Growth Metrics

Target (TGT) Times Interest Earned (2016 - 2026)

Target filings provide 18 years of Times Interest Earned readings, the most recent being $13.94 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Times Interest Earned fell 14.48% to $13.94 in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was $11.47, a 15.28% decrease, with the full-year FY2026 number at $11.5, down 15.09% from a year prior.
  • Times Interest Earned hit $13.94 in Q1 2026 for Target, up from $8.24 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Times Interest Earned ranged from a high of $20.14 in Q1 2022 to a low of $2.87 in Q3 2022.
  • Median Times Interest Earned over the past 5 years was $12.02 (2022), compared with a mean of $11.78.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Times Interest Earned: plummeted 87.92% in 2022 and later soared 196.2% in 2023.
  • Target's Times Interest Earned stood at $8.18 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 50.54% to $12.31 in 2023, then decreased by 9.62% to $11.12 in 2024, then dropped by 25.89% to $8.24 in 2025, then skyrocketed by 69.1% to $13.94 in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Times Interest Earned were $13.94 (Q1 2026), $8.24 (Q4 2025), and $11.35 (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.