43.57 in Q1 2016.
• Historically, Times Interest Earned has averaged 118.5 across 4 years, with a median of 107.48 in 2014.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2014 and 2016: Times Interest Earned dropped 10.97% in 2014, then plunged 61.14% in 2016.
• Over 4 years, Times Interest Earned stood at 207.89 in 2013, then dropped by 10.97% to 185.08 in 2014, then sank by 52.68% to 87.58 in 2015, then sank by 50.25% to 43.57 in 2016.
• According to Business Quant data, Times Interest Earned over the past three periods registered 43.57, 87.58, and 61.44 for Q1 2016, Q4 2015, and Q3 2015 respectively.