US Tobacco Products Manufacturing (4) Companies With Market Caps Above $1 Bil 2Q 2017 Total Earnings Were $4.783 Bil, Up $464 Mil From the $4.319 Bil Total Earnings in the 2Q 2016 ..................................................................................... 2Q 2017 Earnings Benefited From Altria Group's $408 Mil Gain From the AB InBev/SAB Miller Business Combination

From a review of the Google Finance Website and of company financial statements in the US SEC website, I found the 4 Tobacco Products Manufacturing Companies (SEC Standard Identification Codes 2100s) 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 4 largest US Tobacco Products Manufacturing Companies.

						Calendar	Calendar
						2Q 17	2Q 16
US Manufacturing Companies					Calendar	US GAAP	US GAAP	Net	Net
Other Than Oil & Gas and Technology			Most		2Q 17	Net	Net	Income	Income
Tobacco Products (SIC 2100s)	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	%
Altria Group	Richmond	VA	Dec16		June17	1,990	1,654	336	20%
Philip Morris	New York	NY	Dec16		June17	1,842	1,842	-	0%
Reynolds American	Winston Salem	NC	Dec16		June17	919	796	123	15%
Vector Group Ltd	Miami	FL	Dec16		June17	32	27	5	19%
Total all 4						4,783	4,319	464	11%