Maryland Largest Companies 2016 Total Audited Earnings of $12.871 Bil On Fire, Up 26% From 2015 Total Earnings of $10.236 Bil Under Obama and Yellen ....................................................................................... 2016 Total Audited Earnings Up 146% From 2010, Up 245% From 2009 and Up 286% From 2008 Under Obama, Bernanke, Yellen, Donna Edwards and Chris Van Hollen

From a review of the Google Finance Website and of company financial statements in the US SEC Website, I found the 37 Companies headquartered in the US State of Maryland 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.

Below here are the reported Audited US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations of each of these 37 Maryland Companies for all of the fiscal years from 2007 through 2016 where the earnings numbers were reported and also where they were prepared in a fairly consistent manner with those in the most recent years:

				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
Maryland Companies	City	State	2016	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income
Market Caps Above $1 Bil	HQs	HQs	FYE	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
				$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Lockeed Martin	Bethesda	MD	Dec16	3,753	3,126	3,253	2,701	2,297	2,667	2,614	2,999	3,167	3,033
T. Rowe Price Group	Baltimore	MD	Dec16	1,254	1,223	1,230	1,048	884	773	672	434	491	671
Discovery Communications	Silver Spring	MD	Dec16	1,218	1,048	1,137	1,077	956	1,136	659	570	404	86
Marriott Intl	Bethesda	MD	Dec16	780	859	753	626	571	198	458	(353)	344	696
Host Hotels & Resorts	Bethesda	MD	Dec16	771	565	741	206	(10)	(10)	(127)	(197)	383	532
United Therapeutics	Silver Spring	MD	Dec16	714	652	340	175	304	217	111	19	(50)	12
AGNC Investment Corp	Bethesda	MD	Dec16	623	215	(233)	1,259	1,277	770	288	119	35
McCormick & Co	Sparks	MD	Nov16	472	402	438	389	408	374	370	300	256	230
Omega Healthcare Investors	Hunt Valley	MD	Dec16	383	233	221	173	121	53	58	82	78	68
Laureate Education	Baltimore	MD	Dec16	366	(316)	(162)	(90)	(217)	(118)	(211)
Legg Mason Inc	Baltimore	MD	Mar17	287	(33)	243	282	(360)	231	246	211	(1,965)	264
Federal Realty Investment Trust	Rockville	MD	Dec16	259	218	172	168	156	150	128	104	135	201
UnderArmour	Baltimore	MD	Dec16	257	233	208	162	129	97	68	47	38	53
LaSalle Hotel Properties	Bethesda	MD	Dec16	253	136	213	90	72	43	3	6	31	55
Sinclair Broadcast Group	Hunt Valley	MD	Dec16	251	176	215	64	144	77	76	(138)	(249)	17
RLJ Lodging Trust	Bethesda	MD	Dec16	201	220	136	107	43	(10)	(41)	(125)	(28)	12
Colfax Corp	Annapolis Junction	MD	Dec16	145	187	420	209	(42)	5	16	24	1	66
Choice Hotels Intl Inc	Rockville	MD	Dec16	139	128	121	113	122	128	108	98	100	111
DiamondRock Hospitality	Bethesda	MD	Dec16	115	86	163	24	(18)	(9)	(10)	(10)	48	57
Walker & Dunlop Inc	Bethesda	MD	Dec16	114	83	51	42	34	35	8	40	14	16
W R Grace	Columbia	MD	Dec16	107	124	117	121	(72)
Eagle Bancorp	Bethesda	MD	Dec16	98	84	54	47	35	25	17	10	7	8
Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc	Rockville	MD	Dec16	91	14	(11)	(92)	(46)	54	(38)	0	(33)	(17)
Quality Care Properties	Bethesda	MD	Dec16	81	113	293	333
Chesapeake Lodging Trust	Annapolis	MD	Dec16	77	68	61	45	27	9	(1)
Argan Inc	Rockville	MD	Jan17	77	50	43	43	22	9	8	7	10	(3)
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	Bethesda	MD	Dec16	74	95	74	43	27	15	(7)	(0)
Ciena Corp	Hanover	MD	Oct16	73	12	(41)	(85)	(144)	(196)	(334)	(581)	39	83
Emergent Biosolutions	Gaithersburg	MD	Dec16	63	91	54	70	53
Saul Centers	Bethesda	MD	Dec16	57	53	58	35	35	30	40	43	48	46
Inovalon Holdings	Bowie	MD	Dec16	27	66	65	33	55	25
Corporate Office Properties Trust	Columbia	MD	Dec16	16	189	45	102	20	(124)	46	61	61	36
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure	Annapolis	MD	Dec16	15	8	10	(13)	4	(5)	14	4	(0)
BroadSoft Inc	Gaithersburg	MD	Dec16	1	0	0	0	15	33	8	(8)	(11)	(2)
2U Inc	Landover	MD	Dec16	(20)	(27)	(29)	(28)	(23)	(25)
US Silica Holdings Inc	Frederick	MD	Dec16	(41)	12	122	75	79	30	11	6	17	(7)
Novavax	Gaithersburg	MD	Dec16	(280)	(157)	(83)	(52)	(29)	(19)	(36)	(40)	(35)	(29)
Total all 37				12,871	10,236	10,492	9,502	6,929	6,668	5,222	3,732	3,336	6,295
2016 Total Earnings % Above 2015				26%
2016 Total Earnings % Above 2010				146%
2016 Total Earnings % Above 2009				245%
2016 Total Earnings % Above 2008				286%

Chris Van Hollen would be an excellent candidate for US President in 2020.  I hope he runs.