Wednesday, March 11, 2015

200 Largest US Financial Companies in States Other Than California, New York, DC and Neighboring States 2 Year 2014 and 2013 Audited US GAAP Earnings Were $243 Bil, a Massive $222 Bil Earnings Improvement or 1,052% Increase Over the 2 Year 2009 and 2008 Audited Earnings of $21 Bil For the 2 Years 2009 and 2008 ... 3 Year 2012-2014 Audited US GAAP Earnings Were $337 Bil, Up $255 Bil From the 3 Year 2008-2010 Audited Earnings of $82 Bil ..................... This is all on Ben Bernanke ..................

Former US Fed Chair Ben Bernanke will be delivering a key economic presentation at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, Indiana on March 23, 2015.  It is open to the public and free of charge.

In three very recent posts on (1) New York and Neighboring States New Jersey and Connecticut, (2) DC and Neighboring States Virginia, Maryland and Delaware and (3) California, I revealed as best I could the Audited US GAAP Earnings and Losses for US Financial, REIT and Financial Technology Companies with current Stock Market Capitalizations of at least $1 bil in the years before, during and after the horrific 2008 US Financial Meltdown.

Thus, as a backdrop for this upcoming speech and continuing a much deserved tribute to Bernanke's key role in helping the US avoid a Deep, Prolonged Financial Depression, I think it now would be additionally helpful to update just what has been going on with the largest Financial, REITs and Financial Technology Companies in all of the other US States since the disastrous 2008 US Finanial Meltdown.

From a very thorough review of SEC filings and Google's excellent financial website, I found as best I could 200 Financial, REIT and Financial Technology Companies headquartered in these other US States with Stock Market Capitalizations now of at least $2 bil and which have filed audited financial statements with the SEC with financial information disclosures for all years from 2008 through 2014.  I used a higher $2 bil Market Capitalization because there were so many ones (200) with Market Capitalization between of at least $2 bil and also so many more with Market Capitalizations between $1 bil and $2 bil.

So just how have these 200 Financial Companies done on the audited earnings front since the 2008 financial meltdown?  Just spectacular earnings recovery.

The Total Audited US GAAP Net Income from Continuing Operations of these 200 largest Financial Companies in these Other States was a massive $243 bil in their Most Recent Two Years (2014 and 2013) Combined, an incredibly off-the-charts Total Earnings Improvement of $222 bil  or 1,052% increase when compared to the Deep US Recession-Driven Total Audited Earnings for the Two Years (2009 and 2008) Combined of $21 bil.

Further, the Total Audited US GAAP Net Income from Continuing Operations of these 200 largest Financial Companies in these other States was $337 bil in their Most Recent Three Years (2012-2014) Combined, an incredibly off-the-charts even more massive Total Earnings Improvement of $255 bil when compared to the Deep US Recession-Driven Total Audited Earnings for the Three Years (2008-2010) Combined of $82 bil.

There has been something nearly miraculous happening with the largest Financial Companies Earnings all over the country in the past six years and very prescient economic actions by former US Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke played a very pivotal role here in resuscitating many of these Financial Companies from the abyss.

It should be pointed out that the Bank of America Earnings and Losses for all years below include that of Merrill Lynch to make them comparable for all years.

Also, the then extremely financially troubled Ally Financial's 2008 Earnings below were bolstered by a massive $12.6 bil of Gains From Extinguishment of Debt.

Three Companies which surprisingly haven't filed their December 2014 Financial Statements yet and thus aren't included below are ones with huge Losses in the US Financial Meltdown Year of 2008 ..... $2.4 bil Losses for Wyomissing, PA-based Santander Holdings USA, $1.3 bil Losses for Evansville, IN-based Springleaf Finance and $1.2 bil Losses for now Naples, FL-based Hertz Global Holdings.

It is very difficult for me to understand portions of Springleaf's SEC filings since there are three different ones.  Also, Springleaf (then named American General Finance) was a subsidiary of AIG which was bailed out by a massive amount of money provided by US Taxpayers.  In a very strange subsequent transaction in 2010, Springleaf magically reported a $1.5 bil bargain purchase gain dramatically increasing its 2010 reported earnings.

One item that clearly stuck out to me were how many REITs are included in this and my earlier three posts.  And the 2014 Total Audited US GAAP Earnings Increases for these many REITs over 2013 is eye-opening.  Just think what would happen if the IRS more timely approved legitimate requests for REIT qualification.  By their very slow action here, the IRS is holding back the US economy from realizing its potential.

Below here are the US GAAP Net Income (Losses) of each of these 200 Financial Companies in the other US States  for each of their fiscal years from 2007 to 2014:
















2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007




Audited Audited Audited Audited Audited Audited Audited Audited





Net Net Net Net Net Net Net Net
US Financial Companies City State 2014 Income Income Income Income Income Income Income Income
in Other US States HQs HQs FYE (Loss) (Loss) (Loss) (Loss) (Loss) (Loss) (Loss) (Loss)


mil $s mil $s mil $s mil $s mil $s mil $s mil $s mil $s





















Regions Financial Birmingham AL Dec       1,142       1,135      1,179         189       (468)    (1,074)    (5,585)      1,393
Protective Life Birmingham AL Dec          385          393         302         339         260         271         (42)         290
Medical Properties Trust Birmingham AL Dec            51            89           73           19           10           30           15           21
ProAssurance Corp Birmingham AL Dec          197          298         275         197         298         275         178         168
Bank of the Ozarks Little Rock AR Dec          119            91           77         101           64           43           35           32
Home Bancshares Conway AR Dec          113            67           63           55           18           27           10           20
Spirit Realty Capital  Scottsdale AZ Dec          (51)          (33)         (73)         (48)         (65)           22           25             4
Western Alliance Bancorp Phoenix AZ Dec          149          116           75           33           (4)       (147)       (230)           34
Healthcare Trust of America Scottsdale AZ Dec            46            25         (24)             6           (8)         (25)         (28)           (8)
PS Business Parks Glendale AZ Dec          205          116           94         100           96           91           84           81
Royal Gold Denver CO Jun            63            73           98           77           29           41           25           21
Apartment Investment & Management Denver CO Dec            67            35         (19)       (142)       (164)       (198)       (118)         (46)
UDR Inc Highlands Ranch CO Dec            16              2         (46)       (112)       (116)         (97)         (67)           40
Janus Capital Group Denver CO Dec          155          122         112         153         169       (744)         147         214
DCT Industrial Trust Denver CO Dec            47            (9)         (29)         (36)         (42)         (26)         (16)           (4)
Western Union Englewood CO Dec          852          798      1,026      1,165         910         849         919         857
CoreSite Realty Denver CO Dec            40            32           11         (11)         (12)           (7)         (14)             3
Fidelity National Info Services Jacksonville FL Dec          718          515         558         505         401         109         123         247
Fidelity National Financial Jacksonville FL Dec          512          395         514         290         358         207       (188)         111
Raymond James Financial St Petersburg FL Sep          448          397         292         268         223         140         235         250
Ryder System Miami FL Dec          220          243         201         171         125           90         258         252
Brown & Brown Daytona Beach FL Dec          207          217         184         164         162         153         166         191
BankUnited   Miami Lakes FL Dec          204          209         211           63         185    (1,114)       (858)         110
National Retail Properties Orlando FL Dec          180          154         132           91           71           55           96           76
Regency Centers Jacksonville FL Dec          134            84           46           49             1         (39)         120         176
Equity One North Miami Beach FL Dec            58            49           (1)           28           10           66           28           37
The GEO Group Boca Raton FL Dec          144          117         145           77           63           66           62           38
Ultimate Software Group Weston FL Dec            45            26           15             4             3           (1)           (3)           33
WellCare Health Plans Tampa FL Dec            64          175         185         264         (53)           40         (37)         216
EverBank Financial Jackonsville FL Dec          148          137           74           53         189           54           23           29
AFLAC Columbus GA Dec       2,951       3,158      2,866      1,964      2,344      1,497      1,254      1,634
SunTrust Banks Atlanta GA Dec       1,785       1,361      1,984         660         206    (1,552)         807      1,647
Invesco Ltd Atlanta GA Dec       1,005          918         569         622         637         209         421         887
NCR Corporation Duluth GA Dec          185          456         475           49         119           65         230         171
Equifax Atlanta GA Dec          374          342         275         240         243         224         255         253
FleetCor Technologies Norcross GA Dec          369          285         216         147         108           89           97           62
IntercontinentalExchange Group Atlanta GA Dec       1,005          320         562         522         407         314         301         241
Global Payments Atlanta GA May          270          239         218         229         223         207         161    
Total System Services Columbus GA Dec          329          257         250         223         209         224         251         237
Synovus Financial Columbus GA Dec          195          159         830         (61)       (834)    (1,434)       (580)         338
First Data Corp Atlanta GA Dec        (265)        (692)       (527)       (336)       (847)    (1,015)    (3,608)       (263)
Post Properties Atlanta GA Dec          238            81           83           26           (7)         (96)         (96)         107
Cousins Properties Atlanta GA Dec            32          112           28       (135)         (24)           14           24           15
Piedmont Office Trust Realty Johns Creek GA Dec            40            72           60           90         112           63         118           99
Primerica Duluth GA Dec          180          159         173         178         258         495         168         594
Columbia Property Trust Atlanta GA Dec            95            26           21           54           26           42         (23)           (5)
Bank of Hawaii Honolulu HI Dec          163          151         166         160         184         144         192         184
Principal Financial Group Des Moines IA Dec       1,176          936         825         751         717         646         466         864
American Equity Investment Life West Des Moines IA Dec          126          253           58           86           43           69           16           26
Discover Financial Services Riverwoods IL Dec       2,323       2,470      2,345      2,227         765      1,276      1,063         964
Allstate Northbrook IL Dec       2,850       2,280      2,306         788         928         854    (1,679)      4,636
CME Group Chicago IL Dec       1,127          978         907      1,814         952         826         716         659
CNA Financial Chicago IL Dec          888          915         620         631         779         483       (251)         905
Northern Trust Chicago IL Dec          812          731         687         604         670         864         795         727
HSBS Finance Corp Mettawa IL Dec          547          713    (2,405)    (2,326)    (2,549)    (7,450)    (2,751)    (4,378)
Ventas Chicago IL Dec          457          491         308         362         219         193         178         138
Old Republic Intl Chicago IL Dec          410          448         (69)       (141)           30         (99)       (558)         272
General Growth Properties Chicago IL Dec          398          329       (427)       (194)       (862)       (527)         (78)         295
Catamaran Schaumburg IL Dec          373          299         121           92           65           46           15           13
Jones Lang LaSalle Chicago IL Dec          388          273         209         166         154           (3)           87         260
Arthur J Gallagher Itasca IL Dec          303          269         195         144         163         133         111         155
CBOE Holdings Chicago IL Dec          190          176         157         139           99         106         115           83
Morningstar Chicago IL Dec            78          123         103           98           86           82           93           74
Equity LifeStyle Properties Chicago IL Dec          138            77           64           42           61           51           39           44
Retail Properties America Oak Brook IL Dec              1          (43)         (14)       (103)       (102)       (108)       (660)             0
Equity Residential Chicago IL Dec          657        (168)         160           84         (83)         (58)       (106)         (70)
Strategic Hotels & Resorts Chicago IL Dec          182              4         (62)       (106)       (265)       (232)       (288)         104
First Industrial Realty Trust Chicago IL Dec            23              4         (25)         (32)       (156)         (20)       (149)         (85)
Wintrust Financial Rosemont IL Dec          151          137         111           78           63           73           20           56
PrivateBancorp Chicago IL Dec          153          123           78           45             2         (30)         (93)           11
MB Financial Chicago IL Dec            86            98           90           39           21         (33)           16           61
RLI Corp Peoria IL Dec          135          126         103         131         127           94           79         176
CBOE Holdings Chicago IL Dec          190          176         157         139           99         106         115           83
Aviv REIT Chicago IL Dec            45            23             4           11           38           34           17           16
Equity Commonwealth Chicago IL Dec            21          (39)           93           62         (61)           61           72
Anthem Indianapolis IN Dec       2,560       2,634      2,651      2,647      2,887      4,746      2,491      3,345
Simon Property Group Indianapolis IN Dec       1,622       1,367      1,563      1,246         754         387         600         675
CNO Financial Group Carmel IN Dec            51          478         221         383         285           86       (410)         (79)
Duke Realty Indianapolis IN Dec          226            61         (86)           (4)           39       (240)           89         170
Kite Realty Trust Indianapolis IN Dec          (16)            (1)         (11)             5           (9)             5           10           14
Waddell & Reed Financial Overland Park KS Dec          313          253         193         175         157         106           96         125
Euronet Worldwide Leawood KS Dec          101            87           20           38         (38)           31       (193)           37
Humana Louisville KY Dec       1,147       1,231      1,222      1,419      1,099      1,040         647         834
IberiaBank Lafayette LA Dec          105            65           76           54           49         158           40           41
State Street Corp Boston MA Dec       2,037       2,136      2,061      1,920      1,556      1,803      1,811      1,261
Boston Properties Boston MA Dec          358          704         285         314         188         263           97         357
Affiliated Managers Group Prides Crossing MA Dec          786          670         411         360         287         213         132         457
American Tower Boston MA Dec          803          482         594         382         374         239         236           93
Eaton Vance Boston MA Oct          321          230         265         228         201         136         203         149
LPL Financial Holdings Boston MA Dec          178          182         152         170         (57)           48           45           61
Senior Housing Properties Trust Newton MA Dec          156          146         132         151         116         110         107           85
Hospitality Properties Trust Newton MA Dec          197          133         152         190           21         193         124         323
Iron Mountain Boston MA Dec          329            99         183         246         167         232           95         171
The Hanover Insurance Group Worcester MA Dec          282          246           46           32         153         188           85         228
Select Income REIT Newton MA Dec          106            93           66           69           61           58           52           51
WEX Inc South Portland ME Dec          200          148           97         134           88         140         128           52
Ally Financial Detroit MI Dec          925          416      1,370       (112)         986    (6,983)      4,863    (1,950)
Credit Acceptance Southfield MI Dec          266          253         220         188         170         146           67           55
Syntel Troy MI Dec          250          220         186         123         114         118           87           63
Taubman Centers Bloomfield Hills MI Dec       1,278          189         158         141         123         104             7         127
Sun Communities Southfield MI Dec            33            20             8           (1)           (4)           (7)         (28)         (18)
Ford Motor Credit Co LLC Dearborn MI Dec       1,705       1,479      1,214      1,795      1,848      1,277    (1,545)         769
US Bancorp Minneapolis MN Dec       5,908       5,732      5,490      4,788      3,265      2,237      3,012      4,403
UnitedHealth Group Minnetonka MN Dec       5,619       5,673      5,526      5,142      4,634      3,822      2,977      4,654
Ameriprise Financial Minneapolis MN Dec       2,002       1,478         903      1,030      1,284         736       (100)         813
Two Harbors Investment Minnetonka MN Dec          167          575         287         127           36           (9)             2             1
TCF Financial Wayzata MN Dec          182          159       (207)         114         154           94         113         272
H&R Block Kansas City MO Apr          500          465         346         419         489         513         446         369
Reinsurance Group America Chesterfield MO Dec          684          419         632         600         574         407         188         308
DST Systems Kansas City MO Dec          593          353         324         178         318         242         243         875
Commerce Bancshares Kansas City MO Dec          263          261         271         260         222         168         189         207
Jack Henry & Associates Monett MO Jun          201          177         155         137         118         103         105         106
EPR Properties Kansas City MO Dec          176          176         142         103         117           35         127           98
Stifel Financial St Louis MO Dec          179          173         145           84             2           76           56           32
Centene Corp St Louis MO Dec          261          162           76         108           94           89           84           41
UMB Financial Kansas City MO Dec          121          134         123         106           91           89           98           74
DST Systems Kansas City MO Dec          593          353         324         178         318         242         243         875
Hancock Holding Gulfport MS Dec          176          163         152           77           52           75           65           74
BancorpSouth Tupelo MS Dec          117            94           84           38           23           83         120         138
Bank of America & Merrill Lynch Charlotte NC Dec       4,833     11,431      4,188      1,446    (2,238)      6,276  (23,543)      6,345
BB&T Corp Winston-Salem NC Dec       2,226       1,729      2,028      1,332         854         877      1,529      1,746
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Greensboro NC Dec            78          113           56           51           38           73           30           30
Extended Stay America Charlotte NC Dec          151            83           22           47       (146)    (1,398)       (891)
Highwoods Properties Raleigh NC Dec          116            63           40           45           71           46           38           49
First Citizens BancShares Raleigh NC Dec          139          167         132         195         193         116           91         109
Berkshire Hathaway Omaha NE Dec     20,170     19,845    15,312    10,746    13,494      8,441      5,596    13,567
TD Ameritrade Omaha NE Sep          787          675         586         638         592         644         804         646
Nelnet Lincoln NE Dec          309          304         178         204         189         139           27           35
White Mountains Insurance Hanover NH Dec          248          268         279         184         136         583       (559)         407
AMERCO Reno NV Mar          342          265         205         184           66           13           68           91
John Deere Capital Reno NV Oct          544          469         383         364         319         149         282         311
Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati OH Dec       1,483       1,826      1,574      1,298         753         737    (2,113)      1,076
Progressive Mayfield Village OH Dec       1,281       1,165         902      1,016      1,068      1,058         (70)      1,183
KeyCorp Cleveland OH Dec          946          870         842         976         607    (1,263)    (1,287)         967
Huntington Bancshares Columbus OH Dec          632          641         631         543         312    (3,094)       (114)           75
Cincinnati Financial Fairfield OH Dec          525          517         421         166         377         432         429         855
American Financial Group Cincinnati OH Dec          406          453         402         319         423         530         200         413
Vantiv Cincinnati OH Dec          169          208         111           85           55           89         153         141
Health Care REIT Toledo OH Dec          358            87         181         161           81         145         126           94
TFS Financial Cleveland OH Sep            66            56           11             9           11           14           54           26
DDR Corp Beachwood OH Dec            21            21           28         (43)       (164)       (231)         (45)         162
Diebold North Canton OH Dec          117        (177)           83         152         (17)           79         115         105
Forest City Enterprises Cleveland OH Dec          (34)          (50)         (21)       (107)           99           (7)       (110)             6
FirstMerit Akron OH Dec          238          184         134         120         103           82         119         123
BOK Financial Tulsa OK Dec          295          319         354         290         248         204         146         218
Umpqua Holdings Portland OR Dec          148            98         102           74           28       (153)           51           63
StanCorp Financial Group Portland OR Dec          219          229         139         139         189         209         163         228
PNC Financial Services Pittsburgh PA Dec       4,207       4,212      2,994      3,071      3,024      2,358         796      1,363
ACE Limited Philadelphia PA Dec       2,853       3,758      2,706      1,585      3,108      2,549      1,197      2,578
Lincoln National Radnor PA Dec       1,514       1,244      1,286         302         951       (415)         (10)      1,199
Erie Indemnity Erie PA Dec          573       1,048         619         268         660         446       (616)         919
SEI Investments Oaks PA Dec          319          288         208         207         233         272         268         434
Federated Investors Pittsburgh PA Dec          150          166         198         155         189         209         229         223
Liberty Property Trust  Malvern PA Dec          176            98           97         140         130           31         124         114
Radian Group Philadelphia PA Dec       1,260        (142)       (224)         302    (1,806)       (148)       (411)    (1,290)
CubeSmart Malvern PA Dec            26            10         (13)           (5)         (12)         (21)         (27)         (28)
Brandywine Realty Trust Radnor PA Dec              6            39         (37)         (13)         (31)             4           (2)             5
Fulton Financial Lancaster PA Dec          158          162         160         146         128           74           (6)         153
F.N.B. Corp Pittsburgh PA Dec          144          118         110           87           75           41           36           70
Susquehanna Bancshares Lititz PA Dec          144          174         141           55           32           13           83           69
Gaming and Leisure Properties Wyomissing PA Dec          185            20           23           27           15           20           22
Unum Group Chattanooga TN Dec          413          858         894         235         886         853         553         672
Corrections Corp America Nashville TN Dec          195          305         157         163         158         151         146         127
CBL & Associates Properties Chattanooga TN Dec          253          115         186         156         135           (2)           60         141
Mid-America Apartment Communities Memphis TN Dec          149            37           61           38           30           32           30           33
Caterpillar Financial Services Nashville TN Dec          544          527         439         393         289         275         398         500
First Horizon National Memphis TN Dec          231            41         (16)         134           73       (235)       (173)       (151)
Healthcare Realty Trust Nashville TN Dec            34          (13)           (1)           (3)             2           23           13             5
National Health Investors Murfreesboro TN Dec          103            79           73           73           62           57           50           74
Ryman Hospitality Properties Nashville TN Dec          126          118         (27)           10         (92)             7             4         102
Santander Consumer USA Holdings   Dallas TX Dec          766          696         735         788         438         210         174         160
General Motors Financial Fort Worth TX Dec          537          566         463         386         221         (11)         (82)         360
Comerica Dallas TX Dec          593          541         521         393         260           16         212         682
Torchmark McKinney TX Dec          543          528         529         518         522         386         430         489
Alliance Data Systems Plano TX Dec          516          496         422         315         196         177         233         214
HCC Insurance Holdings Houston TX Dec          458          407         391         255         345         354         302         392
Cullen/Frost Bankers San Antonio TX Dec          278          238         238         218         208         179         207         212
Prosperity Bancshares Houston TX Dec          297          221         168         142         128         112           85           84
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings  Lewisville TX Dec          221          217         205           21         (10)         (81)       (158)       (284)
Weingarten Realty Investors Houston TX Dec          116          133           57             9           41           85           64         125
American Campus Communities Austin TX Dec            61            47           49           42           22             0           (9)           (1)
Texas Capital Bancshares Dallas TX Dec          136          121         121           76           37           24           25           31
Crown Castle Houston TX Dec          399            94         201         171       (311)       (114)         (49)       (223)
American National Insurance Galveston TX Dec          249          272         192         193         144           17       (174)         245
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings  Coppell TX Dec          221          217         205           21         (10)         (81)       (158)       (284)
BBVA Compass Bancshares Houston TX Dec               468               420              479       (1,737)            (336)       (1,929)            (396)
Camden Property Trust Houston TX Dec               301               156              161                 33                 16               (69)                  (7)                 53
Howard Hughes Corp Dallas TX Dec                (24)                (74)            (128)              148               (69)            (703)               (18)                  (4)
Zions Bancorporation Salt Lake City UT Dec          398          263         348         323       (296)    (1,222)       (271)         502
Extra Space Storage Salt Lake City UT Dec          196          186         128           58           33           39           43           35
Weyerhauser Federal Way WA Dec          828          491         312         319      1,274       (525)    (1,911)       (284)
Plum Creek Timber Seattle WA Dec          214          214         203         193         202         236         233         282
Washington Federal Seattle WA Sep          157          152         138         111         119           48           62         135
Concur Technologies Bellevue WA Sep        (119)          (25)           (8)         (11)           20           25           17             8
Zillow Group Seattle WA Dec          (44)          (12)             6             1           (7)         (13)         (21)         (20)
Symetra Financial Bellevue WA Dec          254          221         205         200         201         128           22         167
Fiserv Brookfield WI Dec          754          650         592         491         506         473         358         412
Associated Banc Corp Green Bay WI Dec          191          189         179         140           (1)       (132)         168         286
MGIC Investment Milwaukee WI Dec          252          (50)       (927)       (486)       (364)    (1,322)       (525)    (1,670)
United Bankshares Charleston WV Dec          130            86           83           76           72           67           87           91












Total all 200 Financial Companies in Other US States

  123,841   119,024    94,525    71,724    61,067    27,441    (6,365)    76,590












Earnings 2014 and 2013 Combined


  242,865    





Earnings 2009 and 2008 Combined


    21,076    





…Total Earnings Improvement


  221,789    





…% Increase


1,052%


















Earnings 3 Years 2012-14 Combined

  337,390    





Earnings 3 Years 2008-10 Combined

    82,143    





…Total Earnings Improvement


  255,247