trailing

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Private credit default rates have been rising for a while now, peaking at 5.8% in January before falling to 5.4% in the trailing 12-month period ended in February, according to Fitch Ratings.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

The level of pessimism has reached a point where tech’s trailing PEG is implying “future earnings will be much weaker and is as low as the trough after the tech bubble burst in 2003-05.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Still, the company’s price-to-earnings ratio on Thursday was about 61 times trailing 12 month earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

We see them appear out of the dark at speed to make the delicate manoeuvre to feed their fuel-hungry jets - locking on to a hose trailing from the tanker wing.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

She made her way toward our dusty old car with her daughter trailing behind her.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall