From
a review of SEC filings, there are 23 Arizona headquartered Companies with
stock market caps above $1 Bil which have filed their annual predominately audited financial
statements consecutively from Fiscal Year End (FYE) 2007 through FYE 2017.
In
2007, these 23 Arizona Companies posted Audited Gold-Standard US GAAP Total Pretax
Income From Continuing Operations of $8.713 Bil.
Then the disastrous US
Meltdown hit in 2008 and these same Arizona Companies Total Earnings plummeted
to a Total Loss of $15.008 Bil in 2008, a decline of $23.721 Bil in just one year.
Remarkably, in 2009,
these fine 23 Arizona Companies recovered all of the $23.721 Bil they lost in
2008, posting comparable Total Earnings of $8.887 Bil in 2009, an increase of $23.895
Bil in just one year. Further in 2010,
these 23 Arizona Companies increased Their Total Pretax Income by an additional
$4.582 Bil to $13.469 Bil.
During this 2008
earnings meltdown and 2009 earnings recovery, John McCain was in the US Senate,
Jeff Flake was in the US House and Kyrsten Sinema was in the Arizona State
House.
Then in 2015, these 23
Arizona Companies experienced a second earnings meltdown, with their 2014 Total
Pretax Income of $4.892 Bil plummeting down by $13.375 Bil to a Total Loss of
$8.483 in 2015.
This time it took
these 23 Arizona Companies 2 years to recover this $13.375 Bil of Total Earnings lost in 2015. In 2016, they recovered $9.484 Bil and in 2017,
they recovered an additional $8.740 Bil, resulting in their Total Pretax Income rising
to $9.741 Bil in 2017.
During this 2015
earnings meltdown and 2016 and 2017 earnings recovery, John McCain was in the
US Senate, Jeff Flake was in the US Senate and Kyrsten Sinema was in the US
House.
A key takeaway here is that if you were serving in the US Congress or State House when your State’s Companies
experienced two separate massive earnings meltdowns and subsequent quick
earnings recoveries, you received a substantial amount of first-hand very valuable experience.
From
a review of SEC filings, the chart below shows the Audited Gold-Standard US
GAAP Pretax Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations for the Fiscal Years Ended
2007 through 2010 and 2014 through 2017 for these 23 Arizona Companies.
2007 | ||||||||||||
2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | Largely | |||||
Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | |||||
Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | |||||
Arizona Companies | City | Most | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | ||
Stock Market Caps > $1 Bil | HQs | Recent | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | ||
FYE | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | ||||
Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) | Phoenix | AZ | Dec 17 | 2,912 | (3,461) | (14,131) | (421) | 8,527 | 5,841 | (13,294) | 6,133 | |
Republic Services | Phoenix | AZ | Dec 17 | 1,282 | 966 | 1,196 | 885 | 877 | 865 | 159 | 468 | |
Pinnacle West Capital | Phoenix | AZ | Dec 17 | 766 | 698 | 694 | 644 | 506 | 395 | 374 | 452 | |
Microchip Technology | Chandler | AZ | Mar 18 | 737 | 90 | 281 | 346 | 461 | 238 | 232 | 349 | |
ON Semiconductor | Phoenix | AZ | Dec 17 | 548 | 181 | 220 | 192 | 306 | 71 | (438) | 213 | |
Carlisle Cos | Scottsdale | AZ | Dec 17 | 468 | 411 | 468 | 376 | 188 | 203 | 125 | 304 | |
Western Alliance Bancorporation | Phoenix | AZ | Dec 17 | 452 | 361 | 259 | 197 | (11) | (185) | (280) | 51 | |
Taylor Morrison Home Corp | Scottsdale | AZ | Dec 17 | 356 | 314 | 261 | 302 | 89 | (36) | (440) | (534) | |
Amkor Technology | Tempe | AZ | Dec 17 | 304 | 215 | 82 | 165 | 251 | 127 | (426) | 235 | |
Grand Canyon Education | Phoenix | AZ | Dec 17 | 284 | 236 | 209 | 180 | 57 | 45 | 11 | 3 | |
Meritage Homes Corp | Scottsdale | AZ | Dec 17 | 248 | 218 | 189 | 208 | 2 | (155) | (276) | (456) | |
First Solar | Tempe | AZ | Dec 17 | 206 | (393) | 626 | 427 | 762 | 686 | 464 | 156 | |
Knight-Swift Transportation | Phoenix | AZ | Dec 17 | 194 | 153 | 187 | 172 | 98 | 84 | 94 | 104 | |
Insight Enterprises | Tempe | AZ | Dec 17 | 159 | 139 | 119 | 124 | 115 | 42 | (326) | 105 | |
Avnet | Phoenix | AZ | Jun 18 | 145 | 310 | 478 | 572 | 871 | 585 | (1,095) | 693 | |
Magellan Health Inc | Scottsdale | AZ | Dec 17 | 135 | 146 | 71 | 118 | 222 | 164 | 140 | 153 | |
Rogers Corp | Chandler | AZ | Dec 17 | 133 | 82 | 66 | 81 | 44 | (16) | 25 | 24 | |
Viad Corp | Phoenix | AZ | Dec 17 | 104 | 65 | 38 | 41 | 3 | (133) | 64 | 63 | |
Cavco | Phoenix | AZ | Mar 18 | 79 | 55 | 44 | 37 | 5 | (6) | 0 | 9 | |
Mobile Mini Inc | Phoenix | AZ | Dec 17 | 74 | 69 | 1 | 70 | 22 | 46 | 57 | 73 | |
Benchmark Electronics | Scottsdale | AZ | Dec 17 | 73 | 68 | 90 | 98 | 87 | 51 | (157) | 100 | |
Healthcare Trust of America | Scottsdale | AZ | Dec 17 | 66 | 47 | 34 | 46 | (8) | (25) | (28) | (8) | |
Axon Enterprise | Scottsdale | AZ | Dec 17 | 16 | 31 | 35 | 32 | (5) | 0 | 7 | 23 | |
Total 22 Cos (No FCX)
|
6,829 | 4,462 | 5,648 | 5,313 | 4,942 | 3,046 | (1,714) | 2,580 | ||||
Total all 23 Arizona Cos
|
9,741 | 1,001 | (8,483) | 4,892 | 13,469 | 8,887 | (15,008) | 8,713 | ||||
Annual Increase (Decrease)
|
8,740 | 9,484 | (13,375) | 4,582 | 23,895 | (23,721) |