Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Kansas Companies Pretax Earnings Decline By 7% in the First Half of 2018

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But From a Longer Term Perspective, Kansas City Area Company Total Earnings Were On Fire During the Entire 8 Year Time Span of the Obama Administration.  Man, That KC BBQ Must Be Doing the Fiscal Trick!       

Kansas City Area Companies Posted Total Audited After-Tax Net Income in 2016 Which Was a Blistering 54% Above That in 2015.  

And Kansas City Area Companies Posted Total Audited After-Tax Net Income in 2015 Which Was an Even More Blistering 76% Above That in 2014.  

Also, Kansas City Area Companies Had Their Total Audited Annual After-Tax Net Income Increase By 1,306% During the Entire Span of the Obama Administration From 2008, the Year Before Barack Obama Took Office, to 2016, Obama's Last Year in Office.

And Lastly, Kansas City Area Companies Had Their Total Audited Annual After-Tax Net Income Improve By an Amazing $29.4 Bil From 2007, 2 Years Before Obama Took Office, to 2016, Obama's Last Year in Office.
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From a review of US SEC filings, there were 14 Companies effectively headquartered in Kansas with stock market caps of more than $1 Bil recently.

From a review of SEC filings, the chart below shows the Gold-Standard US GAAP Pretax Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations for the First Half of 2018 and 2017 for these 14 Kansas Companies.

US US
GAAP GAAP
Pretax Pretax
Income Income
(Loss) (Loss)
6 Months 6 Months
June June Better
July July (Worse)
Kansas Companies or Aug or Aug %
Market Caps Above $1 Bil 2018 2017  Change
mils $ mils $
Garmin Ltd                 390                 322
Spirit AeroSystems                 334                 114
Westar Energy                 131                 196
Waddell & Reed Financial                 118                 104
Euronet Worldwide                 100                 107
Seaboard                   65                 196
Capitol Federal Financial                   62                   65
CURO Group Holdings                   56                   53
NIC Inc                   43                   41
AMC Entertainment Holdings                   42               (287)
MGP Ingredients                   21                   21
Compass Minerals Intl                     4                   20
QTS Realty Services                   (9)                     7
Sprint Corp               (129)                 364
Total all 14 Kansas Companies              1,228              1,323 -7%

Also from a review of SEC filings, the chart below shows the Gold-Standard US GAAP Audited After-Tax Net Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations for Annual 2016. 2015, 2014, 2009, 2008 and 2007, spanning the entire Obama Administration plus some, for the fine 19 Kansas City Area Companies in both the US States of Kansas and Missouri, which had stock market caps of above $1 Bil.

One Two
Year Years
Obama Obama Before Before
Obama Second Third Obama Obama Obama
Last Last Last First First First
Year Year Year Year Year Year
in in in in in in
Office Office Office Office Office Office
2016 2015 2014 2009 2008 2007
Audited Audited Audited Audited Audited Audited
Net Net Net Net Net Net
Kansas City Area Companies City State 2016 Income Income Income Income Income Income
Market Caps Above $1 Bil HQs HQs FYE (Loss) (Loss) (Loss) (Loss) (Loss) (Loss)
 $ mils  $ mils  $ mils  $ mils  $ mils  $ mils
Kansas City, Kansas Area Cos
Garmin Ltd Olathe KS Dec16            511            456            364            704            733            855
Seaboard Corp Shawnee Mission KS Dec16            314            172            368              92            148            181
Tallgrass Energy Partners LP Leawood KS Dec16            268            185              59
 N/A 
 N/A 
 N/A 
Euronet Worldwide Leawood KS Dec16            174              98            101              31           (193)              37
Compass Minerals Intl Inc Overland Park KS Dec16            163            159            218            164            160              80
Waddell & Reed Financial Overland Park KS Dec16            148            246            313            106              96            125
AMC Entertainment Holdings Leawood KS Dec16            112            104              64              87           (159)               (8)
NIC Inc Olathe KS Dec16              56              42              39              14              12              12
QTS Realty Trust Overland Park KS Dec16              25              24              19
 N/A 
 N/A 
 N/A 
Sprint Overland Park KS Mar17        (1,206)        (1,995)        (3,345)        (2,436)        (2,796)      (29,444)
Kansas City, Missouri Area Cos
Cerner Corp Kansas City MO Dec16            636            539            525            193            189            127
Kansas City Southern Kansas City MO Dec16            480            485            504              69            184            154
H & R Block Kansas City MO Apr17            421            384            487            489            513            446
Evergy Kansas City MO Dec16            361            302            322            141            178            168
Commerce Bancshares Kansas City MO Dec16            277            267            263            168            189            207
EPR Properties Kansas City MO Dec16            225            194            176              35            127              98
DST Systems Kansas City MO Dec16            178            310            561            242            243            875
UMB Financial Kansas City MO Dec16            159            116            121              89              98              74
Hostess Brands Kansas City MO Dec16              52              89              81
 N/A 
 N/A 
 N/A 
Total all 19 Kansas City Area Cos
        3,354         2,177         1,240            188           (278)      (26,013)
………. 2016 Total Earnings % Above 2015
54%
………. 2015 Total Earnings % Above 2014
76%
………. 2016 Total Earnings % Above 2008
1,306%
Total Annual Earnings Improvement in $ mils
………. 2016 From 2007
      29,367