Oregon Largest Companies, Led By Nike, 2016 Total Audited Earnings Were $5.475 Bil, Up a Robust 11% From Their 2015 Total Audited Earnings of $4.947 Bil Under Obama, Yellen and the Smartest US Senator on Financial Matters Ron "Follow the Money" Wyden ....................................................................................... These Oregon Largest Companies Have Had Total Earnings Growth in Each of the Last Eight Years, With an Average Annual Growth of 18%

From a review of the Google Finance Website and of company financial statements in the US SEC Website, I found the 7 Companies headquartered in the US State of Oregon 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 Highly Regulated Utilities Companies were excluded.

Below here are the reported Audited US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations of each of these 7 Oregon 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
Oregon 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
Nike	Beaverton	OR	May17	4,240	3,760	3,273	2,693	2,451	2,269	2,172	1,907	1,487	1,883
Greenbrier Companies	Lake Oswego	OR	Aug16	285	265	150	(5)	61	8	8	(58)	14	21
Umpqua Holdings Corp	Portland	OR	Dec16	233	223	148	98	102	74	28	(153)	51	63
Columbia Sportswear	Portland	OR	Dec16	198	180	142	94	100	103	77	67	95	144
Lithia Motors Inc	Medford	OR	Dec16	197	183	136	105	79	55	14	7	(221)	23
FLIR Systems	Wilsonville	OR	Dec16	167	242	200	177	225	223	248	230	201	134
Mentor Graphics Corp	Wilsonville	OR	Jan17	155	94	145	154	139	83	29	(22)	(91)	24
Total all 7				5,475	4,947	4,194	3,316	3,157	2,815	2,576	1,978	1,536	2,292
Year-Over-Year Total Earnings % Growth:
….. 2016 Above 2015				11%
….. 2015 Above 2014				18%
….. 2014 Above 2013				26%
….. 2013 Above 2012				5%
….. 2012 Above 2011				12%
….. 2011 Above 2010				9%
….. 2010 Above 2009				30%
….. 2009 Above 2008				29%
….. Average Annual Earnings Growth 2009 to 2016				18%

Ron Wyden would make an excellent US Presidential candidate in 2020.  I hope he runs.