Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The 6 West Virginia Cos, 5 of Them Banks, 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 $159 Mil, Up a Robust 16.9% From Their Previous Year's Quarter Total PTI of $136 Mil .......................................................................................

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 West Virginia 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
West Virginia 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 $
United Bankshares             80             18             62             59             20             39 22.5% 33.9% 36% 59%
Wesbanco             41               7             34             37             11             26 17.1% 29.7% 11% 31%
City Holding             22               4             18             24               8             16 18.2% 33.3% -8% 13%
Premier Financial Bancorp               7               2               5               6               2               4 28.6% 33.3% 17% 25%
American Public Education               6               2               4               8               4               4 33.3% 50.0% -25% 0%
MVB Financial               3               1               2               2               1               1 33.3% 50.0% 50% 100%
Total all 6 West Virginia Cos           159             34           125           136             46             90 21.4% 33.8% 16.9% 39%