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From both the superb Google Finance website and US Company SEC filings, below here are the reported US GAAP Real Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations for the most recently reported Nine Months Ended September 2015 and 2014 for each of  the 51 Tennessee HQed Companies with current stock market capitalizations of more than $50 mil and with December Year Ends:

				Nine	Nine
				Months	Months
				Sept	Sept
				2015	2014
				Net	Net	Increase	Increase
Tennessee Largest Companies			Most	Income	Income	(Decrease)	(Decrease)
Market Cap $50 mil or More	City	State	Recent	(Loss)	(Loss)	Amount	%
With December Year Ends	HQs	HQs	FYE	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
International Paper	Memphis	TN	Dec 14	739	412	327
HCA Holdings	Nashville	TN	Dec 14	1,958	1,697	261
Community Health Systems	Franklin	TN	Dec 14	335	95	240
Mid-America Apartment Communities	Memphis	TN	Dec 14	305	115	190
Servicemaster Global Holdings	Memphis	TN	Dec 14	145	22	123
Amsurg	Nashville	TN	Dec 14	258	167	91
Tractor Supply Co	Brentwood	TN	Dec 14	299	259	40
Regal Entertainment Group	Knoxville	TN	Dec 14	98	59	39
LifePoint Health Inc	Brentwood	TN	Dec 14	138	108	30
Scripps Networks Interactive	Knoxville	TN	Dec 14	576	549	27
Surgery Partners Inc	Nashville	TN	Dec 14	37	10	27
Covenant Transportation Group Inc	Chattanooga	TN	Dec 14	29	4	25
National Health Investors Inc	Murfreesboro	TN	Dec 14	96	75	21
Pinnacle Financial Partners	Nashville	TN	Dec 14	69	52	17
Acadia Healthcare Co	Franklin	TN	Dec 14	77	61	16
Healthcare Realty Trust Inc	Nashville	TN	Dec 14	39	25	14
NN Inc	Johnson City	TN	Dec 14	18	7	11
TeamHealth Holdings Inc	Knoxville	TN	Dec 14	92	82	10
GTx Inc	Memphis	TN	Dec 14	(15)	(25)	10
GTx Inc	Memphis	TN	Dec 14	(15)	(25)	10
Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc	Nashville	TN	Dec 14	73	64	9
Corrections Corp of America	Nashville	TN	Dec 14	173	165	8
Symmetry Surgical	Antioch	TN	Dec 14	1	(6)	7
AAC Holdings Inc	Brentwood	TN	Dec 14	9	3	6
Franklin Financial Network Inc	Franklin	TN	Dec 14	11	6	5
Astec Industries Inc	Chattanooga	TN	Dec 14	29	26	3
Miller Industries Inc	Ooltewah	TN	Dec 14	12	9	3
Commerce Union Bancshares	Brentwood	TN	Dec 14	4	2	2
Delek Logistics Partners LP	Brentwood	TN	Dec 14	51	50	1
Avenue Financial Holdings Inc	Nashville	TN	Dec 14	5	4	1
SmartFinancial	Knoxville	TN	Dec 14	0	1	(1)
HealthStream Inc	Nashville	TN	Dec 14	7	8	(1)
National HealthCare Corp	Mufreesboro	TN	Dec 14	38	39	(1)
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals	Nashville	TN	Dec 14	1	2	(1)
J Alexanders Holdings	Nashville	TN	Dec 14	3	6	(3)
Healthways Inc	Franklin	TN	Dec 14	(12)	(8)	(4)
Provectus Biopharmaceuticals	Knoxville	TN	Dec 14	(15)	(11)	(4)
J Alexander's LLC	Nashville	TN	Dec 14	3	7	(4)
Provectus Biopharmaceuticals	Knoxville	TN	Dec 14	(15)	(11)	(4)
First Acceptance	Nashville	TN	Dec 14	(2)	6	(8)
Eastman Chemical Co	Kingsport	TN	Dec 14	729	738	(9)
Mueller Industries Inc	Memphis	TN	Dec 14	74	84	(10)
Forward Air Corp	Greeneville	TN	Dec 14	32	44	(12)
Education Realty Trust Inc	Memphis	TN	Dec 14	5	25	(20)
CBL & Associates Properties Inc	Chattanooga	TN	Dec 14	146	166	(20)
Erin Energy Corp	Houston	TN	Dec 14	(102)	(69)	(33)
Unum Group	Chattanooga	TN	Dec 14	641	684	(43)
Louisiana-Pacific Corp	Nashville	TN	Dec 14	(79)	(30)	(49)
Delek US Holdings Inc	Brentwood	TN	Dec 14	70	181	(111)
First Horizon National Corp	Memphis	TN	Dec 14	46	182	(136)
Brookdale Senior Living Inc	Brentwood	TN	Dec 14	(284)	(43)	(241)
Total all 51				6,932	6,073	859	14%