Saturday, July 14, 2018

The 46 Wisconsin Companies, Excluding Fiserv and Johnson Controls Which Both Had Large Unusual Items, With March, April or May Quarter Ends (The First Full Quarter of the Trump Tax Cuts Act), With Market Caps of at Least $100 Mil and Which Have Released These 2018 Quarter Earnings By July 5, 2018 Generated March, April or May 2018 Quarter Total Pretax Income (PTI) of $2.792 Bil, Up a Modest 3.9% From Their 2017 Quarter Total PTI of $2.687 Bil .......................................................................................

The 26 Wisconsin Manufacturing Cos Generated March, April or May 2018 Quarter Total Pretax Income (PTI) of Only $1.470 Bil, Up 6% From Their 2017 Quarter Total PTI of $1.382 Bil

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And the 20 Wisconsin Non-Manufacturing Cos Generated March, April or May 2018 Quarter Total Pretax Income (PTI) of Only $1.322 Bil, Up a Very Modest 1% From Their 2017 Quarter Total PTI of $1.305 Bil

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Fiserv Generated a Current 2018 Quarter Increase in Pretax Income of $214 Mil, Which Included a $232 Mil Gain on Sale of Business in the Current 2018 Quarter

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Johnson Controls Reported a Current 2018 Quarter Pretax Income Increase of 43%, Which Is Reduced Down To Only a 5% Increase When Unusual Items Including Integration and Transaction Costs Are Factored Out

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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, April or May 2018 and 2017 Quarters for all US Companies including both Partnerships and REITs which are Headquartered in the US State of Wisconsin with March, April or May 2018 Quarter Ends, with stock market caps of at least $100 Mil recently and which have released their March, April or May 2018 Quarter Earnings by July 5, 2018.
 US GAAP   US GAAP 
Pretax Net
 US GAAP   US GAAP  Income Income
 US GAAP   US GAAP   US GAAP   US GAAP   US GAAP   US GAAP   Effective   Effective  Better Better
Pretax  Income  Net Pretax  Income  Net  Income   Income  (Worse) (Worse)
Income Tax Income Income Tax Income Tax Tax % Change % Change
Wisconsin Company (Loss) Expense (Loss) (Loss) Expense (Loss) Rate Rate March, March,
Market Caps of $100 Mil+ March, March, March, March, March, March, March, March, April or April or
Releasing March, April or April or April or April or April or April or April or April or April or May Qtr May Qtr
 May 2018 Quarter May Qtr May Qtr May Qtr May Qtr May Qtr May Qtr May Qtr May Qtr 2018 2018
Earnings By July 5, 2018 2018 2018 2018 2017 2017 2017 2018 2017 vs 2017 vs 2017
mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $ mils $
Cos With Large Unusual Items
Fiserv           563           140           423           349           102           247 24.9% 29.2% 61% 71%
Johnson Controls Intl plc           561             78           483           393           508          (115) 13.9% 129.3% 43% 520%
Manufacturing Cos
Rockwell Automation           300             72           228           230             41           189 24.0% 17.8% 30% 21%
Harley Davidson           230             55           175           285             98           187 23.9% 34.4% -19% -6%
Snap On           224             58           166           208             63           145 25.9% 30.3% 8% 14%
Oshkosh Corp           147             36           111             68             24             44 24.5% 35.3% 116% 152%
A.O. Smith           125             27             98           120             33             87 21.6% 27.5% 4% 13%
Regal Beloit             75             16             59             61             14             47 21.3% 23.0% 23% 26%
Gardner Denver Holdings             66             23             43              (9)              (2)              (7) 34.8% 22.2% 833% 714%
Bemis             63             15             48             74             23             51 23.8% 31.1% -15% -6%
Sensient Technologies             50             12             38             19               6             13 24.0% 31.6% 163% 192%
Generac Holdings             45             11             34             20               8             12 24.4% 40.0% 125% 183%
Briggs & Stratton             44             12             32             53             17             36 27.3% 32.1% -17% -11%
Brady Corp             37             11             26             31               8             23 29.7% 25.8% 19% 13%
Johnson Outdoors             30               8             22             22               8             14 26.7% 36.4% 36% 57%
Actuant             25              (4)             29             18              (4)             22 -16.0% -22.2% 39% 32%
Modine Manufacturing             20               2             18             13               5               8 10.0% 38.5% 54% 125%
Plexus Corp             15               3             12             32               3             29 20.0% 9.4% -53% -59%
National Presto Industries             14               3             11             15               5             10 21.4% 33.3% -7% 10%
REV Group             10               3               7             11               4               7 30.0% 36.4% -9% 0%
Badger Meter             10               2               8             13               4               9 20.0% 30.8% -23% -11%
Twin Disc               5               1               4              (3)              (1)              (2) 20.0% 33.3% 267% 300%
Strattec Security               5               1               4               7               2               5 20.0% 28.6% -29% -20%
Spectrum Brands Holdings              (0)              (1)               1             64             24             40 333.3% 37.5% -100% -98%
Douglas Dynamics              (3)              (1)              (2)              (6)              (3)              (3) 33.3% 50.0% 50% 33%
Manitowoc              (6)               4            (10)            (34)               2            (36) -66.7% -5.9% 82% 72%
Quad/Graphics              (7)              (3)              (4)             32               7             25 42.9% 21.9% -122% -116%
Rexnord            (54)               8            (62)             38             11             27 -14.8% 28.9% -242% -330%
Total 26 Manufacturing Cos        1,470           374        1,096        1,382           400           982 25.4% 28.9% 6% 12%
Non-Manufacturing Cos
WEC Energy Group           479             88           391           570           213           357 18.4% 37.4% -16% 10%
MGIC Investment Corp           180             36           144               174             84             90 20.0% 48.3% 3% 60%
Alliant Energy           140             17           123           119             18           101 12.1% 15.1% 18% 22%
Manpower Group           138             41             97           112             38             74 29.7% 33.9% 23% 31%
Kohls             97             22             75           109             43             66 22.7% 39.4% -11% 14%
Associated Bancorp             87             18             69             77             21             56 20.7% 27.3% 13% 23%
Artisan Partners Asset Mgt             84             12             72             55             13             42 14.3% 23.6% 53% 71%
Schneider National             65             17             48             38             15             23 26.2% 39.5% 71% 109%
MGE Energy             26               6             20             30             11             19 23.1% 36.7% -13% 5%
Marten Transport Ltd             14               4             10             14               6               8 28.6% 42.9% 0% 25%
Nicolet Bankshares             13               3             10               9               3               6 23.1% 33.3% 44% 67%
Marcus Corp             13               3             10             15               6               9 23.1% 40.0% -13% 11%
Physicians Realty Trust             11              -               11               7              -                 7 0.0% 0.0% 57% 57%
Waterstone Financial               9               2               7             10               3               7 22.2% 30.0% -10% 0%
First Business Fincl Svcs               5               1               4               5               2               3 20.0% 40.0% 0% 33%
County Bancorp               5               1               4               4               1               3 20.0% 25.0% 25% 33%
Weyco Group               4               1               3               3               1               2 25.0% 33.3% 33% 50%
Duluth Holdings              (1)              -                (1)               1              -                 1 0.0% 0.0% -200% -200%
Lands' End              (8)              (5)              (3)            (12)              (4)              (8) 62.5% 33.3% 33% 63%
Exact Sciences            (39)              -              (39)            (35)              -              (35) 0.0% 0.0% -11% -11%
Total 20 Non-Manufacturing Cos        1,322           267        1,055        1,305           474           831 20.2% 36.3% 1% 27%
Total 46 Cos With No Fiserv
….. and No Johnson Controls        2,792           641        2,151        2,687           874        1,813 23.0% 32.5% 3.9% 19%
Total all 48 Wisconsin Cos        3,916           859        3,057        3,429        1,484        1,945 21.9% 43.3% 14.2% 57%