Belden (BDC) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2015)

Belden (BDC) has reported Times Interest Earned for 7 consecutive years, with 0.2 the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2015.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2015, Times Interest Earned fell 92.22% year-over-year to 0.2; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2015 stood at 1.36 (down 50.02% YoY), and the FY2014 full-year result was 1.99, down 27.89% from the prior year.
• Times Interest Earned retreated to 0.2 in Q1 2015 per BDC's latest filing, from 1.84 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Times Interest Earned topped out at 4.24 in Q3 2012 and bottomed at 0.96 in Q3 2012.
• Historically, Times Interest Earned has averaged 2.44 across 5 years, with a median of 2.68 in 2014.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2012 and 2013: Times Interest Earned tumbled 124.21% in 2012, then soared 393.16% in 2013.
• Over 5 years, Times Interest Earned stood at 2.4 in 2011, then dropped by 4.27% to 2.3 in 2012, then grew by 9.08% to 2.51 in 2013, then retreated by 26.59% to 1.84 in 2014, then slumped by 88.89% to 0.2 in 2015.
• According to Business Quant data, Times Interest Earned over the past three periods registered 0.2, 1.84, and 2.68 for Q1 2015, Q4 2014, and Q3 2014 respectively.