Monday, July 6, 2020

Isolating Out Brighthouse Financial, the Remaining 84 North Carolina Companies Total Pretax Income Declined By 45% in the 1Q 2020

From a review of Company SEC filings, I found 85 Companies headquartered in North Carolina which filed their 1Q 2020 financial statements with the SEC.

I isolated out Life Insurance and Annuity Products Company Brighthouse Financial because it recorded Net Derivatives Gains of a massive $6.9 bil in the 1Q of 2020.  

Here's a quote from the Company's 1Q 2020 earnings release which clearly explains why Brighthouse Financial's Reported Net Derivatives Gains and Losses are mismatched with the balance sheet amounts which under GAAP are not reported at Fair Values.

"During the quarter, as a result of significantly lower equity markets and lower interest rates, the value of our hedges, which the company uses to protect its balance sheet against adverse market conditions, increased, as expected, while corresponding liabilities are not reflected at fair value under U.S. GAAP accounting, and thus are less sensitive to market movements."



With the rising equity markets in the 2Q of 2020, I think some of these 1Q of 2020 Net Derivatives Gains should reverse course and result in Net Derivative Losses in the 2Q of 2020. 


The table below shows the US GAAP Pretax Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations for the first quarter of both 2020 and 2019 for each of these 85 North Carolina Companies.


US US
GAAP GAAP
Pretax Pretax
Income Income
(Loss) (Loss) Better
First First (Worse)
 North Carolina Companies Quarter Quarter %
All Cos Filing 1Q 2020 Financial Statements With SEC  City HQs  2020 2019  Change
mils $ mils $
Brighthouse Financial  Charlotte                6,252                  (953)
Bank of America Charlotte                4,531                8,767
Honeywell Intl Charlotte                1,935                1,842
Lowes Mooresville                1,786                1,255
Truist Financial Charlotte                1,287                   975
Duke Energy Charlotte                1,027                   988
Highwoods Properties Raleigh                   191                       8
Old Dominion Freight Line Thomasville                   181                   180
Sealed Air Charlotte                   147                     95
Nucor Corp Charlotte                   146                   690
Albemarle Charlotte                   115                   154
Trane Texhnologies plc Davidson                   104                   168
IQVIA Holdings Durham                   102                   109
Premier Inc Charlotte                     77                     87
First Citizens Bancshares Raleigh                     74                   145
Curtiss-Wright Davidson                     70                     70
Qorvo Greensboro                     65                     50
Advance Auto Parts Raleigh                     60                   191
PRA Health Sciences Raleigh                     58                     72
Ingles Markets Asheville                     53                     19
Syneos Health Morrisville                     42                    (20)
BMC Stock Holdings Raleigh                     29                     26
SPX Corp Charlotte                     29                       5
Martin Marietta Materials Raleigh                     26                     38
First Bancorp Southern Pines                     23                     28
Coca-Cola Bottling Charlotte                     21                      (9)
Enpro Industries Charlotte                     18                     11
LendingTree Charlotte                     16                      (7)
cbdMD Charlotte                     15                    (33)
Extended Stay America Charlotte                       9                     35
Insteel Industries Mount Airy                       6                       1
Biodelivery Sciences International Raleigh                       5                      (4)
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Newton                       3                       4
Channeladvisor Morrisville                       2                      (2)
Homestreet Bancshares Asheville                       1                       3
JELD-WEN Holding Charlotte                       1                     26
HG Holdings Charlotte                       1                       1
Select Bancorp Dunn                       1                       4
UW Harrie Capital Corp Albemarle                       0                       1
Issuer Direct Morrisville                       0                       0
Air T Denver                       0                       5
Manufactured Housing Properties Pineville                      (0)                      (1)
SPX FLOW Charlotte                      (1)                     26
Ballantyne Strong Charlotte                      (1)                      (3)
Cicero Cary                      (1)                      (1)
Mgt Capital Investments Raleigh                      (1)                      (2)
MobileSmith Raleigh                      (3)                      (2)
Tenax Therapeutics Morrisville                      (3)                      (2)
Bandwith Raleigh                      (4)                      (6)
Fennec Pharmaceuticals Research Triangle Park                      (4)                      (3)
9 Meters Biopharma Raleigh                      (4)                      (4)
Charles v& Colvard Ltd Morrisville                      (6)                       1
Novan Morrisville                      (6)                      (7)
Heat Biologics Morrisville                      (6)                      (6)
vTv Therapeutics High Point                      (7)                      (4)
Hanesbrands Winston-Salem                      (9)                     94
Investors Title Company Chapel Hill                      (9)                       8
Chimerix Durham                    (10)                    (18)
DATA443 Risk Mitigation Morrisville                    (10)                       6
Kontoor Brands Greensboro                    (11)                     28
Live Oak Bancshares Wilmington                    (15)                       3
Liquidia Technologies Morrisville                    (15)                    (14)
Transenterix Morrisville                    (17)                    (23)
Culp High Point                    (18)                       2
PPD Inc Wilmington                    (19)                    (17)
Precision Biosciences Durham                    (27)                    (32)
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Greensboro                    (28)                     66
G1 Therapeutics Research Triangle Park                    (31)                    (24)
Cato Charlotte                    (38)                     26
Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Durham                    (38)                    (31)
Unify Greensboro                    (40)                       2
James River Group Hldgs Ltd Chapel Hill                    (41)                     25
Capitala Finance Charlotte                    (42)                      (0)
Aeri Pharmaceuticals Durham                    (49)                    (48)
Cree Inc Durham                    (64)                    (20)
Ingersall Rand Davidson                    (96)                     59
Barings BDC Charlotte                  (113)                     33
Dentsply Sirona Charlotte                  (130)                     54
CommScope Holdings Hickory                  (191)                      (1)
Sonic Automotive Charlotte                  (243)                     61
NN, Inc Charlotte                  (264)                    (18)
Laboratory Corp of America Burlington                  (268)                   255
HF Foods Group Greensboro/ City of Industry, CA                  (340)                       2
V F Corp Greensboro                  (390)                   105
Cornerstone Building Brands Cary                  (560)                    (84)
Total 84 North Carolina Co … No Brighthouse Financial                9,083              16,465 -45%
Total all 85 North Carolina Companies              15,335              15,512 -1%