- Up 42% Over 2012
- Up 197% Over 2011
- Up 1,047% Over 2009
- Up 92% Over 2007
I excluded all US Utility Companies.
How have these 100 tenth 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 Three Years 2012-14 are up a monstrous 109 Times from that for the Three Years 2008-10.
Not only have the 2014 Total Audited Earnings of these tenth 100 largest US Companies recovered all that they lost with the 2008 financial meltdown, but they added another 92% 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.
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 say they are for 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.
Below here are the reported Audited Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations for each of these tenth 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: #901-1000 | HQs | HQs | FYE | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) |
$ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | ||||
Clovis Oncology Inc | Boulder | CO | Dec14 | (160) | (85) | (74) | (56) | (38) | (17) | ||
DealerTrack Technologies | Lake Success | NY | Dec14 | (17) | 6 | 20 | 65 | (28) | (4) | 2 | 20 |
Microsemi Corp | Aliso Viejo | CA | Sep14 | 23 | 44 | (30) | 56 | 59 | (27) | 50 | 10 |
TC Pipelines LP | Houston | TX | Dec14 | 204 | 191 | 229 | 250 | 200 | 106 | 123 | 95 |
SunPower Corp | San Jose | CA | Dec14 | 183 | 34 | (352) | (614) | 167 | 33 | (124) | 28 |
Retail Properties of America | Oak Brook | IL | Dec14 | 43 | 14 | (0) | (73) | (95) | (115) | (683) | 43 |
Graham Holdings | Arlington | VA | Dec14 | 921 | 173 | 51 | 138 | 342 | NA | NA | NA |
MPLX LP | Findlay | OH | Dec14 | 178 | 146 | 144 | 134 | 103 | 123 | 124 | 137 |
ITT Corp | White Plains | NY | Dec14 | 191 | 490 | 110 | (577) | (130) | (111) | 32 | 61 |
Qlik Technologies Inc | Radnor | PA | Dec14 | (25) | (10) | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 3 | (0) |
ViaSat Inc | Carlsbad | CA | Mar15 | 40 | (9) | (41) | 8 | 36 | 31 | 38 | 35 |
RR Donnelley & Sons | Chicago | IL | Dec14 | 121 | 218 | (654) | (121) | 217 | (21) | (185) | (45) |
DCP Midstream Partners LP | Denver | CO | Dec14 | 437 | 217 | 229 | 221 | 137 | 9 | 212 | 40 |
Aspen Technology Inc | Burlington | MA | Dec14 | 118 | 86 | 45 | (14) | 10 | (107) | 53 | 25 |
Akorn Inc | Lake Forest | IL | Dec14 | 36 | 52 | 35 | 43 | 22 | (25) | (8) | (19) |
First Horizon National Corp | Memphis | TN | Dec14 | 231 | 41 | (16) | 134 | 73 | (235) | (173) | (151) |
Western Alliance Bancorporation | Phoenix | AZ | Dec14 | 149 | 116 | 75 | 33 | (4) | (147) | (230) | 34 |
VWR Corp | Radnor | PA | Dec14 | 153 | 14 | 4 | 58 | 22 | (14) | NA | NA |
Two Harbors Investment Corp | New York | NY | Dec14 | 167 | 575 | 287 | 128 | 36 | (9) | 2 | 1 |
Veeva Systems | Pleasanton | CA | Dec14 | 40 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
MGIC Investment Corp | Milwaukee | WI | Dec14 | 252 | (50) | (927) | (486) | (364) | (1,322) | (525) | (1,670) |
Silgan Holdings | Stamford | CT | Dec14 | 182 | 185 | 151 | 193 | 145 | 159 | 125 | 127 |
Apple Hospitality REIT | Richmond | VA | Dec14 | 7 | 82 | 69 | 50 | (3) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Equity One Inc | North Miami Beach | FL | Dec14 | 58 | 49 | (1) | 23 | (2) | 66 | 28 | 37 |
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers | Greensboro | NC | Dec14 | 78 | 113 | 56 | 51 | 38 | 73 | 30 | 30 |
Riverbed Technology | San Francisco | CA | Dec14 | 71 | (12) | 55 | 64 | 34 | 7 | 11 | 15 |
Avanir Pharmaceuticals | Aliso Viejo | CA | Sep14 | (50) | (75) | (60) | (61) | (27) | (22) | (17) | (21) |
Healthcare Trust of America | Scottsdale | AZ | Dec14 | 46 | 25 | (24) | (6) | (8) | (25) | (28) | (8) |
LifePoint Health | Brentwood | TN | Dec14 | 135 | 132 | 156 | 166 | 159 | 142 | 129 | 122 |
Post Properties Inc | Atlanta | GA | Dec14 | 238 | 81 | 83 | 25 | (8) | (96) | (96) | 107 |
Leidos Holdings | Reston | VA | Jan15 | (330) | 84 | 323 | (239) | 311 | 220 | 418 | 367 |
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP | Houston | TX | Dec14 | 147 | 250 | 306 | 217 | 289 | 163 | 294 | 228 |
Dyax Corp | Burlington | MA | Dec14 | (12) | (28) | (29) | (35) | (25) | (62) | (66) | (56) |
Cabelas Inc | Sidney | NE | Dec14 | 202 | 224 | 174 | 143 | 112 | 50 | 76 | 88 |
Apollo Global Management LLC | New York | NY | Dec14 | 168 | 659 | 311 | (469) | 95 | (155) | (912) | (570) |
PAREXEL Intl Corp | Waltham | MA | Jun15 | 148 | 129 | 96 | 63 | 49 | 42 | 39 | 65 |
Pool Corp | Covington | LA | Dec14 | 111 | 97 | 82 | 72 | 58 | 19 | 57 | 69 |
Oshkosh Corp | Oshkosh | WI | Sep14 | 309 | 316 | 246 | 279 | 816 | (1,167) | 289 | 285 |
Royal Gold Inc | Denver | CO | Jun15 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 98 | 77 | 29 | 41 | 25 |
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals | San Diego | CA | Dec14 | (92) | (38) | (21) | (23) | 15 | (45) | (64) | (56) |
Integrated Device Technology | San Jose | CA | Mar15 | 115 | 111 | 3 | 38 | 94 | 65 | (1,027) | 45 |
Outfront Media Inc | New York | NY | Dec14 | 307 | 144 | 113 | 107 | 71 | 22 | (2,097) | NA |
FEI Company | Hillsboro | OR | Dec14 | 105 | 127 | 115 | 104 | 54 | 23 | 18 | 46 |
Cobalt Intl Energy Inc | Houston | TX | Dec14 | (511) | (589) | (283) | (134) | (136) | (81) | (72) | (109) |
SolarWinds Inc | Austin | TX | Dec14 | 78 | 90 | 81 | 62 | 45 | 30 | 22 | 14 |
United States Cellular Corp | Chicago | IL | Dec14 | (47) | 145 | 141 | 199 | 159 | 229 | 58 | 330 |
Cepheid | Sunnyvale | CA | Dec14 | (50) | (18) | (20) | 3 | (6) | (23) | (22) | (22) |
Brinker Intl | Dallas | TX | Jun15 | 197 | 154 | 163 | 151 | 141 | 104 | 72 | 46 |
American Eagle Outfitters | Pittsburgh | PA | Jan15 | 89 | 83 | 264 | 175 | 196 | 228 | 230 | 434 |
Federated Investors Inc | Pittsburgh | PA | Dec14 | 150 | 166 | 198 | 155 | 189 | 209 | 229 | 223 |
Synaptics Inc | San Jose | CA | Jun15 | 110 | 47 | 99 | 54 | 64 | 53 | 48 | 26 |
Curtiss-Wright Corp | Charlotte | NC | Dec14 | 170 | 139 | 104 | 117 | 83 | 95 | 109 | 104 |
Noble Corp PLC | Sugar Land | TX | Dec14 | (77) | 546 | 448 | 364 | 773 | 1,679 | 1,561 | 1,206 |
PrivateBancorp | Chicago | IL | Dec14 | 153 | 123 | 78 | 45 | 2 | (30) | (93) | 11 |
HSN Inc | St Petersburg | FL | Dec14 | 173 | 178 | 136 | 128 | 100 | 72 | (2,124) | 105 |
Cypress Semiconductor Corp | San Jose | CA | Dec14 | 17 | (50) | (25) | 167 | 75 | (150) | (319) | 367 |
Sunstone Hotel Investors | Aliso Viejo | CA | Dec14 | 83 | 22 | 1 | 41 | (31) | (44) | 28 | 29 |
Heico Corp | Hollywood | FL | Oct14 | 139 | 125 | 107 | 95 | 72 | 60 | 67 | 55 |
Cognex Corp | Natick | MA | Dec14 | 121 | 74 | 68 | 70 | 61 | (5) | 30 | 28 |
DCT Industrial Trust Inc | Denver | CO | Dec14 | 47 | (9) | (29) | (43) | (45) | (26) | (16) | (4) |
Ubiquiti Networks Inc | San Jose | CA | Jun15 | 130 | 177 | 80 | 103 | 50 | (5) | 10 | 5 |
PBF Renergy Inc | Parsippany | NJ | Dec14 | 78 | 214 | 804 | 243 | (44) | (6) | (6) | |
Teledyne Technologies Inc | Thousand Oaks | CA | Dec14 | 218 | 185 | 162 | 142 | 120 | 116 | 117 | 86 |
Ciena Corp | Hanover | MD | Oct14 | (41) | (85) | (144) | (196) | (334) | (581) | 39 | 83 |
SLM Corp | Newark | DE | Dec14 | 194 | 259 | 218 | 54 | (94) | NA | NA | NA |
Cedar Fair LP | Sandusky | OH | Dec14 | 104 | 108 | 102 | 65 | (33) | 35 | 6 | (4) |
Regal Entertainment | Knoxville | TN | Dec14 | 105 | 158 | 142 | 40 | 77 | 95 | 112 | 360 |
BWX Technologies Inc | Lynchburg | VA | Dec14 | 29 | 346 | 228 | 78 | 140 | 172 | 16 | 215 |
Columbia Property Trust Inc | Atlanta | GA | Dec14 | 93 | 16 | 48 | 57 | 23 | 41 | (23) | (5) |
Catalent Inc | Somerset | NJ | Jun15 | 210 | 18 | (51) | 18 | (29) | (237) | (198) | NA |
EPR Properties | Kansas City | MO | Dec14 | 176 | 176 | 142 | 130 | 117 | 35 | 127 | 98 |
Stifel Financial Corp | St Louis | MO | Dec14 | 179 | 173 | 145 | 84 | 1 | 76 | 56 | 32 |
Mentor Graphics Corp | Wilsonville | OR | Jan15 | 145 | 154 | 139 | 83 | 29 | (22) | (91) | 24 |
John Wiley & Sons | Hoboken | NJ | Apr15 | 177 | 161 | 144 | 213 | 172 | 144 | 128 | 148 |
Firstmerit Corp | Akron | OH | Dec14 | 238 | 184 | 134 | 120 | 103 | 82 | 119 | 123 |
Deluxe Corp | Shoreview | MN | Dec14 | 200 | 187 | 170 | 145 | 153 | 99 | 106 | 145 |
Tenneco Inc | Lake Forest | IL | Dec14 | 270 | 222 | 304 | 183 | 63 | (54) | (405) | 5 |
PolyOne Corp | Avon Lake | OH | Dec14 | 77 | 93 | 53 | 153 | 152 | 107 | (417) | 41 |
Hill-Rom Holdings Inc | Batesville | IN | Sep14 | 61 | 105 | 121 | 134 | 126 | (405) | 67 | 70 |
Sensient Technologies Corp | Milwaukee | WI | Dec14 | 82 | 114 | 125 | 121 | 108 | 87 | 91 | 78 |
Bruker Corp | Billerica | MA | Dec14 | 57 | 80 | 78 | 92 | 95 | 81 | 65 | 99 |
CVR Refining LP | Sugar Land | TX | Dec14 | 359 | 590 | 595 | 480 | 38 | 65 | 110 | (176) |
Boston Beer Co Inc | Boston | MA | Dec14 | 91 | 70 | 59 | 66 | 50 | 31 | 8 | 22 |
International Game Technology | Las Vegas | NV | Sep14 | 248 | 273 | 250 | 292 | 220 | 149 | 336 | 480 |
Rayonier Inc | Jacksonville | FL | Dec14 | 54 | 106 | 17 | 58 | 49 | NA | NA | NA |
G-III Apparel Group Ltd | New York | NY | Jan15 | 109 | 76 | 57 | 50 | 57 | 32 | (14) | 17 |
J C Penney Company | Plano | TX | Dec14 | (771) | (1,388) | (985) | (152) | 378 | 249 | 567 | 1,105 |
Choice Hotels Intl Inc | Rockville | MD | Dec14 | 122 | 113 | 121 | 111 | 108 | 98 | 100 | 111 |
Woodward Inc | Fort Collins | CO | Sep14 | 166 | 146 | 142 | 132 | 111 | 94 | 123 | 98 |
Waddell & Reed Financial | Overland Park | KS | Dec14 | 313 | 253 | 193 | 172 | 153 | 106 | 96 | 125 |
Crane Co | Stamford | CT | Dec14 | 194 | 221 | 196 | 23 | 153 | 134 | 135 | (62) |
Horizon Pharma PLC | Deerfield | IL | Dec14 | (264) | (149) | (88) | (113) | (27) | (21) | (28) | (26) |
Charles River Laboratories | Wilmington | MA | Dec14 | 130 | 105 | 102 | 116 | (334) | 111 | (528) | 150 |
Emcor Group Inc | Norwalk | CT | Dec14 | 178 | 150 | 157 | 125 | (82) | 163 | 184 | 126 |
Vector Group Ltd | Miami | FL | Dec14 | 49 | 39 | 31 | 75 | 54 | 25 | 61 | 74 |
Chimera Investment Corp | New York | NY | Dec14 | 589 | 363 | 328 | 137 | 248 | 231 | (136) | (3) |
Thor Industries Inc | Pleasanton | CA | Dec14 | 50 | 73 | 56 | 73 | 59 | 29 | 16 | (5) |
Lithia Motors Inc | Medford | OR | Dec14 | 136 | 105 | 79 | 55 | 14 | 7 | (221) | 23 |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Boston | MA | Dec14 | (111) | (111) | (87) | (2,182) | (820) | (2,145) | (1,462) | NA |
Dana Holding Corp | Maumee | OH | Dec14 | 343 | 261 | 315 | 240 | 36 | (435) | 50 | (423) |
Total all 100 | 10,890 | 10,572 | 7,648 | 3,669 | 6,329 | (1,150) | (4,915) | 5,671 | |||
Three-Year Total Earnings: | |||||||||||
2012-14 | 29,110 | ||||||||||
2008-10 | 264 | ||||||||||
….. % Increase | 10926% | ||||||||||
2014 Earnings Increase % Over: | |||||||||||
….. 2013 | 3% | ||||||||||
….. 2012 | 42% | ||||||||||
….. 2011 | 197% | ||||||||||
….. 2009 | 1047% | ||||||||||
….. 2007 | 92% |