Also excluded below are many foreign Drug Corps with substantial US operations and thus having their 4Q 2017 earnings dramatically impacted when the US Trump Tax Cuts Act was signed into law on Dec 22, 2017. To show just how big a deal this is, let me just cite a very small handful of them:
- Israel HQed Teva Pharmaceutical Industries posted a 4Q 2017 Net Loss of US$11.730 Bil versus a 4Q 2016 Net Loss of US$974 Mil. Included in its 4Q 2017 Net Loss was a $1.061 Bil US Federal Income Tax Benefit from the US Tax Debt Forgiveness feature in the US Trump Tax Cuts Act.
- Ireland HQed Shire plc generated 4Q 2017 Net Income From Continuing Operations of US$3.106 Bil versus US$476 Mil in the 4Q 2016. Of the 4Q 2017 Net Income of $3.1 Bil, $2.5 Bil or 81% of it was courtesy of the US Tax Debt Forgiveness feature embedded in the US Trump Tax Cuts Act.
- UK HQed GlaxoSmithKline's 4Q 2017 earnings include an Income Tax Expense charge of US$2.3 Bil from a combination of the decline in the value of its US Deferred Income Tax Assets and a US Foreign Earnings Repatriation Toll Tax Expense, both embedded in the US Trump Tax Cuts Act.
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Trump | Trump | Tax | ||||||||
Co | Tax | Tax | Cuts | |||||||
Quarter | US GAAP | US GAAP | Cuts | Cuts | Act | |||||
End | Net | Net | Act | Act | Mandatory | |||||
When | Income | Income | US | Decrease | Foreign | |||||
Trump | (Loss) | (Loss) | Federal | in Value | Earnings | |||||
Tax | Dec 17 | Dec 16 | Income | of Deferred | Repatriation | |||||
Cuts | Jan 18 | Jan 17 | Tax | Income | Toll | |||||
US Health Care Corporations | State | Act | or Feb 18 | or Feb 17 | Better | Debt | Tax | Tax | ||
Stock Market Caps Above $2 Bil+ | City Hqs | HQs | Signed | Quarter | Quarter | (Worse) | Forgiveness | Assets | Expense | |
mils $ | mils $ | mils $ | mils $ | mils $ | mils $ | |||||
Pfizer | New York | NY | Dec 17 | 12,289 | 763 | 11,526 | 24,400 | (12,900) | ||
Allergan plc | Parsippany | NJ | Dec 17 | 3,509 | (40) | 3,549 | 3,600 | (728) | ||
CVS Health | Woonsocket | RI | Dec 17 | 3,287 | 1,707 | 1,580 | 1,500 | |||
Express Scripts | St Louis | MO | Dec 17 | 2,331 | 1,440 | 891 | 1,381 | |||
Walgreen's Boots Alliance | Deerfield | IL | Feb 18 | 1,349 | 1,062 | 287 | 610 | (794) | ||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings | Warsaw | IN | Dec 17 | 1,257 | 70 | 1,187 | 1,272 | |||
IQVIA Holdings | Durham | NC | Dec 17 | 1,084 | (175) | 1,259 | 977 | |||
Cardinal Health | Dublin | OH | Dec 17 | 1,053 | 324 | 729 | 935 | (41) | ||
McKesson | San Francisco | CA | Dec 17 | 960 | 649 | 311 | 1,260 | (434) | ||
AmerisourceBergen | Chesterbrook | PA | Dec 17 | 862 | 247 | 615 | 898 | (310) | ||
Lab Corp of America | Burlington | NC | Dec 17 | 709 | 185 | 524 | 519 | |||
HCA Healthcare | Nashville | TN | Dec 17 | 641 | 1,085 | (444) | (301) | |||
Thermo Fisher Scientific | Waltham | MA | Dec 17 | 530 | 633 | (103) | 1,060 | (1,250) | ||
Valeant Pharmaceuticals | Bridgewater | NJ | Dec 17 | 512 | (512) | 1,024 | 1,063 | (88) | ||
Hologic | Marlborough | MA | Dec 17 | 407 | 87 | 320 | 355 | (26) | ||
Cerner | Kansas City | MO | Dec 17 | 337 | 150 | 187 | 171 | (25) | ||
Quest Diagnostics | Seacaucus | NJ | Dec 17 | 267 | 167 | 100 | 115 | (9) | ||
Mylan NV | Canonsburg | PA | Dec 17 | 244 | 418 | (174) | (15) | (114) | ||
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc | Palo Alto | CA | Dec 17 | 232 | 117 | 115 | 155 | (6) | ||
Universal Health Services | King of Prussia | PA | Dec 17 | 225 | 179 | 46 | 30 | (11) | ||
DaVita | Denver | CO | Dec 17 | 197 | 176 | 21 | 252 | |||
Envision Healthcare | Nashville | TN | Dec 17 | 183 | (82) | 265 | 597 | |||
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | Tarrytown | NY | Dec 17 | 174 | 253 | (79) | (326) | |||
Bioverativ | Waltham | MA | Dec 17 | 141 | 229 | (88) | 59 | |||
Mednax | Sunrise | FL | Dec 17 | 136 | 78 | 58 | 70 | |||
Halozyme Therapeutics | San Diego | CA | Dec 17 | 124 | (27) | 151 | ||||
Select Medical Holdings | Mechanicsburg | PA | Dec 17 | 121 | 20 | 101 | 72 | |||
Patterson Cos | St Paul | MA | Jan 18 | 109 | 28 | 81 | 81 | (4) | ||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals | Boston | MA | Dec 17 | 102 | 28 | 74 | ||||
Steris plc | Mentor | OH | Dec 17 | 95 | (4) | 99 | 26 | |||
Encompass Health | Birmingham | AL | Dec 17 | 87 | 82 | 5 | (1) | |||
Zoetis | Parsippany | NJ | Dec 17 | 80 | 154 | (74) | (212) | |||
Perrigo Co plc | Allegan | MI | Dec 17 | 73 | (1,359) | 1,432 | 2 | (18) | ||
Bio-Rad Labs | Hercules | CA | Dec 17 | 70 | (21) | 91 | 121 | (55) | ||
Acadia Healthcare | Franklin | TN | Dec 17 | 70 | 41 | 29 | 20 | |||
Illumina | San Diego | CA | Dec 17 | 58 | 108 | (50) | (150) | |||
Chemed | Cincinnati | OH | Dec 17 | 55 | 32 | 23 | 9 | (1) | ||
Magellan Health | Scottsdale | AZ | Dec 17 | 55 | 36 | 19 | 8 | |||
AbbVie | North Chicago | IL | Dec 17 | 52 | 1,391 | (1,339) | 4,100 | (4,500) | ||
ICU Medical | San Clemente | CA | Dec 17 | 50 | 10 | 40 | (1) | (2) | ||
Bio-Techne | Minneapolis | MN | Dec 17 | 49 | 7 | 42 | 37 | (4) | ||
AMN Healthcare Services | San Diego | CA | Dec 17 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 14 | |||
Idexx Labs | Westbrook | ME | Dec 17 | 38 | 52 | (14) | (49) | |||
Edwards Lifesciences | Irvine | CA | Dec 17 | 36 | 159 | (123) | 3 | (297) | ||
Emergent BioSolutions | Gaithersburg | MD | Dec 17 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 13 | (14) | ||
athenahealth | Watertown | MA | Dec 17 | 32 | 10 | 22 | 3 | |||
Cantel Medical | Little Falls | NJ | Jan 18 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 9 | |||
Myriad Genetics | Salt Lake City | UT | Dec 17 | 32 | 6 | 26 | 33 | |||
Alexion Pharmaceuticals | New Haven | CT | Dec 17 | 30 | 93 | (63) | 292 | (178) | ||
National Vision Holdings | Duluth | GA | Dec 17 | 29 | (10) | 39 | 43 | |||
Wright Medical Group | Memphis | TN | Dec 17 | 27 | (30) | 57 | 7 | |||
Globus Medical | Audubon | PA | Dec 17 | 24 | 24 | - | (10) | (1) | ||
Nuvasive | San Diego | CA | Dec 17 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 12 | |||
Healthcare Services Group | Bensalem | PA | Dec 17 | 20 | 20 | - | (5) | |||
United Therapeutics | Silver Spring | MD | Dec 17 | 19 | 110 | (91) | (69) | (2) | ||
Nu Skin Enterprises | Provo | UT | Dec 17 | 18 | 38 | (20) | (48) | |||
Neogen | Lansing | MI | Feb 18 | 17 | 10 | 7 | ||||
Medidata Solutions | New York | NY | Dec 17 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | (3) | (2) | |
Supernus Pharmaceuticals | Rockville | MD | Dec 17 | 14 | 14 | - | (10) | |||
Abiomed | Danvers | MA | Dec 17 | 13 | 15 | (2) | (22) | |||
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals | Cambridge | MA | Dec 17 | 12 | (14) | 26 | ||||
Align Technology | San Jose | CA | Dec 17 | 10 | 48 | (38) | (10) | (74) | ||
ResMed | San Diego | CA | Dec 17 | 10 | 77 | (67) | (7) | (120) | ||
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions | Chicago | IL | Dec 17 | 10 | 3 | 7 | (10) | (5) | ||
Henry Schein | Melville | NY | Dec 17 | 9 | 153 | (144) | (3) | (140) | ||
Penumbra | Alameda | CA | Dec 17 | 9 | (2) | 11 | (15) | |||
Neurocrine Biosciences | San Diego | CA | Dec 17 | 7 | (45) | 52 | ||||
Merit Medical System | South Jordan | UT | Dec 17 | 7 | 8 | (1) | 8 | (11) | ||
HealthEquity | Draper | UT | Jan 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||
Halyard Health | Alpharetta | GA | Dec 17 | 4 | (22) | 26 | 16 | (6) | ||
West Pharmaceutical Services | Exton | PA | Dec 17 | - | 39 | (39) | (11) | (28) | ||
Masimo | Irvine | CA | Dec 17 | - | 215 | (215) | (9) | (35) | ||
CRISP Therapeutics AG | Boston | MA | Dec 17 | - | 17 | (17) | ||||
Inogen | Goleta | CA | Dec 17 | (1) | 5 | (6) | (8) | |||
Bruker | Billerica | MA | Dec 17 | (3) | 69 | (72) | 1 | (68) | ||
Ligand Pharmaceuticals | San Diego | CA | Dec 17 | (3) | (7) | 4 | (32) | |||
Immunomedics | Morris Plains | NJ | Dec 17 | (3) | (24) | 21 | ||||
Nevro | Redwood City | CA | Dec 17 | (4) | (10) | 6 | ||||
Amedisys | Baton Rouge | LA | Dec 17 | (4) | 9 | (13) | (21) | |||
Ionis Pharmaceuticals | Carlsbad | CA | Dec 17 | (5) | 26 | (31) | ||||
Usana Health Sciences | Salt Lake City | UT | Dec 17 | (6) | 22 | (28) | (13) | (17) | ||
Insulet | Billerica | MA | Dec 17 | (7) | (9) | 2 | ||||
Haemonetics | Braintree | MA | Dec 17 | (7) | 15 | (22) | 7 | (12) | ||
AnaptysBio | San Diego | CA | Dec 17 | (7) | (5) | (2) | ||||
Dexcom | San Diego | CA | Dec 17 | (9) | (7) | (2) | ||||
Alkermes plc | Boston | MA | Dec 17 | (10) | (21) | 11 | (22) | |||
Syneos Health | Raleigh | NC | Dec 17 | (15) | 37 | (52) | (90) | (4) | ||
PRA Health Sciences | Raleigh | NC | Dec 17 | (16) | 14 | (30) | 42 | (42) | ||
Loxo Oncology | Stamford | CT | Dec 17 | (21) | (27) | 6 | ||||
Exact Sciences | Madison | WI | Dec 17 | (22) | (37) | 15 | ||||
Catalent | Somerset | NJ | Dec 17 | (22) | 17 | (39) | 12 | (58) | ||
Fibrogen | San Francisco | CA | Dec 17 | (22) | (34) | 12 | ||||
Akcea Therapeutics | Cambridge | MA | Dec 17 | (23) | (34) | 11 | ||||
Denali Therapeutics | South San Francisco | CA | Dec 17 | (23) | (19) | (4) | ||||
Sarepta Therapeutics | Cambridge | MA | Dec 17 | (24) | (88) | 64 | ||||
Charles River Labs | Wilmington | MA | Dec 17 | (29) | 45 | (74) | 13 | (92) | ||
MSA Safety | Cranberry Township | PA | Dec 17 | (33) | 25 | (58) | (2) | (18) | ||
Nektar Therapeutics | San Francisco | CA | Dec 17 | (34) | (42) | 8 | ||||
Array BioPharma | Boulder | CO | Dec 17 | (34) | (23) | (11) | ||||
Intrexon | Blacksburg | VA | Dec 17 | (34) | (45) | 11 | 2 | |||
Foundation Medicine | Cambridge | MA | Dec 17 | (38) | (36) | (2) | ||||
Intuitive Surgical | Sunnyvale | CA | Dec 17 | (39) | 204 | (243) | (48) | (270) | ||
Global Blood Therapeutics | South San Francisco | CA | Dec 17 | (41) | (27) | (14) | ||||
Teleflex | Wayne | PA | Dec 17 | (43) | 61 | (104) | 46 | (154) | ||
Teladoc | Purchase | NY | Dec 17 | (44) | (14) | (30) | 1 | |||
Horizon Pharma plc | Chicago | IL | Dec 17 | (46) | (137) | 91 | 75 | |||
Blueprint Medicines | Cambridge | MA | Dec 17 | (49) | (21) | (28) | ||||
Biomarin Pharmaceuticals | Novato | CA | Dec 17 | (51) | (91) | 40 | (33) | |||
Clovis Oncology | Boulder | CO | Dec 17 | (52) | (71) | 19 | ||||
Seattle Genetics | Bothell | WA | Dec 17 | (59) | (55) | (4) | ||||
Aerie Pharmaceuticals | Research Triangle Park | NC | Dec 17 | (59) | (29) | (30) | ||||
Baxter Intl | Deerfield | IL | Dec 17 | (61) | 240 | (301) | 283 | (529) | ||
Spark Therapeutics | Philadelphia | PA | Dec 17 | (62) | (37) | (25) | ||||
Herbalife Ltd | Los Angeles | CA | Dec 17 | (63) | 99 | (162) | (153) | |||
Puma Biotechnology | Los Angeles | CA | Dec 17 | (64) | (73) | 9 | ||||
Akorn | Lake Forest | IL | Dec 17 | (65) | 32 | (97) | 27 | |||
Sage Therapeutics | Cambridge | MA | Dec 17 | (69) | (56) | (13) | ||||
Acadia Pharmaceuticals | San Diego | CA | Dec 17 | (69) | (79) | 10 | ||||
Amicus Therapeutics | Cranberry | NJ | Dec 17 | (69) | (59) | (10) | ||||
Celgene | Summit | NJ | Dec 17 | (81) | 429 | (510) | 621 | (1,890) | ||
Ultragenyx | Novato | CA | Dec 17 | (82) | (71) | (11) | ||||
AveXis | Bannockburn | IL | Dec 17 | (82) | (25) | (57) | ||||
Agios Pharmaceuticals | Cambridge | MA | Dec 17 | (88) | (56) | (32) | ||||
Portola Pharmaceuticals | South San Francisco | CA | Dec 17 | (92) | (55) | (37) | ||||
Tenet Healthcare | Dallas | TX | Dec 17 | (100) | 23 | (123) | (252) | |||
Varian Medical Systems | Palo Alto | CA | Dec 17 | (112) | 8 | (120) | (38) | (169) | ||
bluebird bio | Cambridge | MA | Dec 17 | (117) | (71) | (46) | ||||
Cooper Cos | Pleasanton | CA | Jan 18 | (123) | 76 | (199) | (13) | (189) | ||
Becton Dickinson | Franklin Lakes | NJ | Dec 17 | (136) | 562 | (698) | 290 | (561) | ||
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals | Cambridge | MA | Dec 17 | (142) | (113) | (29) | ||||
Incyte Corp | Wilmington | DE | Dec 17 | (150) | 9 | (159) | ||||
Medicines Co | Parsippany | NJ | Dec 17 | (159) | (83) | (76) | ||||
Biogen | Cambridge | MA | Dec 17 | (166) | 648 | (814) | (184) | (990) | ||
Tesaro | Waltham | MA | Dec 17 | (182) | (136) | (46) | ||||
Stryker | Kalamazoo | MI | Dec 17 | (249) | 510 | (759) | (47) | (784) | ||
Molina Health Care | Long Beach | CA | Dec 17 | (262) | (47) | (215) | (54) | |||
Agilent Technologies | Santa Clara | CA | Jan 18 | (320) | 168 | (488) | (53) | (480) | ||
Boston Scientific | Marlborough | MA | Dec 17 | (615) | 124 | (739) | 99 | (1,044) | ||
Dentsply Sirona | York | PA | Dec 17 | (673) | 108 | (781) | ||||
Merck | Kenilworth | NJ | Dec 17 | (864) | (587) | (277) | 1,579 | (4,100) | ||
Abbott Labs | Abbott Park | IL | Dec 17 | (864) | 765 | (1,629) | 1,420 | (2,890) | ||
Medtronic plc | Minneapolis | MN | Jan 18 | (1,392) | 820 | (2,212) | 155 | (2,400) | ||
Eli Lilly | Indianapolis | IN | Dec 17 | (1,657) | 772 | (2,429) | 1,686 | (3,600) | ||
Bristol-Myers Squibb | New York | NY | Dec 17 | (2,329) | 898 | (3,227) | (285) | (2,611) | ||
Gilead Sciences | Foster City | CA | Dec 17 | (3,836) | 3,099 | (6,935) | 308 | (5,800) | ||
Amgen | Thousand Oaks | CA | Dec 17 | (4,264) | 1,935 | (6,199) | 1,200 | (7,300) | ||
Johnson & Johnson | New Brunswick | NJ | Dec 17 | (10,713) | 3,814 | (14,527) | 600 | (13,600) | ||
Total all 147 | 3,430 | 24,048 | (20,618) | -86% | 54,676 | (2,224) | (72,316) | |||
Total all 147 Without TTCA Effect | 23,294 | 24,048 | (754) | -3% |