The 29 Largest Nevada Cos Saw Their Total Audited Pretax Operating Income Growth Decline Sharply in Both Annual 2018 and 2017: Annual 2016 Up 60% From Annual 2015, Annual 2017 Up 25% From 2016 and Annual 2018 Precisely Flat With 2017

Since Democratic 2020 Presidential Candidates Are Now Campaigning in the Key Early Primary State of Nevada, I Think It Might Be Helpful to Research Just How Nevada Companies Have Performed in the Most Recent Three Years on the Pretax Operating Earnings Front
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From a review of SEC filings, I found 29 Nevada Companies with stock markets caps of above $100 mil sometime in 2018.

The chart below shows the Gold-Standard US GAAP Audited Pretax Operating Income (Loss) for Annual Fiscal Year Ends (FYEs) 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015 for each of these 29 Nevada Companies.

			Most	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited
			Recent	Pretax	Pretax	Pretax	Pretax		2018 vs	2017 vs	2016 vs
			Annual	Operating	Operating	Operating	Operating		2017	2016	2015
			Audited	Income	Income	Income	Income		Better	Better	Better
	Nevada		Financial	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)		(Worse)	(Worse)	(Worse)
Nevada Companies	City	State	Sts	FYE	FYE	FYE	FYE		%	%	%
Stock Market Caps > $100 Mil	HQs	HQs	FYE	2018	2017	2016	2015		Change	Change	Change
				$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Las Vegas Sands	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	3,751	3,464	2,502	2,841
MGM Resorts Intl	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	1,469	1,713	2,078	(153)
Amerco	Reno	NV	Mar 18	764	742	867	663
Caesars Entertainment	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	739	537	226	318
Wynn Resorts Ltd	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	736	1,056	522	659
MGM Growth Properties LLC	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	476	353	154	(262)
Red Rock Resorts	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	372	331	310	287
Southwest Gas Holdings	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	357	343	315	312
Boyd Gaming	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	355	344	260	272
Eldorado Resorts	Reno	NV	Dec 18	310	95	89	73
Scientific Games	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	266	393	131	(1,025)
Allegiant Travel	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	244	231	373	372
Ormat Technologies	Reno	NV	Dec 18	185	205	202	164
Employers Holdings	Reno	NV	Dec 18	170	144	141	99
Everi Holdings	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	86	82	(119)	(10)
Switch	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	55	19	51	80
Golden Entertainment	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	51	15	13	18
Monarch Casino	Reno	NV	Dec 18	43	41	39	33
Rimini Street	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	25	22	14	(42)
PlayAGS	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	25	15	(17)	(29)
CV Sciences	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	10	(5)	(13)	(11)
Full House Resorts	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	7	7	6	5
PICO Holdings	Carson City	NV	Dec 18	(3)	10	(26)	(37)
Eyenovia	Reno	NV	Dec 18	(17)	(5)	(4)	(4)
VirnetX Holdings	Zephyr Cove	NV	Dec 18	(25)	(17)	(29)	(29)
Remark Holdings	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	(45)	(37)	(23)	(23)
PDL Biopharma	Incline Village	NV	Dec 18	(51)	194	129	550
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals	Henderson	NV	Dec 18	(131)	(97)	(63)	(43)
Cannae Holdings	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	(150)	(78)	(2)	(12)
Total all 29 Nevada Cos				10,074	10,117	8,126	5,066		0%	25%	60%