- Up 10% Over 2013
- Up 73% Over 2012
- Up 177% Over 2011
- Up 11,738% Over 2009
- Up 88% Over 2007
I excluded all US Utility Companies.
How have these 100 seventh 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 are up a huge $62.7 Bil from that for the Two Years 2008-09.
And 2014 Total Audited Earnings were up a spectacularly off-the-charts 117 Times over 2009 Total Audited Earnings.
Not only have the 2014 Total Audited Earnings of these seventh 100 largest US Companies recovered all that they lost with the 2008 financial meltdown, but they added another 88% from the previous annual high in 2007 before the financial meltdown hit.
It is pretty clear to me that the major drivers of this wholescale, massive earnings recovery 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.
Below here are the reported Audited Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations for each of these seventh 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: #601-700 | HQs | HQs | FYE | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) |
$ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | ||||
Antero Resources Corp | Denver | CO | Dec14 | 674 | (24) | 225 | 271 | 0 | (60) | (43) | |
Wynn Resorts Ltd | Las Vegas | NV | Dec14 | 963 | 1,004 | 729 | 825 | 317 | 39 | 210 | 196 |
Western Gas Partners LP | Woodlands | TX | Dec14 | 391 | 285 | 149 | 207 | 157 | 118 | 134 | 84 |
United Rentals | Stamford | CT | Dec14 | 540 | 387 | 75 | 101 | (22) | (60) | (704) | 363 |
Apartment Investment and Mgt Co | Denver | CO | Dec14 | 67 | 35 | (19) | (136) | (161) | (198) | (118) | (50) |
Packaging Corp of America | Lake Forest | IL | Dec14 | 393 | 441 | 160 | 159 | 210 | 266 | 136 | 170 |
Springleaf Holdings | Evansville | IN | Dec14 | 607 | 94 | (218) | (242) | 1,454 | (642) | (1,346) | 112 |
Range Resources Corp | Fort Worth | TX | Dec14 | 634 | 116 | 13 | 43 | 89 | 39 | 329 | 134 |
Dicks Sporting Goods | Coraopolis | PA | Jan15 | 344 | 338 | 291 | 264 | 182 | 135 | (40) | 151 |
Xylem | Rye Brook | NY | Dec14 | 337 | 228 | 297 | 279 | 329 | 263 | 224 | 219 |
Helmerich & Payne | Tulsa | OK | Sep14 | 709 | 721 | 574 | 435 | 286 | 381 | 421 | 416 |
Newfield Exploration Co | Woodlands | TX | Dec14 | 650 | 73 | (922) | 427 | 429 | (542) | (373) | 172 |
Valspar Corp | Minneapolis | MN | Dec14 | 345 | 289 | 292 | (139) | 222 | 160 | 151 | 172 |
Columbia Pipeline Group Inc | Houston | TX | Dec14 | 269 | 272 | 226 | 201 | 210 | 194 | NA | NA |
Frontier Communications Corp | Stamford | CT | Dec14 | 133 | 115 | 153 | 158 | 156 | 123 | 184 | 217 |
A O Smith | Milwaukee | WI | Dec14 | 208 | 170 | 163 | 111 | 57 | 61 | 47 | 63 |
Carlisle Companies Inc | Charlotte | NC | Dec14 | 252 | 235 | 229 | 172 | 108 | 155 | 92 | 202 |
Chesapeake Energy | Oklahoma City | OK | Dec14 | 2,056 | 894 | (594) | 1,757 | 1,774 | (5,805) | 604 | 1,455 |
Regency Centers Corp | Jacksonville | FL | Dec14 | 134 | 84 | 46 | 37 | (4) | (39) | 121 | 176 |
Flowserve Corp | Irving | TX | Dec14 | 525 | 488 | 451 | 429 | 389 | 428 | 445 | 258 |
Carlyle Group LP | Washington | DC | Dec14 | 915 | 1,348 | 2,400 | 1,154 | 1,459 | 664 | (514) | 1,443 |
Atmos Energy Corp | Dallas | TX | Sep14 | 290 | 231 | 192 | 190 | 190 | 183 | 173 | 161 |
HD Supply Holdings | Atlanta | GA | Jan15 | (4) | (221) | (1,111) | (589) | (634) | (481) | (1,148) | (70) |
CoStar Group Inc | Washington | DC | Dec14 | 45 | 30 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 16 |
Domino's Pizza | Ann Arbor | MI | Dec14 | 163 | 143 | 112 | 105 | 88 | 80 | 54 | 38 |
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp | New York | NY | Dec14 | 1,039 | 28 | 14 | 29 | 10 | (109) | (70) | (43) |
Leggett & Platt | Carthage | MO | Dec14 | 225 | 186 | 232 | 173 | 177 | 121 | 128 | 65 |
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp | Santa Monica | CA | Mar15 | 182 | 152 | 232 | (39) | (30) | (30) | (180) | (87) |
IAC/InterActiveCorp | New York | NY | Dec14 | 235 | 282 | 170 | 176 | (9) | (956) | 142 | 1 |
IDEX Corp | Lake Forest | IL | Dec14 | 279 | 255 | 38 | 194 | 157 | 113 | 127 | 154 |
Rollins Inc | Atlanta | GA | Dec14 | 138 | 123 | 111 | 101 | 90 | 84 | 69 | 65 |
RPM Intl | Medina | OH | May15 | 228 | 306 | 110 | 234 | 203 | 181 | 120 | 44 |
Enable Midstream Partners LP | Oklahoma City | OK | Dec14 | 533 | 1,618 | 316 | 232 | 224 | 197 | 262 | NA |
DDR Corp | Beachwood | OH | Dec14 | 21 | 21 | 28 | (10) | (172) | (231) | (45) | 162 |
Zions Bancorporation | Salt Lake City | UT | Dec14 | 398 | 263 | 348 | 323 | (296) | (1,222) | (271) | 502 |
Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc | Middleton | WI | Sep14 | 215 | (55) | 49 | (75) | (187) | (109) | (905) | (563) |
Lazard Ltd | New York | NY | Dec14 | 434 | 165 | 93 | 191 | 194 | (188) | (0) | 338 |
Realogy Holdings Corp | Madison | NJ | Dec14 | 147 | 443 | (540) | (439) | (97) | (260) | (1,911) | (839) |
Liberty Broadband Corp | Englewood | CO | Dec14 | (135) | (42) | 44 | 607 | 62 | (22) | NA | NA |
Transocean Ltd | Houston | TX | Dec14 | (1,946) | 1,398 | 832 | (5,762) | 1,863 | 2,426 | 2,736 | 3,093 |
Tyler Technologies | Plano | TX | Dec14 | 59 | 39 | 33 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 18 |
Commscope Holding Company | Hickory | NC | Dec14 | 237 | 19 | 5 | (392) | 44 | 78 | (229) | NA |
Allegion PLC | Carmel | IN | Dec14 | 186 | 36 | 224 | 232 | 202 | 180 | (77) | NA |
EnLink Midstream Partners LP | Dallas | TX | Dec14 | 311 | 119 | 82 | 199 | 149 | (77) | (64) | (17) |
Service Corporation Intl | Houston | TX | Dec14 | 177 | 152 | 155 | 146 | 127 | 123 | 98 | 243 |
ADT Corp | Boca Raton | FL | Sep14 | 304 | 421 | 394 | 376 | 239 | 243 | 222 | 212 |
Forest City Enterprises | Cleveland | OH | Dec14 | (34) | (51) | (21) | (107) | 97 | (11) | (110) | 6 |
Keysight Technologies Inc | Santa Rosa | CA | Oct14 | 392 | 457 | 841 | 787 | 355 | (203) | NA | NA |
Sirona Dental Systems | Long Island City | NY | Sep14 | 177 | 149 | 136 | 124 | 91 | 54 | 30 | 57 |
CBOE Holdings Inc | Chicago | IL | Dec14 | 190 | 176 | 157 | 139 | 99 | 106 | 115 | 83 |
East West Bancorp | Pasadena | CA | Dec14 | 342 | 295 | 282 | 245 | 165 | 77 | (50) | 161 |
Tegna Inc | McLean | VA | Dec14 | 1,130 | 446 | 475 | 500 | 602 | 379 | (6,620) | 971 |
AMC Networks Inc | New York | NY | Dec14 | 268 | 290 | 136 | 126 | 118 | 89 | (21) | 15 |
Herbalife Ltd | Los Angeles | CA | Dec14 | 309 | 528 | 464 | 415 | 293 | 203 | 221 | 191 |
Assurant | New York | NY | Dec14 | 471 | 489 | 484 | 539 | 279 | 431 | 448 | 654 |
Avery Denison | Glendale | CA | Dec14 | 251 | 244 | 158 | 142 | 234 | (835) | 153 | 172 |
Old Dominion Freight Line | Thomasville | NC | Dec14 | 268 | 206 | 169 | 139 | 76 | 35 | 69 | 72 |
Arrow Electronics | Centennnial | CO | Dec14 | 498 | 400 | 507 | 599 | 480 | 124 | (614) | 411 |
Flower Foods | Thomasville | GA | Dec14 | 176 | 231 | 136 | 123 | 137 | 134 | 122 | 98 |
Albemarle Corp | Baton Rouge | LA | Dec14 | 230 | 436 | 326 | 420 | 329 | 190 | 213 | 247 |
Starwood Property Trust | Greenwich | CT | Dec14 | 502 | 330 | 206 | 121 | 59 | (3) | ||
Ultimate Software Group | Weston | FL | Dec14 | 45 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 3 | (1) | (3) | 33 |
Amtrust Financial Services | New York | NY | Dec14 | 447 | 281 | 185 | 191 | 148 | 103 | 80 | 84 |
PerkerElmer | Waltham | MA | Dec14 | 161 | 174 | 71 | 3 | 140 | 73 | 45 | 102 |
Hubbell Inc | Shelton | CT | Dec14 | 327 | 330 | 302 | 270 | 219 | 181 | 223 | 208 |
Hain Celestial Group | Lake Success | NY | Jun15 | 168 | 141 | 120 | 94 | 59 | 29 | (29) | 43 |
Seattle Genetics | Bothell | WA | Dec14 | (76) | (63) | (54) | (152) | (66) | (82) | (86) | (49) |
LendingClub Corp | San Francisco | CA | Dec14 | (33) | 7 | (7) | (12) | (11) | (10) | (12) | (7) |
Cytec Industries | Woodland Park | NJ | Dec14 | 144 | 172 | 76 | 58 | 45 | (12) | (207) | 186 |
EQT Midstream Partners LP | Pittsburgh | PA | Dec14 | 233 | 171 | 94 | 53 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 14 |
athenahealth | Watertown | MA | Dec14 | (3) | 3 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 32 | (8) |
Nuance Communications | Burlington | MA | Sep14 | (150) | (115) | 207 | 38 | (19) | (19) | (37) | (15) |
Edgewell Personal Care | Chesterfield | MO | Sep14 | 356 | 407 | 409 | 261 | 403 | 298 | 329 | 321 |
Premier Inc | Charlotte | NC | Jun15 | 235 | 333 | 375 | 327 | 312 | 299 | NA | NA |
Lamar Advertising | Baton Rouge | LA | Dec14 | 254 | 40 | 8 | 7 | (39) | (58) | 2 | 41 |
Pilgrim's Pride Corp | Greeley | CO | Dec14 | 711 | 550 | 174 | (496) | 90 | (152) | (991) | 52 |
Hudson City Bancorp | Paramus | NJ | Dec14 | 158 | 185 | 249 | (736) | 537 | 527 | 446 | 296 |
Huntington Ingalls Industries | Newport News | VA | Dec14 | 338 | 261 | 146 | (100) | 131 | 124 | (2,420) | 276 |
Community Health Systems | Franklin | TN | Dec14 | 260 | 242 | 358 | 343 | 356 | 306 | 238 | 70 |
Live Nation Entertainment | Beverly Hills | CA | Dec14 | (104) | (36) | (162) | (70) | (204) | (126) | (333) | (62) |
Teleflex Inc | Wayne | PA | Dec14 | 191 | 152 | (182) | 119 | 88 | 127 | 61 | (75) |
Anacor Pharmaceuticals | Palo Alto | CA | Dec14 | (87) | 85 | (56) | (48) | (10) | (25) | (22) | (12) |
TFS Financial Corp | Cleveland | OH | Sep14 | 66 | 56 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 54 | 26 |
Lennox Intl | Richardson | TX | Dec14 | 208 | 180 | 135 | 112 | 126 | 62 | 124 | 166 |
Panera Bread | Saint Louis | MO | Dec14 | 179 | 196 | 173 | 136 | 112 | 87 | 69 | 57 |
Southwestern Energy Company | Spring | TX | Dec14 | 924 | 704 | (707) | 638 | 604 | (36) | 569 | 222 |
Equity Lifestyle Properties | Chicago | IL | Dec14 | 138 | 77 | 64 | 42 | 61 | 51 | 39 | 44 |
B/E Aerospace | Wellington | FL | Dec14 | 58 | 195 | 80 | 75 | 19 | NA | NA | NA |
Avis Budget Group | Parsippany | NJ | Dec14 | 245 | 16 | 290 | (29) | 54 | (47) | (1,124) | (947) |
Allison Transmission Holdings | Indianapolis | IN | Dec14 | 229 | 165 | 514 | 103 | 30 | (324) | (328) | 42 |
Owens Corning | Toledo | OH | Dec14 | 228 | 205 | (16) | 281 | 940 | 67 | (811) | 29 |
Informatica LLC | Redwood City | CA | Dec14 | 114 | 86 | 93 | 117 | 86 | 64 | 56 | 55 |
Murphy Oil Corp | El Dorado | AR | Dec14 | 1,025 | 888 | 806 | 539 | 618 | 656 | 1,691 | 767 |
Jacob's Engineering Group | Pasadena | CA | Sep14 | 352 | 440 | 391 | 335 | 246 | 399 | 421 | 287 |
NPS Pharmaceuticals | Bedminster | NJ | Dec14 | (9) | (14) | (19) | (36) | (31) | (18) | (32) | (4) |
FMC Corp | Philadelphia | PA | Dec14 | 412 | 467 | 463 | 420 | 327 | 319 | 347 | 166 |
City National | Beverly Hills | CA | Dec14 | 259 | 233 | 209 | 176 | 135 | 52 | 110 | 232 |
Pinnacle Foods | Parsippany | NJ | Dec14 | 248 | 89 | 53 | (47) | 22 | 303 | (29) | (115) |
National Retail Properties | Orlando | FL | Dec14 | 180 | 154 | 132 | 84 | 64 | 55 | 96 | 76 |
Core Laboratories NV | Houston | TX | Dec14 | 259 | 243 | 217 | 185 | 145 | 114 | 132 | 111 |
Total all 100 | 28,767 | 26,057 | 16,585 | 10,383 | 19,483 | 243 | (8,105) | 15,296 | |||
2014 Earnings % Increase Above: | |||||||||||
….. 2013 | 10% | ||||||||||
….. 2012 | 73% | ||||||||||
….. 2011 | 177% | ||||||||||
….. 2009 | 11738% | ||||||||||
….. 2007 | 88% | ||||||||||
Two Years Earnings: | |||||||||||
….. 2013-14 | 54,824 | ||||||||||
….. 2008-09 | (7,862) | ||||||||||
………. Two Year Earnings Improvement | 62,686 |