Monday, July 16, 2018

The 14 Nebraska Cos With March, April or May 2018 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 $0.841 Bil, Down 89% From Their Previous Year's Quarter Total PTI of $7.951 Bil .......................................................................................

Due To a New FASB Pronouncement, Berkshire Hathaway (BH) Recorded a Total March 2018 Quarter After-Tax Earnings Charge of $6.2 Bil For the Decline in the Market Values of BH's Investments in its Equity Securities ........................................................................................ 

The 13 Nebraska Companies Excluding BH Generated March, April or May 2018 Quarter Total Pretax Income of $2.364 Bil, Up 4.5% From Their Prior Years Quarter Total PTI of $2.263 Bil

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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 Nebraska 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
Nebraska 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 $
Berkshire Hathaway (BH)       (1,523)          (452)       (1,071)        5,688        1,549        4,139 29.7% 27.2% -127% -126%
Union Pacific Corp        1,711           401        1,310        1,688           616        1,072 23.4% 36.5% 1% 22%
TD Ameritrade           372           101           271           344           130           214 27.2% 37.8% 8% 27%
Nelnet           149             36           113             77             29             48 24.2% 37.7% 94% 135%
Valmont Industries             53             13             40             55             15             40 24.5% 27.3% -4% 0%
Werner Enterprises             35               7             28             26             10             16 20.0% 38.5% 35% 75%
Buckle             25               7             18             26             10             16 28.0% 38.5% -4% 13%
Lindsay Corp             17               7             10             16               5             11 41.2% 31.3% 6% -9%
Green Plains Partners LP             13              -               13             15              -               15 0.0% 0.0% -13% -13%
National Research               9               2               7             10               3               7 22.2% 30.0% -10% 0%
America First Multifamily Inv               6              -                 6             10               3               7 0.0% 30.0% -40% -14%
Condor Hospitality Trust               1              -                 1              (2)              -                (2) 0.0% 0.0% 150% 150%
Boston Omaha              (2)              -                (2)              (1)              -                (1) 0.0% 0.0% -100% -100%
Green Plains            (25)              (6)            (19)              (1)              (3)               2 24.0% 300.0% -2400% -1050%
Total 13..No BH        2,364           568        1,796        2,263           818        1,445 24.0% 36.1% 4.5% 24%
Total all 14 Nebraska Cos           841           116           725        7,951        2,367        5,584 13.8% 29.8% -89% -87%