Under US Senate Giant Susan Collins, Maine Largest Non-Bank Companies 2016 Total Audited Earnings Were Up 91% Over Pre-Financial Meltdown Year of 2007 Total Earnings .......................................................................................Also Under Susan Collins, Maine Largest Banks 2016 Total Audited Earnings Were Up 93% Over Pre-Financial Meltdown Year of 2007 Total Earnings

From a review of the Google Finance Website and of company financial statements in the US SEC Website, I found the 2 Companies, both Non-Banks, headquartered in the US State of Maine with Stock Market Capitalizations either very late in 2016 or very early in 2017 of more than $1 Bil and which also have filed their fiscal year 2016 annual financial statements with the SEC.  Traditional Mostly Regulated Utilities Companies were excluded.

Also from a review of the Google Finance Website and of company financial statements in the US SEC Website, I found the 4 Banks headquartered in the US State of Maine with Stock Market Capitalizations either very late in 2016 or very early in 2017 of between $100 Mil and $1 Bil and which also have filed their fiscal year 2016 annual financial statements with the SEC.
 
Below here are the reported Audited US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations of each of these 6 Maine Companies for all of the fiscal years from 2007 through 2016:

				2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
			Most	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited
			Recent	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net
Maine Companies	City	State	2016	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income
Market Caps Above $100 Mil	HQs	HQs	FYE	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
				$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Non-Banks
IDEXX Laboratories	Westbrook	ME	Dec16	222	192	182	188	178	162	141	122	116	94
WEX Inc	South Portland	ME	Dec16	57	110	200	148	97	134	88	140	128	52
Total all 2 Non-Banks				279									146
…2016 Total Earnings % Increase Over 2007				91%
Banks
Camden National Corp	Camden	ME	Dec16	40	21	25	23	23	26	25	23	15	20
First Bancorp Inc	Damariscotta	ME	Dec16	18	16	15	13	13	12	12	13	14	13
Bar Harbor Bankshares	Bar Harbor	ME	Dec16	15	15	15	13	12	11	11	10	8	7
Northeast Bancorp	Lewiston	ME	Jun16	8	7	3	4	1	14	2	1	2	2
Total all 4 Banks				81									42
…2016 Total Earnings % Increase Over 2007				93%

The truly remarkable thing is that 5 of these 6 Maine Companies have incredibly consistent earnings increases in pretty much each year from 2007 to 2016.