The 19 Largest North Carolina Companies With Stock Market Caps Above $5 Bil Generated March 2018 Quarter Total Pretax Income of $12.149 Bil, Up a Very Robust 18% From the March 2017 Quarter and 7% Above the 11% Total Pretax Income Growth of All 776 US Companies With Stock Market Caps Above $5 Bil ........................................................................................ The 4 Largest North Carolina Financial Companies With Stock Market Caps Above $5 Bil, Which Comprised 77% of the Total Pretax Income of All 19 Largest NC Companies, Generated March 2018 Quarter Total Pretax Income of $9.389 Bil, Up an Exceptional 27.5% From the March 2017 Quarter and Their After-Tax Net Income Increased By an Even More Exceptional 41% ....................................................................................... Large NC Utility Corp Duke Energy's Pretax Income Declined By 24% ....................................................................................... All Other 14 Largest NC Companies Total Pretax Income Increased By 6.5% .......................................................................................

From a review of SEC filings, the below chart shows the US GAAP Pretax Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations, the US GAAP Net Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations and the related US GAAP Income Tax Expense for the March 2018 and 2017 Quarters for all US  Companies including both Partnerships and REITs which are Headquartered in the US State of North Carolina with March 2018 Quarter Ends, with stock market caps above $5 Bil very recently and which have released their March 2018 Quarter Earnings by May 24, 2018.  

I will update this quarterly earnings chart later for Companies with stock market caps somewhat below $5 Bil and also for Companies with April 2018 and May 2018 Quarter End Earnings.

									US GAAP	US GAAP		US GAAP	US GAAP
		US GAAP				US GAAP			Effective	Effective		Pretax	Net
	US GAAP	Income	US GAAP		US GAAP	Income	US GAAP		Income	Income		Income	Income
North Carolina Companies	Pretax	Tax	Net		Pretax	Tax	Net		Tax	Tax		% Change	% Change
Market Caps Above $5 Bil	Income	Expense	Income		Income	Expense	Income		Rate	Rate		March Qtr	March Qtr
Releasing March 2018	March Qtr	March Qtr	March Qtr		March Qtr	March Qtr	March Qtr		March Qtr	March Qtr		2018	2018
Qtr Earnings Thru 5-24-18	2018	2018	2018		2017	2017	2017		2018	2017		vs 2017	vs 2017
	mils $	mils $	mils $		mils $	mils $	mils $
Financial Companies
Bank of America	8,394	1,476	6,918		7,320	1,983	5,337		17.6%	27.1%		15%	30%
BB&T Corp	977	186	791		530	104	426		19.0%	19.6%		84%	86%
First Citizens Bancshares	131	31	100		105	37	68		23.7%	35.2%		25%	47%
Brighthouse Financial	(113)	(48)	(65)		(590)	(241)	(349)		42.5%	40.8%		81%	81%
Total all 4 Financial Cos	9,389	1,645	7,744		7,365	1,883	5,482		17.5%	25.6%		27%	41%
Utility Company
Duke Energy	803	181	622		1,061	344	717		22.5%	32.4%		-24%	-13%
All Other Companies
Nucor Corp	516	136	380		549	171	378		26.4%	31.1%		-6%	1%
V F Corp	294	33	261		269	56	213		11.2%	20.8%		9%	23%
Laboratory Corp of America	242	69	173		265	82	183		28.5%	30.9%		-9%	-5%
Ingersoll Rand plc	167	33	134		156	29	127		19.8%	18.6%		7%	6%
Albemarle	159	20	139		75	12	63		12.6%	16.0%		112%	121%
Old Dominion Freight Line	147	38	109		107	41	66		25.9%	38.3%		37%	65%
Sealed Air	114	322	(208)		83	136	(53)		282.5%	163.9%		37%	-292%
Hanesbrands	94	15	79		78	5	73		16.0%	6.4%		21%	8%
IQVIA Holdings	92	19	73		126	24	102		20.7%	19.0%		-27%	-28%
Curtiss-Wright	61	17	44		41	9	32		27.9%	22.0%		49%	38%
PRA Health Sciences	57	18	39		33	8	25		31.6%	24.2%		73%	56%
CommScope Holdings	46	12	34		36	2	34		26.1%	5.6%		28%	0%
Martin Marietta Materials	12	2	10		57	15	42		16.7%	26.3%		-79%	-76%
Qorvo	(44)	(31)	(13)		(37)	(93)	56		70.5%	251.4%		-19%	-123%
Total all 14 Other Cos	1,957	703	1,254		1,838	497	1,341		35.9%	27.0%		6%	-6%
Total all 19 North Carolina Cos	12,149	2,529	9,620		10,264	2,724	7,540		20.8%	26.5%		18%	28%