The Quality of This High Earnings Growth Was Excellent With
- Amazon Increasing Its March 2018 Quarter Fulfillment Cost Spending By 66% and Its Technology and Content Cost Spending By 40% With Much of These Spending Cost Increases Being of an Investment Nature Even Though US GAAP Conservatively Requires an Immediate Earnings Charge
- With Costco Generating Fantastic Comparable Sales of +10.2% in Its Most Recent Quarter As Well As Having its Previous Year Quarter Net Income Bolstered By a One-Time $82 Mil Income Tax Benefit
- With Starbucks' March 2018 Quarter Burdened By $135 Mil of Restructuring Charges
- And With T-Mobile's March 2017 Quarter Net Income Bolstered By a One-Time $270 Mil Income Tax Benefit .....................................................................
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 Washington 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
Washington State 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 $
Microsoft
8,641
1,217
7,424
7,094
1,608
5,486
14.1%
22.7%
22%
35%
Boeing
2,839
362
2,477
2,145
566
1,579
12.8%
26.4%
32%
57%
Amazon.com
1,916
287
1,629
953
229
724
15.0%
24.0%
101%
125%
Costco
1,070
309
761
965
259
706
28.9%
26.8%
11%
8%
T-Mobile US
881
210
671
607
(91)
698
23.8%
-15.0%
45%
-4%
Starbucks
816
156
660
981
328
653
19.1%
33.4%
-17%
1%
Paccar
669
157
512
448
138
310
23.5%
30.8%
49%
65%
Fortive Corp
313
52
261
272
73
199
16.6%
26.8%
15%
31%
Weyerhaeuser
299
30
269
181
24
157
10.0%
13.3%
65%
71%
Expeditors Intl Washington
198
62
136
149
55
94
31.3%
36.9%
33%
45%
F5 Networks
146
36
110
140
47
93
24.7%
33.6%
4%
18%
Nordstrom
125
38
87
103
40
63
30.4%
38.8%
21%
38%
Avista
66
11
55
95
33
62
16.7%
34.7%
-31%
-11%
Washington Federal
65
16
49
63
21
42
24.6%
33.3%
3%
17%
Columbia Banking System
47
7
40
40
11
29
14.9%
27.5%
18%
38%
Banner Corp
37
8
29
36
12
24
21.6%
33.3%
3%
21%
Mercer Intl
35
9
26
17
7
10
25.7%
41.2%
106%
160%
Esterline Technologies
26
2
24
48
13
35
7.7%
27.1%
-46%
-31%
Potlatch Deltic
20
6
14
19
2
17
30.0%
10.5%
5%
-18%
Nautilus
11
3
8
12
4
8
27.3%
33.3%
-8%
0%
Heritage Financial
10
1
9
12
3
9
10.0%
25.0%
-17%
0%
TrueBlue
10
1
9
7
2
5
10.0%
28.6%
43%
80%
First Financial Northwest
9
2
7
3
1
2
22.2%
33.3%
200%
250%
HomeStreet
8
2
6
13
4
9
25.0%
30.8%
-38%
-33%
Alaska Air Group
6
2
4
142
49
93
33.3%
34.5%
-96%
-96%
Pope Resources LP
6
-
6
12
-
12
0.0%
0.0%
-50%
-50%
FS Bancorp
5
1
4
4
1
3
20.0%
25.0%
25%
33%
nLight
4
1
3
-
1
(1)
25.0%
NM
NM
400%
Riverview Bancorp
4
1
3
3
1
2
25.0%
33.3%
33%
50%
Funko
3
1
2
(6)
-
(6)
33.3%
0.0%
150%
133%
Clearwater Paper
3
-
3
13
5
8
0.0%
38.5%
-77%
-63%
First Northwest Bancorp
2
-
2
3
1
2
0.0%
33.3%
-33%
0%
Radiant Technologies
1
-
1
2
1
1
0.0%
50.0%
-50%
0%
BioLife Solutions
-
-
-
(1)
-
(1)
#DIV/0!
0.0%
100%
100%
Trupanion
(1)
-
(1)
(1)
-
(1)
0.0%
0.0%
0%
0%
Marchex
(1)
-
(1)
(4)
-
(4)
0.0%
0.0%
75%
75%
Zumiez
(2)
1
(3)
(7)
(2)
(5)
-50.0%
28.6%
71%
40%
Northwest Pipe
(2)
-
(2)
(4)
-
(4)
0.0%
0.0%
50%
50%
CTI BioPharma
(4)
-
(4)
(19)
-
(19)
0.0%
0.0%
79%
79%
Real Networks
(5)
-
(5)
(9)
1
(10)
0.0%
-11.1%
44%
50%
Alpine Immune Sciences
(5)
-
(5)
(2)
-
(2)
0.0%
0.0%
-150%
-150%
WMIH Corp
(6)
-
(6)
18
-
18
0.0%
0.0%
-133%
-133%
Microvision
(7)
-
(7)
(6)
-
(6)
0.0%
0.0%
-17%
-17%
Apptio
(8)
-
(8)
(7)
-
(7)
0.0%
0.0%
-14%
-14%
eXp World Holdings
(11)
-
(11)
(3)
-
(3)
0.0%
0.0%
-267%
-267%
Barrett Business Services
(12)
(3)
(9)
(17)
(6)
(11)
25.0%
35.3%
29%
18%
Immune Design Corp
(13)
-
(13)
(13)
-
(13)
0.0%
0.0%
0%
0%
Smartsheet
(14)
-
(14)
(7)
-
(7)
0.0%
0.0%
-100%
-100%
Impinj
(14)
-
(14)
(2)
-
(2)
0.0%
0.0%
-600%
-600%
Aptevo Therapeutics
(14)
-
(14)
(13)
(1)
(12)
0.0%
7.7%
-8%
-17%
Zillow Group
(16)
3
(19)
(5)
-
(5)
-18.8%
0.0%
-220%
-280%
Avalara
(16)
(1)
(15)
(16)
-
(16)
6.3%
0.0%
0%
6%
Nano String Technologies
(19)
-
(19)
(19)
-
(19)
0.0%
0.0%
0%
0%
Cray Inc
(25)
-
(25)
(30)
(11)
(19)
0.0%
36.7%
17%
-32%
Omeros
(30)
-
(30)
(15)
-
(15)
0.0%
0.0%
-100%
-100%
Redfin
(36)
-
(36)
(28)
-
(28)
0.0%
0.0%
-29%
-29%
Tableau Software
(49)
(2)
(47)
(52)
2
(54)
4.1%
-3.8%
6%
13%
Alder Biopharmaceuticals
(87)
-
(87)
(100)
-
(100)
0.0%
0.0%
13%
13%
Seattle Genetics
(112)
-
(112)
(60)
-
(60)
0.0%
0.0%
-87%
-87%
Itron
(156)
(11)
(145)
25
9
16
7.1%
36.0%
-724%
-1006%
Expedia
(169)
(20)
(149)
(131)
(47)
(84)
11.8%
35.9%
-29%
-77%
Total 61 Washington State Cos
17,457
2,957
14,500
14,048
3,393
10,655
16.9%
24.2%
24.3%
36.1%
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 | ||||
Washington State 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 $ | ||||||||
Microsoft | 8,641 | 1,217 | 7,424 | 7,094 | 1,608 | 5,486 | 14.1% | 22.7% | 22% | 35% | |||
Boeing | 2,839 | 362 | 2,477 | 2,145 | 566 | 1,579 | 12.8% | 26.4% | 32% | 57% | |||
Amazon.com | 1,916 | 287 | 1,629 | 953 | 229 | 724 | 15.0% | 24.0% | 101% | 125% | |||
Costco | 1,070 | 309 | 761 | 965 | 259 | 706 | 28.9% | 26.8% | 11% | 8% | |||
T-Mobile US | 881 | 210 | 671 | 607 | (91) | 698 | 23.8% | -15.0% | 45% | -4% | |||
Starbucks | 816 | 156 | 660 | 981 | 328 | 653 | 19.1% | 33.4% | -17% | 1% | |||
Paccar | 669 | 157 | 512 | 448 | 138 | 310 | 23.5% | 30.8% | 49% | 65% | |||
Fortive Corp | 313 | 52 | 261 | 272 | 73 | 199 | 16.6% | 26.8% | 15% | 31% | |||
Weyerhaeuser | 299 | 30 | 269 | 181 | 24 | 157 | 10.0% | 13.3% | 65% | 71% | |||
Expeditors Intl Washington | 198 | 62 | 136 | 149 | 55 | 94 | 31.3% | 36.9% | 33% | 45% | |||
F5 Networks | 146 | 36 | 110 | 140 | 47 | 93 | 24.7% | 33.6% | 4% | 18% | |||
Nordstrom | 125 | 38 | 87 | 103 | 40 | 63 | 30.4% | 38.8% | 21% | 38% | |||
Avista | 66 | 11 | 55 | 95 | 33 | 62 | 16.7% | 34.7% | -31% | -11% | |||
Washington Federal | 65 | 16 | 49 | 63 | 21 | 42 | 24.6% | 33.3% | 3% | 17% | |||
Columbia Banking System | 47 | 7 | 40 | 40 | 11 | 29 | 14.9% | 27.5% | 18% | 38% | |||
Banner Corp | 37 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 12 | 24 | 21.6% | 33.3% | 3% | 21% | |||
Mercer Intl | 35 | 9 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 25.7% | 41.2% | 106% | 160% | |||
Esterline Technologies | 26 | 2 | 24 | 48 | 13 | 35 | 7.7% | 27.1% | -46% | -31% | |||
Potlatch Deltic | 20 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 30.0% | 10.5% | 5% | -18% | |||
Nautilus | 11 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 27.3% | 33.3% | -8% | 0% | |||
Heritage Financial | 10 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 10.0% | 25.0% | -17% | 0% | |||
TrueBlue | 10 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 10.0% | 28.6% | 43% | 80% | |||
First Financial Northwest | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22.2% | 33.3% | 200% | 250% | |||
HomeStreet | 8 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 25.0% | 30.8% | -38% | -33% | |||
Alaska Air Group | 6 | 2 | 4 | 142 | 49 | 93 | 33.3% | 34.5% | -96% | -96% | |||
Pope Resources LP | 6 | - | 6 | 12 | - | 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -50% | -50% | |||
FS Bancorp | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20.0% | 25.0% | 25% | 33% | |||
nLight | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | (1) | 25.0% | NM | NM | 400% | |||
Riverview Bancorp | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25.0% | 33.3% | 33% | 50% | |||
Funko | 3 | 1 | 2 | (6) | - | (6) | 33.3% | 0.0% | 150% | 133% | |||
Clearwater Paper | 3 | - | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0.0% | 38.5% | -77% | -63% | |||
First Northwest Bancorp | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.0% | 33.3% | -33% | 0% | |||
Radiant Technologies | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 50.0% | -50% | 0% | |||
BioLife Solutions | - | - | - | (1) | - | (1) | #DIV/0! | 0.0% | 100% | 100% | |||
Trupanion | (1) | - | (1) | (1) | - | (1) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | |||
Marchex | (1) | - | (1) | (4) | - | (4) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 75% | 75% | |||
Zumiez | (2) | 1 | (3) | (7) | (2) | (5) | -50.0% | 28.6% | 71% | 40% | |||
Northwest Pipe | (2) | - | (2) | (4) | - | (4) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50% | 50% | |||
CTI BioPharma | (4) | - | (4) | (19) | - | (19) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 79% | 79% | |||
Real Networks | (5) | - | (5) | (9) | 1 | (10) | 0.0% | -11.1% | 44% | 50% | |||
Alpine Immune Sciences | (5) | - | (5) | (2) | - | (2) | 0.0% | 0.0% | -150% | -150% | |||
WMIH Corp | (6) | - | (6) | 18 | - | 18 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -133% | -133% | |||
Microvision | (7) | - | (7) | (6) | - | (6) | 0.0% | 0.0% | -17% | -17% | |||
Apptio | (8) | - | (8) | (7) | - | (7) | 0.0% | 0.0% | -14% | -14% | |||
eXp World Holdings | (11) | - | (11) | (3) | - | (3) | 0.0% | 0.0% | -267% | -267% | |||
Barrett Business Services | (12) | (3) | (9) | (17) | (6) | (11) | 25.0% | 35.3% | 29% | 18% | |||
Immune Design Corp | (13) | - | (13) | (13) | - | (13) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | |||
Smartsheet | (14) | - | (14) | (7) | - | (7) | 0.0% | 0.0% | -100% | -100% | |||
Impinj | (14) | - | (14) | (2) | - | (2) | 0.0% | 0.0% | -600% | -600% | |||
Aptevo Therapeutics | (14) | - | (14) | (13) | (1) | (12) | 0.0% | 7.7% | -8% | -17% | |||
Zillow Group | (16) | 3 | (19) | (5) | - | (5) | -18.8% | 0.0% | -220% | -280% | |||
Avalara | (16) | (1) | (15) | (16) | - | (16) | 6.3% | 0.0% | 0% | 6% | |||
Nano String Technologies | (19) | - | (19) | (19) | - | (19) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | |||
Cray Inc | (25) | - | (25) | (30) | (11) | (19) | 0.0% | 36.7% | 17% | -32% | |||
Omeros | (30) | - | (30) | (15) | - | (15) | 0.0% | 0.0% | -100% | -100% | |||
Redfin | (36) | - | (36) | (28) | - | (28) | 0.0% | 0.0% | -29% | -29% | |||
Tableau Software | (49) | (2) | (47) | (52) | 2 | (54) | 4.1% | -3.8% | 6% | 13% | |||
Alder Biopharmaceuticals | (87) | - | (87) | (100) | - | (100) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 13% | 13% | |||
Seattle Genetics | (112) | - | (112) | (60) | - | (60) | 0.0% | 0.0% | -87% | -87% | |||
Itron | (156) | (11) | (145) | 25 | 9 | 16 | 7.1% | 36.0% | -724% | -1006% | |||
Expedia | (169) | (20) | (149) | (131) | (47) | (84) | 11.8% | 35.9% | -29% | -77% | |||
Total 61 Washington State Cos | 17,457 | 2,957 | 14,500 | 14,048 | 3,393 | 10,655 | 16.9% | 24.2% | 24.3% | 36.1% |