So just how have these 79 largest Non-Financial New York Metro Area Companies done on the earnings front before, during and after the 2008 financial meltdown? Just absolutely impressive earnings improvement.
The 2014 Total Audited Net Income from Continuing Operations of these 79 largest Non-Financial New York Metro Area Companies was a massive $80.395 bil, an increase of an exceptionally strong 526% over the $12.839 bil comparable Total Reported Earnings generated by these same companies in their 2008 fiscal year ends.
So if the question to answer is how much better off are these largest Non-Financial New York Metro Area Companies now than they were during their 2008 financial meltdown fiscal years, the answer is more than 5 times better, or more than $67 bil better, as audited earnings under US generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP) are measured by the very prestigious US accounting profession.
There has been something upwardly explosive happening with the Audited Earnings of Non-Financial New York Metro Area Companies and among others, President Obama, New York US Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, New York's 18 Exceptional US House Democratic Members and the US Fed have all undoubtedly helped here.
A large number of these 79 largest Non-Financial New York Metro Area Companies as well as oh so many smaller ones are Multi-National Companies and should benefit enormously if the Fast-Track TPA is passed.
Below here are the reported US GAAP Audited Net Income (Losses) of each of these 79 largest Non-Financial New York Metro Area Companies for all of their fiscal years reported from 2008 through 2014:
2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||
2014 | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | ||
Most | Net | Net | Net | Net | Net | Net | Net | ||
Recent | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | ||
FYE | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | ||
New York Non-Financial Co | HQs | mil $s | mil $s | mil $s | mil $s | mil $s | mil $s | mil $s | |
New York City Metro Area | |||||||||
IBM | Armonk | Dec | 15,751 | 16,881 | 16,999 | 15,855 | 14,833 | 13,425 | 12,334 |
Verizon Communications | New York | Dec | 11,956 | 23,547 | 10,557 | 10,198 | 10,217 | 11,601 | 3,962 |
Pfizer | New York | Dec | 9,119 | 11,410 | 9,021 | 8,739 | 8,211 | 8,529 | 7,938 |
Pepsico | Purchase | Dec | 6,558 | 6,787 | 6,214 | 6,462 | 6,338 | 5,979 | 5,166 |
Twenty-First Century Fox | New York | Jun | 3,917 | 7,046 | 3,369 | 2,425 | |||
Time Warner | New York | Dec | 3,894 | 3,554 | 2,922 | 2,882 | 2,571 | 2,084 | (5,090) |
Viacom | New York | Sep | 2,464 | 2,449 | 2,385 | 2,183 | 1,876 | 1,655 | 1,274 |
Hess Corp | New York | Dec | 2,374 | 5,222 | 2,063 | 1,676 | 2,138 | 807 | 2,357 |
Colgate-Palmolive | New York | Dec | 2,339 | 2,410 | 2,631 | 2,554 | 2,313 | 2,397 | 2,037 |
Time Warner Cable | New York | Dec | 2,031 | 1,954 | 2,159 | 1,667 | 1,313 | 1,092 | (7,963) |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | New York | Dec | 2,029 | 2,580 | 2,501 | 5,260 | 4,513 | 4,420 | 3,686 |
Thomson Reuters | New York | Dec | 1,959 | 175 | 2,040 | (1,396) | 844 | 844 | 1,320 |
CBS Corp | New York | Dec | 1,354 | 1,738 | 1,508 | 1,291 | 724 | 227 | (11,673) |
Omnicom Group | New York | Dec | 1,233 | 1,112 | 1,118 | 1,060 | 924 | 871 | 1,114 |
Estee Lauder | New York | Jun | 1,209 | 1,024 | 861 | 704 | 482 | 227 | 484 |
Macquarie Infrastructure | New York | Dec | 1,039 | 28 | 14 | 29 | 10 | (109) | (70) |
CA Technologies | Islandia | Mar 15 | 810 | 887 | 921 | 938 | 823 | 759 | 661 |
Coach | New York | Jun | 781 | 1,034 | 1,039 | 881 | 735 | 623 | 783 |
Ralph Lauren | New York | Mar 15 | 702 | 776 | 750 | 681 | 568 | 480 | 406 |
L-3 Communications | New York | Dec | 677 | 760 | 762 | 968 | 966 | 911 | 929 |
Foot Locker | New York | Jan 15 | 520 | 429 | 397 | 278 | 169 | 47 | (79) |
Interpublic Group | New York | Dec | 505 | 289 | 465 | 552 | 281 | 143 | 318 |
Henry Schein | Melville | Dec | 505 | 471 | 423 | 405 | 352 | 330 | 269 |
Arrow Electronics | Melville | Dec | 498 | 400 | 507 | 599 | 480 | 124 | (614) |
Sirius XM Holdings | New York | Dec | 493 | 377 | 3,473 | 427 | 43 | (352) | (5,317) |
Bunge | White Plains | Dec | 485 | 110 | 378 | 940 | 2,388 | 335 | 1,326 |
Tiffany | New York | Jan 15 | 484 | 181 | 416 | 439 | 368 | 266 | 232 |
PVH Corp | New York | Jan 15 | 439 | 143 | 434 | 318 | 54 | 162 | 92 |
Intl Flavors & Fragrances | New York | Dec | 415 | 354 | 254 | 267 | 264 | 196 | 230 |
JetBlue Airways | Long Island City | Dec | 401 | 168 | 128 | 86 | 97 | 61 | (84) |
Nielsen Holdings | New York | Dec | 381 | 431 | 242 | 85 | 154 | (428) | (314) |
Pall Corp | Port Washington | Jul | 364 | 330 | 281 | 315 | 241 | 196 | 217 |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | Tarreytown | Dec | 348 | 424 | 750 | (222) | (104) | (68) | (79) |
Cablevision Systems | Bethpage | Dec | 309 | 127 | 74 | 239 | 208 | 124 | (258) |
News Corp | New York | Jun | 294 | 547 | (2,040) | 704 | 259 | ||
Jarden Corp | Rye | Dec | 243 | 204 | 244 | 205 | 107 | 129 | (59) |
MSC Industrial Direct | Melville | Aug | 236 | 238 | 259 | 219 | 150 | 125 | 196 |
IAC/InterActive | New York | Dec | 235 | 282 | 170 | 176 | (9) | (956) | 142 |
Leucadia National | New York | Dec | 215 | 409 | 903 | 16 | 1,889 | 532 | (2,583) |
MSCI Inc | New York | Dec | 199 | 200 | 165 | 173 | 92 | 82 | 68 |
ITT | White Plains | Dec | 191 | 490 | 110 | (578) | (132) | (111) | 32 |
Alcoa | New York | Dec | 177 | (2,244) | 162 | 808 | 400 | (924) | 450 |
Sirona Dental Systems | Long Island City | Sep | 177 | 149 | 136 | 124 | 91 | 54 | 30 |
Iconix Brand Group | New York | Dec | 167 | 143 | 124 | 141 | 110 | 76 | 63 |
Hain Celestial Group | Lake Success | Jun | 141 | 120 | 94 | 55 | 29 | (29) | 43 |
TAL Intl Group | Purchase | Dec | 124 | 143 | 130 | 110 | 58 | 72 | 36 |
Sotheby's | New York | Dec | 118 | 130 | 108 | 171 | 161 | (7) | 26 |
Steven Madden | Long Island City | Dec | 113 | 133 | 120 | 97 | 76 | 50 | 28 |
G-III Apparel Group | New York | Jan 15 | 109 | 76 | 57 | 50 | 57 | 32 | (14) |
Harbinger Group | New York | Sep | 102 | (69) | 111 | 7 | (196) | 113 | (905) |
Atlas Air Worldwide | Purchase | Dec | 102 | 94 | 130 | 96 | 143 | 76 | 60 |
Minerals Technologies | New York | Dec | 93 | 89 | 79 | 70 | 70 | (18) | 58 |
Prestige Brands Holdings | Tarreytown | Mar 15 | 78 | 73 | 66 | 37 | 29 | 32 | (190) |
Kate Spade | New York | Dec | 77 | (32) | (53) | 145 | (99) | (124) | (511) |
ABM Industries | New York | Oct | 76 | 73 | 63 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 53 |
Party City Holdco | New York | Dec | 71 | 13 | (21) | 76 | 49 | 63 | 40 |
ANN Inc | New York | Jan 15 | 68 | 102 | 103 | 87 | 73 | (18) | (334) |
Scholastic Corp | New York | May | 44 | 36 | 108 | 44 | 59 | 7 | 118 |
Revlon | New York | Dec | 40 | 25 | 61 | 53 | 327 | 49 | 13 |
Inter Parfums | New York | Dec | 37 | 51 | 177 | 43 | 36 | 30 | 30 |
New York Times | New York | Dec | 33 | 57 | 164 | (40) | 109 | 2 | (66) |
Exlservice Holdings | New York | Dec | 32 | 48 | 42 | 35 | 27 | 16 | 11 |
Shutterstock | New York | Dec | 22 | 26 | 48 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
Acorda Therapeutics | Ardsley | Dec | 18 | 16 | 155 | 31 | (12) | (84) | (74) |
HMS Holdings | New York | Dec | 14 | 40 | 51 | 48 | 40 | 30 | 21 |
Medidata Solutions | New York | Dec | 6 | 17 | 18 | 39 | 23 | 5 | (18) |
Shake Shack | New York | Dec | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||||
Loral Space & Communications | New York | Dec | (1) | 21 | 100 | 127 | 487 | 232 | (693) |
Etsy | New York | Dec | (15) | (1) | (2) | ||||
Dealertrack Technologies | Lake Success | Dec | (17) | 6 | 20 | 65 | (28) | (4) | 2 |
Barnes & Noble | New York | Apr | (47) | (158) | (65) | (74) | 36 | 85 | 135 |
Coty Inc | New York | Dec | (64) | 202 | (293) | 90 | 87 | 126 | 146 |
Veeco Instruments | Plainview | Dec | (67) | (42) | 27 | 191 | 277 | (2) | (49) |
Ophthotech | New York | Dec | (98) | (51) | (15) | (19) | |||
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals | New York | Dec | (112) | (47) | (25) | (28) | (20) | 10 | (53) |
Scientific Games Corp | New York | Dec | (234) | (26) | (44) | (13) | (149) | (40) | (4) |
Take-Two Interactive Software | New York | Mar 15 | (279) | 362 | (31) | (108) | 54 | (130) | 94 |
Intercept Pharmaceuticals | New York | Dec | (283) | (68) | (44) | (13) | (15) | ||
Avon Products | New York | Dec | (385) | (1) | 93 | 526 | 595 | 619 | 883 |
Total all 79 | 80,395 | 97,489 | 79,825 | 73,862 | 70,817 | 58,232 | 12,839 | ||
2014 Earnings % Increase Over 2008 | 526% |
On the job front, the US Bureau of Labor reported that the unemployment rate for the State of New York has dropped sharply from 8.9% in December 2009 to 5.7% in the most recently reported April 2015.
Also, the US Bureau of Labor reported that the unemployment rate for the New York City-Newark-Jersey City Metropolitan Area has dropped even more sharply from 9.7% in January 2010 to 5.6% in the most recently reported April 2015.