Greif, Inc (GEF) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2013)

Greif (GEF) has reported Times Interest Earned for 5 consecutive years, with 5.04 the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2013.

• On a quarterly basis, Times Interest Earned rose 30.07% year-over-year to 5.04 in Q3 2013; TTM through Jul 2013 was 3.65, a 16.58% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2012 full-year figure at 3.13, down 28.06% from the prior year.
• Times Interest Earned was 5.04 for Q3 2013 at Greif, up from 3.92 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Times Interest Earned peaked at 6.82 in Q4 2009 and troughed at 2.47 in Q1 2012.
• A 5-year average of 4.38 and a median of 4.23 in 2011 frame the typical range for Times Interest Earned.
• Across the five-year window, Times Interest Earned plunged 49.79% in 2011 and jumped 30.07% in 2013, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Times Interest Earned stood at 6.82 in 2009, then retreated by 16.64% to 5.69 in 2010, then slumped by 49.79% to 2.86 in 2011, then climbed by 0.07% to 2.86 in 2012, then soared by 76.24% to 5.04 in 2013.
• The last three Times Interest Earned figures came in at 5.04 (Q3 2013), 3.92 (Q2 2013), and 2.96 (Q1 2013), per Business Quant data.