Monday, July 16, 2018

The 18 Iowa Companies, Excluding Renewable Energy Group, 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 $1.051 Bil, Up 2.6% From Their 2017 Quarter Total PTI of $1.024 Bil .......................................................................................

Renewable Energy Group's March 2018 Quarter PTI Was Bolstered By Biomass Diesel Government Incentive Revenues of $365 Mil

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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 Iowa 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
Iowa 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 $  
Renewable Energy Group           213              (1)           214            (15)               1            (16) -0.5% -6.7% 1520% 1438%
Principal Financial           457             55           402           414             60           354 12.0% 14.5% 10% 14%
Rockwell Collins           306             69           237           233             65           168 22.5% 27.9% 31% 41%
American Equity Investment Life           178             37           141             81             27             54 20.8% 33.3% 120% 161%
FG Holdings             87             35             52             35             13             22 40.2% 37.1% 149% 136%
Winnebago Industries             44             12             32             30             10             20 27.3% 33.3% 47% 60%
Heartland USA             28               5             23             24               6             18 17.9% 25.0% 17% 28%
FBL Financial Group             28               5             23             37             11             26 17.9% 29.7% -24% -12%
United Fire Group             21               1             20             23               4             19 4.8% 17.4% -9% 5%
Casey's General Stores             19              -               19             43             13             30 0.0% 30.2% -56% -37%
Heartland Express             13              -               13             20               6             14 0.0% 30.0% -35% -7%
MidWest One Financial Group             10               2               8               9               2               7 20.0% 22.2% 11% 14%
West Bancorporation               9               2               7               8               2               6 22.2% 25.0% 13% 17%
Flexsteel Industries               4               1               3             12               4               8 25.0% 33.3% -67% -63%
HNI Corp               1              (1)               2               7               2               5 -100.0% 28.6% -86% -60%
EMC Insurance Group              (1)              (1)              -                 9               2               7 100.0% 22.2% -111% -100%
Workiva            (10)              -              (10)              (6)              -                (6) 0.0% 0.0% -67% -67%
NewLink Genetics            (18)              -              (18)            (21)              -              (21) 0.0% 0.0% 14% 14%
Meredith          (125)            (30)            (95)             66             26             40 24.0% 39.4% -289% -338%
Total 18..No Renewable Energy        1,051           192           859        1,024           253           771 18.3% 24.7% 2.6% 11%
Total all 19 Iowa Cos        1,264           191        1,073        1,009           254           755 15.1% 25.2% 25.3% 42%