The 122 Illinois Cos With March, April or May Quarter Ends (The First Full Quarter of the Trump Tax Cuts Act), With Market Caps of At Least $500 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 $28.1 Bil, Up a Blistering 29.8% From Their Previous Year's Quarter Total PTI of $21.7 Bil and 2018 Quarter After-Tax Net Income Up By an Even More Blistering 47% From Their Previous Year 2017 Quarter, Even Topping Texas Companies' 46% After-Tax Net Income Growth .......................................................................................

The 47 Illinois Manufacturing Cos Generated 2018 Quarter Total PTI of $14.1 Bil, Up an Exceptional 38% From Their Previous Year's Quarter Total PTI and Generated 2018 Quarter After-Tax Net Income Growth of an Off-the-Charts 64%.   

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The 14 Illinois Technology Cos Generated 2018 Quarter Total PTI Which Was Up a Spectacular 85% From the 2017 Quarter

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The 29 Illinois Financial Cos Generated 2018 Quarter Total PTI Which Was Up a Robust 15% From the 2017 Quarter

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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 Illinois with March, April or May 2018 Quarter Ends, with stock market caps of at least $500 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
Illinois Company	(Loss)	Expense	(Loss)		(Loss)	Expense	(Loss)		Rate	Rate		March,	March,
Market Caps of $500 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 $
Manufacturing Cos
Boeing	2,839	362	2,477		2,145	566	1,579		12.8%	26.4%		32%	57%
AbbVie	2,797	14	2,783		2,086	375	1,711		0.5%	18.0%		34%	63%
Caterpillar	2,139	472	1,667		284	90	194		22.1%	31.7%		653%	759%
Deere & Co	1,387	177	1,210		1,174	366	808		12.8%	31.2%		18%	50%
Mondelez Intl	1,251	307	944		787	154	633		24.5%	19.6%		59%	49%
Illinois Tool Works	849	197	652		749	213	536		23.2%	28.4%		13%	22%
Archer Daniels Midland	464	68	396		458	118	340		14.7%	25.8%		1%	16%
Baxter Intl	438	49	389		328	55	273		11.2%	16.8%		34%	42%
Abbott Labs	431	22	409		736	350	386		5.1%	47.6%		-41%	6%
CNH Industrial NV	265	63	202		97	51	46		23.8%	52.6%		173%	339%
Packaging Corp of America	187	47	140		179	62	117		25.1%	34.6%		4%	20%
Ingredion	182	39	143		174	47	127		21.4%	27.0%		5%	13%
Dover	161	29	132		232	60	172		18.0%	25.9%		-31%	-23%
Idex Corp	130	31	99		104	29	75		23.8%	27.9%		25%	32%
Brunswick	110	30	80		98	24	74		27.3%	24.5%		12%	8%
Conagra Brands	107	37	70		93	(61)	154		34.6%	-65.6%		15%	-55%
CF Industries	105	17	88		(22)	(13)	(9)		16.2%	59.1%		577%	1078%
Tenneco	97	25	72		106	33	73		25.8%	31.1%		-8%	-1%
Middleby	86	21	65		94	23	71		24.4%	24.5%		-9%	-8%
AptarGroup	81	22	59		70	18	52		27.2%	25.7%		16%	13%
Navistar	68	7	61		(69)	6	(75)		10.3%	-8.7%		199%	181%
Atkore Intl Group	58	15	43		31	12	19		25.9%	38.7%		87%	126%
USG Corp	45	9	36		84	29	55		20.0%	34.5%		-46%	-35%
Littelfuse	45	9	36		48	9	39		20.0%	18.8%		-6%	-8%
Kapstone Paper & Packaging	41	8	33		10	4	6		19.5%	40.0%		310%	450%
Stepan	38	7	31		44	12	32		18.4%	27.3%		-14%	-3%
Methode Electronics	31	(6)	37		28	5	23		-19.4%	17.9%		11%	61%
Hill-Rom Holdings	22	(7)	29		41	7	34		-31.8%	17.1%		-46%	-15%
Global Brass & Copper	21	5	16		23	5	18		23.8%	21.7%		-9%	-11%
Federal Signal	17	4	13		11	4	7		23.5%	36.4%		55%	86%
Sun Coke Energy	15	2	13		8	66	(58)		13.3%	825.0%		88%	122%
CTS Corp	15	4	11		12	4	8		26.7%	33.3%		25%	38%
Titan Intl	14	(1)	15		(7)	3	(10)		-7.1%	-42.9%		300%	250%
SunCoke Energy Partners	13	-	13		17	149	(132)		0.0%	876.5%		-24%	110%
John B Sanfilippo	12	3	9		9	3	6		25.0%	33.3%		33%	50%
Tootsie Roll Industries	10	2	8		14	4	10		20.0%	28.6%		-29%	-20%
ACCO Brands	6	(4)	10		-	(4)	4		-66.7%	NM		NM	150%
John Bean Technologies	2	-	2		17	(1)	18		0.0%	-5.9%		-88%	-89%
Knowles	-	-	-		(6)	(1)	(5)		NM	16.7%		100%	100%
Century Aluminum	(1)	(1)	-		(15)	-	(15)		100.0%	0.0%		93%	100%
Aptinyx	(12)	-	(12)		(9)	-	(9)		0.0%	0.0%		-33%	-33%
LSC Communications	(15)	(4)	(11)		1	2	(1)		26.7%	200.0%		-1600%	-1000%
tronc	(22)	(7)	(15)		(1)	2	(3)		31.8%	-200.0%		-2100%	-400%
Akorn	(36)	(7)	(29)		65	24	41		19.4%	36.9%		-155%	-171%
TreeHouse Foods	(44)	(10)	(34)		40	12	28		22.7%	30.0%		-210%	-221%
Horizon Pharma plc	(157)	-	(157)		(138)	(47)	(91)		0.0%	34.1%		-14%	-73%
AveXis	(222)	-	(222)		(30)	-	(30)		0.0%	0.0%		-640%	-640%
Total 47 Manufacturing Cos	14,070	2,057	12,013		10,200	2,869	7,331		14.6%	28.1%		38%	64%
Financial Cos
Allstate	1,224	249	975		1,012	317	695		20.3%	31.3%		21%	40%
Discover Financial Services	856	190	666		868	304	564		22.2%	35.0%		-1%	18%
CME Group	789	190	599		707	307	400		24.1%	43.4%		12%	50%
Northern Trust	484	102	382		391	115	276		21.1%	29.4%		24%	38%
CNA Financial	346	55	291		343	83	260		15.9%	24.2%		1%	12%
Arthur J Gallagher & Co	242	(44)	286		200	(42)	242		-18.2%	-21.0%		21%	18%
Equity Residential	221	-	221		150	-	150		0.0%	0.0%		47%	47%
Equity Commonwealth	191	3	188		24	-	24		1.6%	0.0%		696%	683%
Cboe Global Markets	159	41	118		18	3	15		25.8%	16.7%		783%	687%
Wintrust Financial	108	26	82		88	30	58		24.1%	34.1%		23%	41%
TransUnion	103	28	75		76	12	64		27.2%	15.8%		36%	17%
GATX Corp	97	21	76		78	21	57		21.6%	26.9%		24%	33%
Ventas	77	(3)	80		153	(3)	156		-3.9%	-2.0%		-50%	-49%
MB Financial	71	14	57		76	21	55		19.7%	27.6%		-7%	4%
Kemper Corp	67	13	54		(3)	(3)	-		19.4%	100.0%		2333%	NM
GGP Inc	66	-	66		115	5	110		0.0%	4.3%		-43%	-40%
Equity Lifestyle Properties	64	-	64		63	-	63		0.0%	0.0%		2%	2%
Morningstar	55	13	42		26	8	18		23.6%	30.8%		112%	133%
First Midwest Bancorp	43	10	33		34	11	23		23.3%	32.4%		26%	43%
Retail Properties of America	42	-	42		(9)	-	(9)		0.0%	0.0%		567%	-567%
First Industrial Realty Trust	37	-	37		23	-	23		0.0%	0.0%		61%	61%
First Busey	30	8	22		24	9	15		26.7%	37.5%		25%	47%
Horace Mann Educators	24	4	20		18	3	15		16.7%	16.7%		33%	33%
RLI Corp	14	2	12		27	7	20		14.3%	25.9%		-48%	-40%
QCR Holdings	12	2	10		11	2	9		16.7%	18.2%		9%	11%
First Mid-Illinois Bancshares	11	3	8		9	3	6		27.3%	33.3%		22%	33%
Byline Bancorp	8	1	7		11	4	7		12.5%	36.4%		-27%	0%
Midland States Bancorp	3	1	2		11	3	8		33.3%	27.3%		-73%	-75%
Old Republic Intl	(6)	(10)	4		165	52	113		166.7%	31.5%		-104%	-96%
Total 29 Financial Cos	5,438	919	4,519		4,709	1,272	3,437		16.9%	27.0%		15%	31%
Technology Cos
Accenture plc	1,612	554	1,058		874	169	705		34.4%	19.3%		84%	50%
CDW Corp	166	39	127		74	16	58		23.5%	21.6%		124%	119%
Motorola Solutions	140	23	117		120	42	78		16.4%	35.0%		17%	50%
CDK Global	135	37	98		110	32	78		27.4%	29.1%		23%	26%
Zebra Technologies	133	24	109		(2)	(10)	8		18.0%	500.0%		6750%	1263%
Cabot Microelectronics	37	7	30		23	5	18		18.9%	21.7%		61%	67%
Enova Intl	35	7	28		21	7	14		20.0%	33.3%		67%	100%
GrubHub	31	-	31		25	7	18		0.0%	28.0%		24%	72%
Paylocity	21	(18)	39		15	-	15		-85.7%	0.0%		40%	160%
OneSpan	3	1	2		1	-	1		33.3%	0.0%		200%	100%
Cars.com	1	-	1		27	-	27		0.0%	0.0%		-96%	-96%
Groupon	(5)	(2)	(3)		(16)	5	(21)		40.0%	-31.3%		69%	86%
Envestnet	(6)	(14)	8		(9)	4	(13)		233.3%	-44.4%		33%	162%
Cision Ltd	(18)	(18)	-		(30)	(7)	(23)		100.0%	23.3%		40%	100%
Total 14 Technology Cos	2,285	640	1,645		1,233	270	963		28.0%	21.9%		85%	71%
Retail & Hotel Cos
McDonalds	1,888	513	1,375		1,808	593	1,215		27.2%	32.8%		4%	13%
Walgreen's Boots Alliance	1,455	109	1,346		1,333	168	1,165		7.5%	12.6%		9%	16%
Hyatt Hotels	561	150	411		89	34	55		26.7%	38.2%		530%	647%
Ulta Beauty	211	47	164		189	61	128		22.3%	32.3%		12%	28%
Camping World Holdings	24	7	17		55	5	50		29.2%	9.1%		-56%	-66%
Total 5 Retail & Hotel Cos	4,139	826	3,313		3,474	861	2,613		20.0%	24.8%		19%	27%
Wholesale Cos
WW Grainger	307	66	241		271	88	183		21.5%	32.5%		13%	32%
LKQ Corp	202	50	152		213	72	141		24.8%	33.8%		-5%	8%
Univar	75	10	65		24	1	23		13.3%	4.2%		213%	183%
US Foods Holding	63	(4)	67		35	8	27		-6.3%	22.9%		80%	148%
Anixter Intl	46	14	32		50	19	31		30.4%	38.0%		-8%	3%
Essendant	(67)	(15)	(52)		(193)	(4)	(189)		22.4%	2.1%		65%	72%
Total 6 Wholesale Cos	626	121	505		400	184	216		19.3%	46.0%		57%	134%
Other Sector Cos
Exelon	695	59	636		1,182	211	971		8.5%	17.9%		-41%	-35%
Tribune Media	198	57	141		(153)	(52)	(101)		28.8%	34.0%		229%	240%
United Continental Holdings	184	37	147		150	51	99		20.1%	34.0%		23%	48%
Fortune Brands Home&Security	107	32	75		104	26	78		29.9%	25.0%		3%	-4%
Telephone and Data Systems	81	24	57		77	34	43		29.6%	44.2%		5%	33%
United States Cellular	77	22	55		61	33	28		28.6%	54.1%		26%	96%
Jones Lang LaSalle	56	13	43		9	1	8		23.2%	11.1%		522%	438%
Adtalem Global Education	52	8	44		43	7	36		15.4%	16.3%		21%	22%
Stericycle	29	7	22		90	31	59		24.1%	34.4%		-68%	-63%
Hub Group	21	5	16		16	6	10		23.8%	37.5%		31%	60%
Career Education	21	3	18		10	4	6		14.3%	40.0%		110%	200%
SP Plus	21	5	16		10	3	7		23.8%	30.0%		110%	129%
Navigant Consulting	17	5	12		18	7	11		29.4%	38.9%		-6%	9%
Coeur Mining	13	12	1		29	11	18		92.3%	37.9%		-55%	-94%
Heidrick & Struggles	13	3	10		4	3	1		23.1%	75.0%		225%	900%
MYR Group	8	2	6		1	-	1		25.0%	0.0%		700%	500%
Echo Global Logistics	7	2	5		(4)	(1)	(3)		28.6%	25.0%		275%	267%
Huron Consulting Group	(3)	-	(3)		11	6	5		0.0%	54.5%		-127%	-160%
R1 RCM	(11)	13	(24)		(8)	-	(8)		-118.2%	0.0%		-38%	-200%
Consolidated Communications	(15)	(4)	(11)		(6)	(2)	(4)		26.7%	33.3%		-150%	-150%
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions	(36)	(3)	(33)		(9)	-	(9)		8.3%	0.0%		-300%	-267%
Total 21 Other Sector Cos	1,535	302	1,233		1,635	379	1,256		19.7%	23.2%		-6%	-2%
Total all 122 Illinois Cos	28,093	4,865	23,228		21,651	5,835	15,816		17.3%	27.0%		29.8%	47%