- Up 8% Over 2013
- Up 38% Over 2012
- Up 70% Over 2011
- Up 68% Over 2010
- Up 339% Over 2009
- Up 471% Over 2008
- Up 123% Over 2007
From a review of the superb Google Finance Website and audited financial statements at the excellent SEC Website, presented below are the 100 sixth largest (#501 through #600) 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 $5.9 bil to $7.8 bil.
I excluded all US Utility Companies.
How have these 100 sixth largest US Companies recovered from the 2008 worldwide financial meltdown? Well, miraculously off-the-charts. Their Total Audited Earnings From Continuing Operations for the Two Years 2013-14 are up 47 Times that for the Two Years 2008-09.
Not only have the 2014 Total Audited Earnings of these sixth 100 largest US Companies recovered all that they lost with the 2008 financial meltdown, but they added another off-the-charts 123% 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 sixth 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: #501-600 | HQs | HQs | FYE | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) |
| $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | ||||
| Fitbit | San Francisco | CA | Dec14 | 132 | (52) | (4) | (4) | (1) | |||
| Fortinet | Sunnyvale | CA | Dec14 | 25 | 44 | 67 | 62 | 41 | 60 | 7 | (22) |
| E*TRADE Financial | New York | NY | Dec14 | 293 | 86 | (113) | 157 | (28) | (1,298) | (809) | (1,442) |
| Everest Re Group Ltd | Liberty Corner | NJ | Dec14 | 1,258 | 1,265 | 829 | (80) | 611 | 807 | (19) | 839 |
| Acuity Brands | Atlanta | GA | Aug14 | 176 | 127 | 116 | 106 | 79 | 85 | 149 | 129 |
| Mattel | El Segundo | CA | Dec14 | 499 | 904 | 776 | 769 | 685 | 529 | 380 | 600 |
| MEDNAX | Sunrise | FL | Dec14 | 317 | 281 | 241 | 218 | 203 | 176 | 147 | 140 |
| Sabre Corp | Southlake | TX | Dec14 | 111 | 52 | (215) | 113 | 82 | NA | NA | NA |
| IHS Inc | Englewood | CO | Nov14 | 195 | 132 | 158 | 135 | 134 | 125 | 51 | 84 |
| Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc | Dallas | TX | Dec14 | 766 | 696 | 735 | 788 | 438 | 210 | 174 | NA |
| KLA-Tencor | Milpitas | CA | Jun15 | 366 | 583 | 543 | 756 | 794 | 212 | (523) | 359 |
| Global Payments Inc | Atlanta | GA | May15 | 309 | 270 | 239 | 218 | 229 | 223 | 207 | 161 |
| FMC Technologies | Houston | TX | Dec14 | 705 | 507 | 435 | 404 | 378 | 363 | 354 | 262 |
| Alleghany Corp | New York | NY | Dec14 | 680 | 629 | 702 | 143 | 199 | 271 | 41 | 288 |
| News Corp | New York | NY | Jun15 | (147) | 239 | 506 | (2,075) | 678 | 243 | (2,365) | 876 |
| Varian Medical Systems | Palo Alto | CA | Sep14 | 404 | 438 | 427 | 409 | 367 | 332 | 295 | 243 |
| Leucadia National Corp | New York | NY | Dec14 | 215 | 409 | 903 | 13 | 1,901 | 485 | (2,583) | 469 |
| HCC Insurance Holdings | Houston | TX | Dec14 | 458 | 407 | 391 | 255 | 345 | 354 | 302 | 392 |
| Sensata Technologies Holding NV | Attleboro | MA | Dec14 | 284 | 188 | 177 | 6 | 130 | (27) | (114) | (234) |
| Comerica | Dallas | TX | Dec14 | 593 | 541 | 521 | 393 | 260 | 16 | 212 | 682 |
| AGL Resources | Atlanta | GA | Dec14 | 580 | 308 | 274 | 186 | 250 | 249 | 237 | 241 |
| Arthur J Gallagher | Itasca | IL | Dec14 | 303 | 269 | 195 | 144 | 163 | 133 | 111 | 155 |
| Synopsys | Mountain View | CA | Oct14 | 259 | 248 | 182 | 221 | 237 | 168 | 190 | 130 |
| Cooper Companies | Pleasanton | CA | Oct14 | 272 | 297 | 249 | 175 | 113 | 101 | 64 | (13) |
| Raymond James Financial | St Petersburg | FL | Sep14 | 448 | 397 | 292 | 268 | 223 | 140 | 231 | 241 |
| Torchmark Corp | McKinney | TX | Dec14 | 542 | 528 | 529 | 498 | 504 | 386 | 430 | 489 |
| ResMed | San Diego | CA | Jun15 | 353 | 345 | 307 | 255 | 227 | 190 | 146 | 110 |
| DENTSPLY Intl | York | PA | Dec14 | 323 | 318 | 318 | 247 | 267 | 274 | 283 | 260 |
| Splunk | San Francisco | CA | Jan15 | (217) | (79) | (37) | (11) | (4) | (7) | (15) | (7) |
| Brixmor Property Group | New York | NY | Dec14 | 113 | (81) | (150) | 118 | (275) | (128) | (970) | NA |
| Gartner Inc | Stamford | CT | Dec14 | 184 | 183 | 166 | 137 | 96 | 83 | 97 | 71 |
| Vereit Inc | Phoenix | AZ | Dec14 | (1,011) | (508) | (41) | (4) | ||||
| Plum Creek Timber | Seattle | WA | Dec14 | 214 | 214 | 203 | 193 | 202 | 236 | 233 | 280 |
| Aramark | Philadelphia | PA | Oct14 | 149 | 70 | 107 | 97 | 32 | - | 34 | NA |
| Williams-Sonoma | San Francisco | CA | Jan15 | 309 | 279 | 257 | 237 | 200 | 77 | 30 | 196 |
| CDW Corp | Vernon Hills | IL | Dec14 | 245 | 133 | 119 | 17 | (29) | (373) | (1,765) | 134 |
| Signature Bank | New York | NY | Dec14 | 297 | 229 | 185 | 150 | 102 | 63 | 43 | 27 |
| Robert Half Intl | Menlo Park | CA | Dec14 | 306 | 252 | 210 | 150 | 66 | 37 | 250 | 296 |
| CIT Group | Livingston | NJ | Dec14 | 1,079 | 650 | (532) | 20 | 526 | (3,971) | (632) | 795 |
| Ashland Inc | Covington | KY | Sep14 | 72 | 553 | 14 | 3 | 7 | (240) | 87 | 257 |
| Garmin Ltd | Olathe | KS | Dec14 | 364 | 612 | 542 | 521 | 585 | 704 | 733 | 855 |
| Spirit AeroSystems Holdings | Wichita | KS | Dec14 | 359 | (621) | 35 | 192 | 219 | 192 | 265 | 297 |
| PulteGroup | Atlanta | GA | Dec14 | 474 | 2,620 | 206 | (210) | (1,097) | (1,183) | (1,473) | (2,274) |
| ONEOK | Tulsa | OK | Dec14 | 669 | 589 | 678 | 645 | 350 | 484 | 595 | 493 |
| Envision Healthcare Holdings | Greenwood Village | CO | Dec14 | 120 | 11 | 41 | 34 | 132 | 115 | 85 | NA |
| IDEXX Laboratories | Westbrook | ME | Dec14 | 182 | 188 | 178 | 162 | 141 | 122 | 116 | 94 |
| W R Berkley Corp | Greenwich | CT | Dec14 | 650 | 505 | 511 | 391 | 447 | 309 | 281 | 309 |
| Sunoco Logistics Partners LP | Newtown Square | PA | Dec14 | 300 | 474 | 531 | 322 | 348 | 250 | 214 | 121 |
| Skechers USA Inc | Manhattan Beach | CA | Dec14 | 152 | 61 | 11 | (68) | 136 | 51 | 53 | 76 |
| Airgas Inc | Radnor | PA | Mar15 | 368 | 351 | 341 | 313 | 250 | 196 | 261 | 227 |
| DexCom Inc | San Diego | CA | Dec14 | (22) | (30) | (55) | (45) | (55) | (54) | (59) | (48) |
| W R Grace | Columbia | MD | Dec14 | 277 | 258 | 41 | 219 | 194 | 81 | 137 | 113 |
| Harman Intl Industries | Stamford | CA | Jun15 | 343 | 236 | 142 | 330 | 136 | 40 | (422) | 96 |
| Duke Realty Corp | Indianapolis | IN | Dec14 | 226 | 61 | (86) | (3) | 39 | (254) | 86 | 164 |
| NetSuite | San Mateo | CA | Dec14 | (100) | (70) | (35) | (32) | (27) | (24) | (17) | (25) |
| Omega Healthcare Investors | Hunt Valley | MD | Dec14 | 221 | 173 | 121 | 53 | 58 | 82 | 78 | 68 |
| Westlake Chemical | Houston | TX | Dec14 | 685 | 610 | 386 | 259 | 221 | 53 | (30) | 115 |
| Hyatt Hotels | Chicago | IL | Dec14 | 346 | 205 | 87 | 111 | 51 | (45) | 114 | 266 |
| Dresser-Rand Group | Houston | TX | Dec14 | 124 | 169 | 183 | 121 | 147 | 211 | 198 | 107 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals | Cambridge | MA | Dec14 | (360) | (89) | (106) | (58) | (44) | (48) | (26) | (85) |
| Qorvo | Greensboro | NC | Mar15 | 196 | 13 | (53) | 1 | 125 | NA | NA | NA |
| AES Corp | Arlington | VA | Dec14 | 1,176 | 730 | (420) | 1,575 | 1,481 | 1,809 | 1,929 | 857 |
| Broadridge Financial Solutions | Lake Success | NY | Jun15 | 287 | 263 | 212 | 125 | 172 | 225 | 223 | 188 |
| American Capital Agency | Bethesda | MD | Dec14 | (233) | 1,259 | 1,277 | 770 | 288 | 119 | 35 | NA |
| AutoNation | Fort Lauderdale | FL | Dec14 | 420 | 376 | 317 | 284 | 235 | 233 | (1,212) | 284 |
| Weatherford Intl PLC | Houston | TX | Dec14 | (539) | (314) | (750) | 205 | (199) | 280 | 1,440 | 1,112 |
| SS&C Technologies | Windsor | CT | Dec14 | 131 | 118 | 46 | 51 | 32 | 19 | 19 | 7 |
| FactSet Research Systems | Norwalk | CT | Aug14 | 212 | 199 | 189 | 171 | 150 | 145 | 125 | 110 |
| Jones Lang LaSalle | Chicago | IL | Dec14 | 388 | 273 | 209 | 166 | 154 | (3) | 87 | 260 |
| Iron Mountain | Boston | MA | Dec14 | 329 | 99 | 183 | 246 | 166 | 232 | 95 | 171 |
| Camden Property Trust | Houston | TX | Dec14 | 301 | 156 | 161 | 24 | 8 | (66) | (7) | 53 |
| Medivation | San Francisco | CA | Dec14 | 276 | (43) | (41) | (39) | (34) | (55) | (62) | (32) |
| Msci Inc | New York | NY | Dec14 | 199 | 200 | 165 | 159 | 88 | 82 | 68 | 81 |
| Crown Holdings | Philadelphia | PA | Dec14 | 475 | 428 | 664 | 396 | 452 | 450 | 330 | 601 |
| Centene Corp | St Louis | MO | Dec14 | 264 | 166 | (11) | 108 | 98 | 89 | 84 | 41 |
| Rite Aid Corp | Camp Hill | PA | Feb15 | 2,109 | 249 | 118 | (369) | (555) | (507) | (2,912) | (1,076) |
| United Therapeutics | Silver Spring | MD | Dec14 | 340 | 175 | 304 | 217 | 111 | 19 | (50) | 12 |
| Alexandria Real Estate Equities | Pasadena | CA | Dec14 | 99 | 135 | 95 | 117 | 63 | 135 | 100 | 76 |
| NVR Inc | Reston | VA | Dec14 | 282 | 266 | 181 | 129 | 206 | 192 | 101 | 334 |
| Scripps Networks Interactive | Knoxville | TN | Dec14 | 727 | 683 | 850 | 637 | 516 | 359 | 116 | 351 |
| Essex Property Trust | Palo Alto | CA | Dec14 | 134 | 141 | 128 | 47 | 47 | 44 | 80 | 56 |
| Ingredion | Westchester | IL | Dec14 | 363 | 403 | 434 | 423 | 176 | 47 | 275 | 203 |
| Mid-America Apartment Communities | Memphis | TN | Dec14 | 149 | 37 | 61 | 29 | 23 | 32 | 30 | 33 |
| Continental Resources | Oklahoma City | OK | Dec14 | 977 | 764 | 739 | 429 | 168 | 71 | 321 | 29 |
| Fluor Corp | Irving | TX | Dec14 | 852 | 823 | 571 | 698 | 441 | 733 | 749 | 547 |
| Toll Brothers | Horsham | PA | Oct14 | 340 | 171 | 487 | 40 | (3) | (756) | (298) | 36 |
| American Financial Group | Cincinnati | OH | Dec14 | 406 | 453 | 402 | 319 | 426 | 530 | 200 | 413 |
| WABCO Holdings | Rochester Hills | MI | Dec14 | 301 | 662 | 313 | 368 | (214) | 24 | 216 | 128 |
| Kilroy Realty Corp | Los Angeles | CA | Dec14 | 59 | 15 | (5) | (17) | (7) | 28 | 41 | 39 |
| Zayo Group Holdings | Boulder | CO | Jun15 | (155) | (182) | (146) | (10) | (7) | (14) | (10) | NA |
| ManpowerGroup | Milwaukee | WI | Dec14 | 428 | 288 | 198 | 252 | (264) | (9) | 206 | 474 |
| Reinsurance Group of America | Chesterfield | MO | Dec14 | 684 | 419 | 632 | 546 | 536 | 407 | 188 | 308 |
| Middleby | Elgin | IL | Dec14 | 193 | 154 | 121 | 95 | 73 | 61 | 64 | 53 |
| W P Carey | New York | NY | Dec14 | 213 | 94 | 88 | 153 | 84 | 64 | 69 | 67 |
| Cadence Design Systems | San Jose | CA | Dec14 | 159 | 164 | 440 | 72 | 127 | (150) | (1,857) | 287 |
| SVB Financial Group | Santa Clara | CA | Dec14 | 479 | 546 | 250 | 283 | 137 | 11 | 55 | 149 |
| UGI Corp | King of Prussia | PA | Sep14 | 533 | 428 | 198 | 308 | 356 | 382 | 305 | 311 |
| Axalta Coating Systems Ltd | Philadelphia | PA | Dec14 | 35 | (210) | 248 | 182 | 173 | 78 | NA | NA |
| Flextronics Intl Ltd | San Jose | CA | Mar15 | 601 | 366 | 303 | 521 | 612 | 25 | (6,123) | (664) |
| Waste Connections | Woodlands | TX | Dec14 | 233 | 196 | 160 | 166 | 136 | 111 | 115 | 111 |
| Total all 100 | 32,260 | 29,827 | 23,351 | 19,021 | 19,240 | 7,342 | (8,686) | 14,467 | |||
| Annual % Earnings Increase: | |||||||||||
| ….. 2014 Over 2013 | 8% | ||||||||||
| ….. 2014 Over 2012 | 38% | ||||||||||
| ….. 2014 Over 2011 | 70% | ||||||||||
| ….. 2014 Over 2010 | 68% | ||||||||||
| ….. 2014 Over 2009 | 339% | ||||||||||
| ….. 2014 Over 2008 | 471% | ||||||||||
| ….. 2014 Over 2007 | 123% | ||||||||||
| Two Year Earnings (Losses): | |||||||||||
| ….. 2013-14 | 62,087 | ||||||||||
| ….. 2008-09 | (1,344) | ||||||||||
| ………. Two Year Earnings Increase: | |||||||||||
| …………… Amount | 63,431 | ||||||||||
| …………… % | 4720% |
Next up ..... the seventh hundred largest US Companies ..... #601 through #700.
