Thursday, March 1, 2012

US Big Service Corps 4Q 2011 Earnings Down 1%

I found 13 US Big Service Corps with Pretax Income of at least $100 mil in either the most recent 4Q 2011 or in the 4Q 2010.

These 13 US Big Service Corps generated Total Pretax Income in the 4Q 2011 which decreased by 1% from the 4Q 2010. The drivers of this decline in earnings were the Education and Training Corps.

Below here are these 4Q 2011 Pretax Earnings (PTI), along with a comparison with the prior year’s quarter amounts.

...........................................................................Increase
................................................PTI........PTI.......(Decrease)
.................................................4Q.........4Q..................
...............................................2011......2010....Amount.....%
.................................................(millions of dollars)

Environmental Services
Waste Management..................412........454..........(42).....-9%
Republic Services.....................259........261...........(2)......-1%
Stericycle.................................101..........83...........18......22%
Total all 3.................................772.......798..........(26).....-3%

Education and Training
Apollo Group............................263.......406.........(143)...-35%
ITT Educational........................127........163..........(36)...-22%
Education Management............103........138..........(35)...-25%
Washington Post.......................102........146..........(44)...-30%
Devry(1).....................................92........136..........(44)...-32%
Total all 5.................................687........989........(302)...-31%

Advertising Agencies
Omnicom Group......................457........408............49......12%
Interpublic Group...................370........320............50......16%
Total all 2................................827........728............99......14%

Employment Services
Manpower(2)..........................119...........76............43......57%

Management Consulting
Towers Watson.......................102...........71.............31......44%

Business Services
Nielsen Holdings(3)................162...........33...........129....391%

Total all 13 Service Corps....2,669......2,695...........(26).......-1%

(1) Devry 2011 PTI excludes Intangible Asset Impairment Charge.
(2) Manpower 2010 PTI excludes Intangible Asset Impairment Charge.
(3) Nielsen Holdings 2010 PTI excludes Loss on Debt Extinguishment.