From a review of the superb Google Finance Website and audited financial statements at the excellent SEC Website, presented below are the 100 fifteenth largest (#1401 through #1500) US Companies in current stock market capitalization which also had earnings numbers reported for all years from 2010 through 2014. These 100 Companies had their stock market caps range from $1.36 bil to $1.59 bil.
I excluded all US Utility Companies.
How have these 100 eleventh largest US Companies recovered from the 2008-09 worldwide financial meltdown? Well, miraculously off-the-charts. Their Total Audited Earnings From Continuing Operations for the Two Years 2013-14 of $67.3 Bil were a monstrous $142.8 Bil Earnings Improvement from the Two Year 2009-10 Total Audited Losses of $75.5 Bil.
It is pretty clear to me that the major drivers of this wholescale, massive earnings recovery from the disastrous 2008-09 financial meltdown were prescient steps taken by the Obama/Biden Administration and by the US Fed.
That's why financially astute people know that they want a continuation of the economic policies of the Obama/Biden Administration. The only way that is assured is if Joe Biden is the next US President.
There is a huge difference between someone running for President saying he or she will continue the Obama/Biden highly successful economic policies and someone actually sitting at the table and being a key participant in these economic policies for 8 years. Just sayin.
And for someone to be against the TransPacific Partnership shows that either they don't really understand how capitalism works or are so ambitious that they are willing to take a position on a critical economic issue that would seriously harm the country just to get elected US President. Again, just sayin.
There clearly is a huge problem with US Income Inequality, but can you imagine how the US middle and lower economic classes would have fared if the Obama/Biden Administration and Fed Chair Ben Bernanke hadn't taken their economic actions. It would have been extremely ugly even now.
And in similar fashion, can you imagine how the US middle and lower economic classes will fare if the TransPacific and TransAtlantic Partnerships don't pass? It also will be ugly. These critical partnerships will keep the world economy thriving economically for many years to come, with the resultant much higher company earnings. The US Congress needs to fulfill its role to ensure that these economic fruits are shared more fairly between the upper, middle and lower economic classes.
On the big downside here, the Total Audited Earnings of these 100 Companies for 2014 were down a huge 76% from 2013. This points to the clear necessity of both the TransPacific and TransAtlantic Trade Partnerships to pass. The last thing the US economy needs is a President against these two key Trade Agreements.
In viewing the very recent Democratic Presidential Debate held in Las Vegas, I thought Bernie Sanders was the clear winner of the debate. But unless something were to change, I don't think any of the 5 Democratic Presidential Candidates on the stage would stand much of a chance against someone very formidable like Marco Rubio. I do think that if Vice President Joe Biden were to enter the Presidential race, that he would have a decent chance against Rubio.
Below here are the reported Audited Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations for each of these fifteenth 100 largest US Companies for all years reported from 2007 through 2014, presented in order of stock market cap:
| 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | ||||
| Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | ||||
| Most | Net | Net | Net | Net | Net | Net | Net | Net | |||
| City | State | Recent | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | |
| US Largest Companies: #1401-1500 | HQs | HQs | FYE | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) |
| $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | ||||
| Fidelity & Guaranty Life | Des Moines | IA | Sep14 | 163 | 348 | 344 | 190 | 172 | (204) | (839) | NA |
| Community Bank System Inc | Dewitt | NY | Dec14 | 91 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 63 | 41 | 46 | 43 |
| Joy Global Inc | Milwaukee | WI | Oct14 | 331 | 534 | 767 | 631 | 461 | 455 | 373 | 280 |
| Financial Engines Inc | Sunnyvale | CA | Dec14 | 37 | 30 | 19 | 15 | 64 | 5 | (4) | (2) |
| CommVault Systems Inc | Tinton Falls | NJ | Mar15 | 26 | 64 | 53 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 21 |
| National Beverage Corp | Ft Lauderdale | FL | Apr15 | 49 | 44 | 47 | 44 | 41 | 33 | 25 | 22 |
| Old National Bancorp | Evansville | IN | Dec14 | 104 | 101 | 92 | 72 | 38 | 14 | 62 | 75 |
| BofI Holding | San Diego | CA | Jun15 | 83 | 56 | 40 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 |
| Mobile Mini Inc | Phoenix | AZ | Dec14 | 44 | 25 | 34 | 31 | 13 | 28 | 29 | 44 |
| Eagle Bancorp | Bethesda | MD | Dec14 | 54 | 47 | 35 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
| Meritage Homes Corp | Scottsdale | AZ | Dec14 | 142 | 124 | 105 | (21) | 7 | (66) | (292) | (289) |
| Synchronoss Technologies Inc | Bridgewater | NJ | Dec14 | 39 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Interface Inc | Atlanta | GA | Dec14 | 25 | 48 | 23 | 38 | 10 | 13 | (35) | 59 |
| Nelnet Inc | Lincoln | NE | Dec14 | 309 | 304 | 178 | 204 | 189 | 139 | 27 | 35 |
| LTC Properties Inc | Westlake Village | CA | Dec14 | 73 | 55 | 50 | 49 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 48 |
| 99 Cents Only Stores | City of Commerce | CA | Jan15 | 6 | (12) | (9) | 44 | 74 | 60 | 10 | 3 |
| Sabra Health Care REIT Inc | Irvine | CA | Dec14 | 47 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc | Coppell | TX | Dec14 | 221 | 217 | 205 | 21 | (10) | (81) | (158) | (284) |
| FBL Financial Group | West Des Moines | IA | Dec14 | 110 | 108 | 83 | 52 | 81 | 50 | 1 | 67 |
| Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc | Atlanta | GA | Dec14 | (202) | 143 | 344 | 287 | 104 | 18 | (0) | |
| Oil States Intl Inc | Houston | TX | Dec14 | 127 | 129 | 141 | 104 | 45 | 60 | 219 | 200 |
| Hatteras Financial Corp | Winston Salem | NC | Dec14 | 56 | (134) | 349 | 284 | 170 | 174 | 79 | 1 |
| MSG Networks Inc | New York | NY | Jun15 | 255 | 115 | 142 | 107 | 83 | 28 | (5) | 43 |
| Air Methods | Englewood | CO | Dec14 | 99 | 63 | 93 | 47 | 43 | 27 | 16 | 27 |
| Brink's Company | Richmond | VA | Dec14 | (86) | 90 | 123 | 121 | 97 | 227 | 172 | 101 |
| Inventrust Properties Corp | Oak Brook | IL | Dec14 | 253 | (207) | (90) | (215) | (194) | (389) | (356) | 65 |
| American Axle & Manufacturing Hldgs | Detroit | MI | Dec14 | 143 | 95 | 367 | 140 | 119 | (253) | (1,225) | 37 |
| AMN Healthcare Services Inc | San Diego | CA | Dec14 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 5 | (53) | (122) | 34 | 36 |
| World Wrestling Entertainment Inc | Stamford | CT | Dec14 | (30) | 3 | 31 | 25 | 54 | 50 | 45 | 52 |
| Cardtronics Inc | Houston | TX | Dec14 | 35 | 21 | 43 | 70 | 41 | 6 | (72) | (28) |
| Alon USA Partners LP | Dallas | TX | Dec14 | 169 | 136 | 382 | 294 | (39) | (66) | 99 | 188 |
| Pennsylvania REIT | Philadelphia | PA | Dec14 | (14) | (20) | (44) | (68) | (76) | (104) | (21) | 13 |
| Gamco Investors Inc | Rye | NY | Dec14 | 105 | 117 | 76 | 70 | 70 | 56 | 24 | 80 |
| RBC Bearings Inc | Oxford | CT | Mar15 | 58 | 60 | 56 | 50 | 35 | 24 | 34 | 40 |
| Sanderson Farms Inc | Laurel | MS | Oct14 | 249 | 131 | 54 | (127) | 135 | 82 | (43) | 79 |
| SPX Flow Inc | Charlotte | NC | Dec14 | 136 | 133 | 129 | 60 | 88 | NA | NA | NA |
| Genesco Inc | Nashville | TN | Jan15 | 99 | 93 | 113 | 93 | 55 | 29 | 156 | 7 |
| Headwaters Inc | South Jordan | UT | Sep14 | 16 | 8 | (26) | (134) | (21) | (415) | (175) | 21 |
| Main Street Capital Corp | Houston | TX | Dec14 | 101 | 97 | 104 | 64 | 40 | 12 | 11 | 3 |
| Natus Medical Inc | Pleasanton | CA | Dec14 | 32 | 23 | 4 | (11) | 12 | 11 | 18 | 10 |
| Huron Consulting Group | Chicago | IL | Dec14 | 79 | 66 | 36 | 21 | 7 | 14 | (1) | (10) |
| DigitalGlobe Inc | Westminster | CO | Dec14 | 19 | (68) | 39 | (28) | 3 | 47 | 54 | 96 |
| Capital Bank Finacial Corp | Coral Gables | FL | Dec14 | 51 | 39 | 55 | 8 | 12 | (0) | ||
| National Research Inc | Lincoln | NE | Dec14 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc | Boston | MA | Dec14 | 32 | (57) | (96) | (64) | (33) | (8) | (25) | (27) |
| Apogee Enterprises Inc | Minneapolis | MN | Feb15 | 51 | 28 | 19 | 5 | (10) | 32 | 51 | 49 |
| Neustar Inc | Sterling | VA | Dec14 | 164 | 163 | 156 | 124 | 124 | 116 | 134 | 111 |
| Penn National Gaming Inc | Wyomissing | PA | Dec14 | (233) | (794) | 212 | 242 | (62) | (267) | (153) | 160 |
| Gogo Inc | Chicago | IL | Dec14 | (85) | (111) | (33) | 24 | (113) | (142) | (122) | (49) |
| Ladder Capital Corp | New York | NY | Dec14 | 98 | 189 | 169 | 72 | 91 | 42 | (6) | |
| United Community Banks | Blairsville | GA | Dec14 | 68 | 273 | 34 | (227) | (504) | (229) | (64) | 58 |
| Virgin America | Burlingame | CA | Dec14 | 60 | 10 | (145) | (100) | (69) | (81) | NA | |
| Hub Group Inc | Lombard | IL | Dec14 | 52 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 43 | 34 | 59 | 60 |
| G&K Services Inc | Minnetonka | MN | Jun15 | 60 | 56 | 51 | 24 | 33 | 29 | (73) | 46 |
| Drew Industries Inc | Elkhart | IN | Dec14 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 30 | 28 | (24) | 12 | 40 |
| Kaiser Aluminum Corp | Foothill Ranch | CA | Dec14 | 72 | 105 | 86 | 25 | 12 | 71 | (69) | 101 |
| Horace Mann Educators Corp | Springfield | IL | Dec14 | 104 | 111 | 104 | 71 | 80 | 74 | 11 | 83 |
| Simmons First National Corp | Pine Bluff | AR | Dec14 | 36 | 23 | 28 | 25 | 37 | 25 | 27 | 27 |
| Axiall Corp | Atlanta | GA | Dec14 | 50 | 168 | 121 | 58 | 43 | 131 | (255) | (245) |
| Builders FirstSource Inc | Dallas | TX | Dec14 | 18 | (42) | (54) | (65) | (94) | (57) | (121) | (3) |
| Mattress Firm Holding Corp | Houston | TX | Jan15 | 44 | 53 | 40 | 34 | 0 | (5) | (125) | (42) |
| Nektar Therapeutics | San Francisco | CA | Dec14 | (54) | (162) | (172) | (134) | (38) | (103) | (34) | (33) |
| Select Medical Holdings Corp | Mechanicsburg | PA | Dec14 | 128 | 123 | 153 | 113 | 82 | 79 | 26 | 37 |
| LegacyTexas Financial Group Inc | Plano | TX | Dec14 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 26 | 18 | 3 | (3) | 5 |
| Marketo Inc | San Mateo | CA | Dec14 | (55) | (47) | (34) | (22) | (12) | (6) | ||
| LA-Z-Boy Inc | Monroe | MI | Apr15 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 84 | 16 | 31 | (122) | (8) |
| HFF Inc | Pittsburg | PA | Dec14 | 61 | 51 | 44 | 42 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 44 |
| Universal Forest Products Inc | Grand Rapids | MI | Dec14 | 62 | 46 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 23 |
| Viavi Solutions Inc | Milpitas | CA | Jun15 | (88) | (18) | 57 | (26) | 79 | (60) | (906) | (42) |
| RealPage Inc | Carrollton | TX | Dec14 | (10) | 21 | 5 | (1) | 0 | 28 | (3) | (3) |
| Shutterfly Inc | Redwood City | CA | Dec14 | (8) | 9 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Abercrombie & Fitch Co | New Albany | OH | Dec14 | 52 | 55 | 237 | 144 | 156 | 79 | 308 | 499 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc | Parsippany | NJ | Dec14 | (14) | (64) | (52) | (43) | (27) | (32) | (42) | (47) |
| Park National Corp | Newark | OH | Dec14 | 84 | 77 | 79 | 82 | 58 | 74 | 14 | 23 |
| 3D Systems Corp | Rock Hill | SC | Dec14 | 12 | 44 | 39 | 35 | 20 | 1 | (6) | (7) |
| Cambrex Corp | East Rutherford | NJ | Dec14 | 58 | 30 | 63 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 8 | (14) |
| Greatbatch | Frisco | TX | Jan15 | 55 | 36 | (5) | 33 | 33 | (9) | 14 | 12 |
| MedAssets Inc | Alpharetta | GA | Dec14 | (20) | 27 | (7) | (15) | (32) | 20 | 11 | 6 |
| Renasant Corp | Tupelo | MS | Dec14 | 60 | 33 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 19 | 24 | 31 |
| Coherent inc | Santa Clara | CA | Sep14 | 59 | 66 | 63 | 93 | 37 | (35) | 23 | 16 |
| IPC Healthcare | North Hollywood | CA | Dec14 | 39 | 41 | 33 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 14 | (1) |
| Scholastic Corp | New York | NY | May15 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 68 | 7 | 61 | 8 | 118 |
| Metaldyne Performance Group Inc | Plymouth | MI | Dec14 | 73 | 58 | (58) | 47 | 47 | 11 | ||
| CONMED Corp | Utica | NY | Dec14 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 40 | 39 |
| TeleTech Holdings Inc | Englewood | CO | Dec14 | 77 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 54 | 76 | 77 | 56 |
| OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd | Minnetonka | MN | Dec14 | 55 | 147 | 98 | 105 | 150 | 377 | (372) | 245 |
| Plexus Corp | Neenah | WI | Sep14 | 87 | 82 | 62 | 89 | 90 | 46 | 84 | 66 |
| WD-40 Company | San Diego | CA | Aug15 | 45 | 44 | 40 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 26 | 28 |
| Och-Ziff Capital Mgt Group LLC | New York | NY | Dec14 | 142 | 262 | (311) | (419) | (294) | (297) | (511) | (915) |
| Leidos Holdings Inc | Reston | VA | Jan15 | (330) | 84 | 323 | (239) | 311 | 220 | NA | NA |
| TriNet Group Inc | San Leandro | CA | Dec14 | 15 | 13 | 32 | 15 | (9) | 18 | 9 | |
| Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp | Southfield | MI | Dec14 | (161) | 101 | (91) | (56) | 165 | (33) | (465) | (228) |
| AZZ Inc | Fort Worth | TX | Feb15 | 65 | 60 | 60 | 41 | 35 | 38 | 42 | 28 |
| Power Integrations Inc | San Jose | CA | Dec14 | 60 | 57 | (34) | 34 | 49 | 23 | 2 | 27 |
| ExlService Holdings Inc | New York | NY | Dec14 | 32 | 48 | 42 | 35 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 18 |
| RingCentral Inc | San Mateo | CA | Dec14 | (48) | (46) | (35) | (14) | (7) | (6) | ||
| Sonic Corp | Oklahoma City | OK | Aug15 | 64 | 48 | 37 | 36 | 19 | 26 | 65 | 82 |
| M.D.C. Holdings | Denver | CO | Dec14 | 63 | 314 | 63 | (98) | (65) | 25 | (381) | (637) |
| Caleres Inc | St Louis | MO | Jan15 | 83 | 54 | 35 | 6 | 35 | 10 | (135) | 60 |
| Total all 99 Exluding Freddie Mac | 5,299 | 5,610 | 6,582 | 3,436 | 2,944 | 667 | (4,483) | 1,133 | |||
| Freddie Mac | McLean | VA | Dec14 | 7,690 | 48,668 | 10,982 | (5,266) | (14,025) | (21,554) | (50,116) | (3,102) |
| Total all 100 | 12,989 | 54,278 | 17,564 | (1,830) | (11,081) | (20,887) | (54,599) | (1,969) | |||
| Total Two-Year Earnings (Losses) | |||||||||||
| ….. 2013-14 | 67,267 | ||||||||||
| ….. 2008-09 | (75,486) | ||||||||||
| ………. Two-Year Earnings Improvement | 142,753 | ||||||||||
| Total Three-Year Earnings (Losses) | |||||||||||
| ….. 2012-14 | 84,831 | ||||||||||
| ….. 2008-10 | (86,567) | ||||||||||
| ………. Three-Year Earnings Improvement | 171,398 | ||||||||||
