US Hotels and Motels (21) Companies With Market Caps Above $1 Bil 2Q 2017 Total Earnings Were $543 Mil, An Earnings Improvement of $1.216 Bil From the $673 Mil Total Losses in the 2Q 2016 ................................................................................. Exclusive of Caesars Entertainment, Which Had Huge Restructuring Losses in Both the 2Q 2017 and in the 2Q 2016, the Remaining 20 US Hotels and Motels Companies 2Q 2017 Total Earnings Were $1.969 Bil, Up a Robust 41% From the $1.395 Bil Total Earnings in the 2Q 2016

From a review of the Google Finance Website and of company financial statements in the US SEC website, I found the 21 Hotels and Motels Companies (SEC Standard Identification Code 7011) headquartered in the US with Stock Market Capitalizations of more than $1 Bil very recently and which have filed their Calendar Second Quarter 2017 Financial Statements with the SEC.

Below here are the Total Reported US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations for the Second Calendar Quarters of both 2017 and 2016 for each of these 21 largest US Hotels and Motels Companies.

						Calendar	Calendar
						2Q 17	2Q 16
					Calendar	US GAAP	US GAAP	Net	Net
			Most		2Q 17	Net	Net	Income	Income
Hotels and Motels (SIC 7011)	City	State	Recent		Month	Income	Income	Better	Better
Stock Market Caps Above $1 Bil	HQs	HQs	FYE		End	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Worse)	(Worse)
						$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	%
Las Vegas Sands	Las Vegas	NV	Dec16		June	638	394	244	62%
Marriott Intl	Bethesda	MD	Dec16		June	414	247	167	68%
MGM Resorts Intl	Las Vegas	NV	Dec16		June	242	514	(272)	-53%
Hilton Worldwide Holdings	McLean	VA	Dec16		June	167	100	67	67%
Wynn Resorts Ltd	Las Vegas	NV	Dec16		June	107	89	18	20%
Hyatt Hotels	Chicago	IL	Dec16		June	87	67	20	30%
Wyndham Worldwide	Parsippany	NJ	Dec16		June	78	156	(78)	-50%
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	Orlando	FL	Dec16		June	71	26	45	173%
Hilton Grand Vacations	Orlando	FL	Dec16		June	51	47	4	9%
Extended Stay America	Charlotte	NC	Dec16		June	50	61	(11)	-18%
Choice Hotels Intl Inc	Rockville	MD	Dec16		June	45	39	6	15%
Marriott Vacations Worldwine	Orlando	FL	Dec16		June	44	36	8	22%
Boyd Gaming Corp	Las Vegas	NV	Dec16		June	28	11	17	155%
Penn National Gaming Inc	Wyomissing	PA	Dec16		June	17	34	(17)	-50%
La Quinta Holdings	Irving	TX	Dec16		June	17	15	2	13%
Tropicana Entertainment Inc	Las Vegas	NV	Dec16		June	13	5	8	160%
Pinnacle Entertainment	Las Vegas	NV	Dec16		June	8	(489)	497	NM
Playa Hotels & Resorts NV	Fairfax	VA	Dec16		June	(11)	10	(21)	NM
Eldorado Resorts Inc	Reno	NV	Dec16		June	(47)	11	(58)	NM
Red Rock Resorts	Las Vegas	NV	Dec16		June	(50)	22	(72)	NM
Total all 20 Excluding Caesars Entertainment						1,969	1,395	574	41%
Caesars Entertainment	Las Vegas	NV	Dec16		June	(1,426)	(2,068)	642	NM
Total all 21						543	(673)	1,216	NM

Unlike the US Retailing Industry, some of these above Hotels have taken advantage of the very beneficial tax rules related to US REITs.