These Southeast Florida Companies have performed spectacularly all throughout the Obama Administration, including 30% Total Earnings Growth in Annual 2015 over Annual 2014.
So what happened in the most recent First Half of 2016? This superb Earnings Growth continued unabated.
The 57 Southeast Florida Companies with Market Caps above $100 mil and which filed First Half 2016 financial information with the SEC generated Total US GAAP Earnings From Continuing Operations of $5.744 Bil in the First Half of 2016, an increase of another very robust 29% over that in the First Half of 2015.
With financial statement information filed with the SEC, below here are the First Half 2016 and First Half 2015 US GAAP Earnings From Continuing Operations of each of these 57 Southeast Florida Companies:
| First | First | |||||
| Calendar | Calendar | |||||
| 6 Months | 6 Months | |||||
| Most | 2016 | 2015 | ||||
| Recent | Net | Net | ||||
| City | ST | 2015 | Income | Income | % | |
| Florida Company | HQs | HQs | FYE | (Loss) | (Loss) | Increase |
| $ mils | $ mils | |||||
| Southeast Florida | ||||||
| Carnival Corp | Miami | FL | Nov15 | 2,029 | 1,438 | |
| Lennar Corp | Miami | FL | Nov15 | 457 | 410 | |
| Restaurant Brands Intl | Miami | FL | Dec15 | 416 | 144 | |
| Affiliated Managers Group | West Palm Beach | FL | Dec15 | 357 | 411 | |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises | Miami | FL | Dec15 | 329 | 230 | |
| Office Depot | Boca Raton | FL | Dec15 | 256 | (13) | |
| Norwegian Cruise Lines | Miami | FL | Dec15 | 218 | 137 | |
| AutoNation | Fort Lauderdale | FL | Dec15 | 208 | 227 | |
| Interval Leisure Group | Miami | FL | Dec15 | 207 | 43 | |
| Citrix Systems | Ft Lauderdale | FL | Dec15 | 204 | 132 | |
| Fresh Del Monte Produce | Coral Gables | FL | Dec15 | 179 | 110 | |
| B/E Aerospace | Wellington | FL | Dec15 | 167 | 157 | |
| MEDNAX | Sunrise | FL | Dec15 | 150 | 153 | |
| Spirit Airlines Inc | Miramar | FL | Dec15 | 135 | 146 | |
| Ryder System | Miami | FL | Dec15 | 130 | 139 | |
| Watsco Inc | Coconut Grove | FL | Dec15 | 116 | 116 | |
| BankUnited | Miami Lakes | FL | Dec15 | 112 | 93 | |
| Heico Corp | Hollywood | FL | Oct15 | 91 | 78 | |
| SBA Communications | Boca Raton | FL | Dec15 | 86 | (51) | |
| Dycom Industries | Palm Beach Gardens | FL | Jul16 | 82 | 54 | |
| World Fuel Services | Miami | FL | Dec15 | 81 | 78 | |
| Universal Insurance Holdings | Fort Lauderdale | FL | Dec15 | 59 | 47 | |
| GEO Group | Boca Raton | FL | Dec15 | 55 | 57 | |
| Vector Group Ltd | Miami | FL | Dec15 | 49 | 41 | |
| National Beverage Corp | Ft Lauderdale | FL | Apr16 | 47 | 29 | |
| FCB Financial Holdings | Weston | FL | Dec15 | 46 | 3 | |
| Equity One Inc | North Miami Beach | FL | Dec15 | 43 | 40 | |
| Capital Bank Financial Corp | Coral Gables | FL | Dec15 | 27 | 24 | |
| MasTec | Coral Gables | FL | Dec15 | 22 | (10) | |
| Patriot National | Fort Lauderdale | FL | Dec15 | 18 | (4) | |
| KLX Inc | Wellington | FL | Jan16 | 16 | 25 | |
| Nextera Energy Partners LP | Juno Beach | FL | Dec15 | 16 | 52 | |
| Chatham Lodging Trust | West Palm Beach | FL | Dec15 | 16 | 14 | |
| WhiteHorse Finance | Miami | FL | Dec15 | 14 | 11 | |
| Stonegate Bank | Pompano Beach | FL | Dec15 | 13 | 11 | |
| Petmed Express Inc | Pompano Beach | FL | Mar16 | 12 | 11 | |
| Perry Ellis Intl Inc | Miami | FL | Jan16 | 11 | 8 | |
| Federated National Holding Co | Sunrise | FL | Dec15 | 11 | 21 | |
| BFC Financial Corp | Fort Lauderdale | FL | Dec15 | 10 | 96 | |
| Neff Corp | Miami | FL | Dec15 | 10 | 18 | |
| Hackett Group Inc | Miami | FL | Dec15 | 10 | 7 | |
| Hemisphere Media Group Inc | Coral Gables | FL | Dec15 | 8 | 6 | |
| NV5 Global | Hollywood | FL | Dec15 | 5 | 3 | |
| Ultimate Software Group | Weston | FL | Dec15 | 4 | 8 | |
| Consolidated Water Co Ltd | Fort Lauderdale | FL | Dec15 | 4 | 4 | |
| Opko Health | Miami | FL | Dec15 | 4 | (161) | |
| Cross Country Healthcare Inc | Boca Raton | FL | Dec15 | 2 | 6 | |
| BBX Capital Corp | Fort Lauderdale | FL | Dec15 | (2) | 7 | |
| Zero Gravity Solutions | Boca Raton | FL | Dec15 | (5) | (2) | |
| Cogint | Boca Raton | FL | Dec15 | (14) | (6) | |
| Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services | Miami | FL | Dec15 | (15) | (6) | |
| TherapeuticsMD Inc | Boca Raton | FL | Dec15 | (42) | (48) | |
| Elizabeth Arden Inc | Pembroke Pines | FL | Jun16 | (51) | (143) | |
| Seacor Holdings Inc | Fort Lauderdale | FL | Dec15 | (71) | (26) | |
| Platform Specialty Products | West Palm Beach | FL | Dec15 | (142) | (35) | |
| Ocwen Financial Corp | West Palm Beach | FL | Dec15 | (198) | 44 | |
| ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc | Vero Beach | FL | Dec15 | (258) | 73 | |
| Total all 57 Southeast Florida Cos | 5,744 | 4,457 | 29% |
