Thursday, March 3, 2016

Louisiana Companies Total Annual 2015 Real US GAAP Earnings Were Down 20% From 2014 ..... What Are the Republican Establishment (Rubio and Cruz) and the Democratic Establishment (Hillary Clinton) Proposing to Improve This Declining Economic Situation? ..... Nothing ..... On the Other Hand, Bernie Sanders Does Have a Wisely-Designed Plan to Deal With This Economic Weakness

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, Predominately Audited, for the most recent Annual 2015 and 2014 for each of  the 18 Louisiana HQed Companies with current stock market capitalizations of more than $50 mil and which also have reported their 2015 financial statements with the SEC:





Annual Annual




2015 2014




Net Net Increase Increase


Income Income (Decrease) (Decrease)
Louisiana Largest Companies City State 2015 (Loss) (Loss) Amount %
Market Cap $50 mil or More HQs HQs FYE  $ mils  $ mils  $ mils








Stone Energy Corp Lafayette LA Dec 15            (1,091)               (190)               (901)
Tidewater Inc  New Orleans  LA Mar 15                 (65)                 140               (205)
Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc Covington LA Dec 15                   67                   88                 (21)
H&E Equipment Services Inc Baton Rouge LA Dec 15                   44                   55                 (11)
MidSouth Bancorp Lafayette LA Dec 15                   10                   18                   (8)
PHI Inc Lafayette LA Dec 15                   27                   33                   (6)
Investar Holding Corp Baton Rouge LA Dec 15                     7                     5                     2
Home Bancorp Inc Lafayette LA Dec 15                   13                   10                     3
First Guaranty Bancshares Hammond LA Dec 15                   15                   11                     4
Lamar Advertising Baton Rouge LA Dec 15                 263                 254                     9
First NBC Bank Holding Company New Orleans LA Dec 15                   67                   56                   11
LHC Group Lafayette LA Dec 14                   42                   29                   13
Amerisafe Inc Deridder LA Dec 15                   70                   54                   16
Pool Corp Covington LA Dec 15                 128                 111                   17
Iberiabank Corp Lafayette LA Dec 15                 143                 105                   38
Centurylink Monroe LA Dec 15                 878                 772                 106
Albemarle Corp Baton Rouge LA Dec 15                 360                 230                 130
Globalstar Inc Covington LA Dec 15                   72               (463)                 535








Total all 18


             1,050              1,318               (268) -20%