The 21 German Companies With Market Caps of EUR 5 Bil to 10 Bil 2014 Audited Earnings Very Solid ..... 2014 Total Audited Earnings Up 16% Over 2013, Up 170% Over 2009 and Up 204% Over 2008

From a review of the superb Google Finance Website and audited financial statements on company investor relations websites, I found 21 Companies headquartered in Germany with Stock Market Capitalizations of EUR 5 Bil to 10 Bil.

I excluded one German Utility Company, one German Company whose financial statements were only in German and one German Company whose financial statements were in US$s.

Below here are the reported Audited Earnings (Losses) of each of these 21 German Companies for all years reported from 2008 through 2014:

			2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
		Most	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited
		Recent	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net
	City	2014	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income
German Companies	HQs	FYE	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
			mil Euros	mil Euros	mil Euros	mil Euros	mil Euros	mil Euros	mil Euros
Talanx AG	Hannover	Dec14	1,368	1,252	1,144	897	667	893	115
Deutsche Wohnen AG	Frankfurt	Dec14	889	213	146	51	24	(13)	(272)
United Internet AG	Montabaur	Dec14	447	207	108	162	128	271	(121)
Prosiebensat.1 Media SE	Unterfohring	Dec14	382	365	329	271	318	152	(125)
K&S AG	Kassel	Dec14	381	416	564	393	218	43	871
Brenntag AG	Mulheim	Dec14	340	339	338	279	147	1	(42)
Hugo Boss AG	Metzingen	Dec14	333	329	307	285	189	106	112
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft	Dusseldorf	Dec14	286	282	316	313	131	161	349
TUI AG	Hannover	Sep14	284	166	142	118	114	(541)	(405)
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Srvs Wrldwd	Frankfurt	Dec14	252	236	252	251	272	152	197
Axel Springer SE	Berlin	Dec14	236	179	191	289	274	314	571
Fuchs Petrolub SE	Mannheim	Dec14	220	219	207	183	172	121	110
Osram Licht AG	Munich	Sep14	193	34	(391)
Symrise AG	Holzminden	Dec14	187	172	158	147	134	84	90
METRO AG	Dusseldorf	Sep14	182	58	498	698	492	540	586
Fielmann AG	Hamburg	Dec14	163	142	130	125	121	115	114
Deutsche Lufthansa AG	Cologne	Dec14	55	313	1,228	(13)	1,131	(34)	542
Zalando SE	Berlin	Dec14	47	(117)	(85)	(60)
Deutsche Postbank AG	Bonn	Dec14	(106)	19	280	112	139	77	(820)
HOCHTIEF AG	Essen	Dec14	(132)	372	383	(168)	546	405	324
Sky Deutschland AG	Unterfohring	Jun14	(151)	(144)	(224)	(369)	(410)	(677)	(269)
Total all 21			5,856	5,052	6,021	3,964	4,807	2,170	1,927
Earnings % Growth:
….. 2014 Over 2013			16%
….. 2014 Over 2011			48%
….. 2014 Over 2009			170%
….. 2014 Over 2008			204%