Thursday, May 10, 2018

The 6 Largest US Hotels and Casino Corps March 2018 Quarter Total Pretax Earnings Increase By Only 1% From the March 2017 Quarter ........................................................................................ These Companies March 2018 Quarter Total After-Tax Net Income Increased By a Much Higher 58%, Aided By Las Vegas Sands' Huge Income Tax Benefit From the Trump Tax Cuts Act Related to the December 2017 Quarter But Reflected in March 2018 Earnings

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 Hotels and Casino Corps with stock market caps above $10 Bil on April 30, 2018 and which have released their March 2018 earnings by May 10, 2018.
 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
Pretax Tax Net Pretax Tax Net Tax Tax % Change % Change
Income Expense Income Income Expense Income Rate Rate March Qtr March Qtr
US Hotels and Casinos March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr March Qtr 2018 2018
Market Caps Above $10 Bil 2018 2018 2018 2017 2017 2017 2018 2017 vs 2017 vs 2017
mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $
Las Vegas Sands         1,045           (571)         1,616            648              69            579 -54.6% 10.6% 61% 179%
Marriott Intl            502            104            398            494            123            371 20.7% 24.9% 2% 7%
Hilton Worldwide            221              58            163              66              18              48 26.2% 27.3% 235% 240%
MGM Resorts Intl            181             (85)            266            315              62            253 -47.0% 19.7% -43% 5%
Wyndham Worldwide            121              40              81            153              26            127 33.1% 17.0% -21% -36%
Wynn Resorts Ltd           (248)           (111)           (137)            135                3            132 44.8% 2.2% -284% -204%
Total all 6         1,822           (565)         2,387         1,811            301         1,510 -31.0% 16.6% 1% 58%