Current
Montana US Senator Jon Tester has served in the US Senate from 2007 to now.
His
current US Senate term started in the beginning of 2013.
From a review of SEC filings, there are 5 Montana headquartered Companies with stock market caps above $50 mil recently which have filed their annual audited financial statements consecutively from Fiscal Year End (FYE) 2012 through FYE 2017.
Nearly
all Republicans, a high percentage of Independents and even many perceptive
Democrats all agree as a starting point that for US capitalism to work
properly, Companies must generate in the aggregate reasonably healthy profits.
And
these Montana Companies posted healthy profits while Jon Tester has served in
the US Senate.
The
three largest Montana Banks, which dominate the Montana earnings landscape, generated
Audited US GAAP Total Pretax Earnings of $344.2 in 2017, Up 85% during Jon
Tester’s current US Senate term.
And
these three Montana Banks have shown very consistently solid total earnings
growth of 10.0% in 2017 and of 10.7% in 2016.
From a review of SEC filings, the chart below shows the
Audited Gold-Standard US GAAP Pretax Income for annual years 2017, 2016, 2015
and 2012 for these 5 Montana Companies.
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2012 | Jon | ||||
| Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Tester | ||||
| Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | Current | ||||
| Income | Income | Income | Income | US Senate | ||||
| (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | Five Year | ||||
| From | From | From | From | Term | ||||
| Montana Companies | City | State | 2017 | Continuing | Continuing | Continuing | Continuing | % |
| Stock Market Caps Above $50 Mil | HQs | HQs | FYE | Operations | Operations | Operations | Operations | Increase |
| $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | |||||
| Banks | ||||||||
| Glacier Bancorp | Kalispell | MT | Dec 17 | 181 | 161 | 150 | 95 | 91% |
| First Interstate Banc System | Billings | MT | Dec 17 | 157 | 145 | 130 | 88 | 78% |
| Eagle Bancorp Montana | Helena | MT | Dec 17 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 107% |
Total all 3 Montana Banks
|
344.2 | 312.9 | 282.7 | 186.0 | 85% | |||
| ….. % Increase From Preceding Year | 10.0% | 10.7% | ||||||
| Non-Bank Cos | ||||||||
| United States Antimony | Thompson Falls | MT | Dec 17 | (1.1) | (1.0) | (0.8) | (0.4) | |
| Xtant Medical Holdings | Belgrade | MT | Dec 17 | (52.4) | (19.4) | (19.7) | (7.7) | |
Total all 5 Montana Cos
|
290.7 | 292.5 | 262.2 | 177.9 | 63% | |||
| ….. % Change From Preceding Year | -0.6% | 11.6% |
