The table below shows the Pretax Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations for each of these seven fiscal years for each of these 30 largest Minnesota Companies.
| Most | ||||||||||
| Recent | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | Audited | |||
| Annual | Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | Pretax | |||
| Audited | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | Income | |||
| Fincl | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | (Loss) | |||
| Minnesota Companies | City | State | Sts | FYE | FYE | FYE | FYE | FYE | FYE | FYE |
| Stock Market Caps Above $1 Bil | HQs | HQs | FYE | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | $ mils | ||||
| UnitedHealth Group | Minneapolis | MN | Dec 19 | 17,981 | 15,944 | 14,023 | 11,863 | 10,231 | 9,656 | 8,915 |
| US Bancorp | Minneapolis | MN | Dec 19 | 8,594 | 8,678 | 7,517 | 8,105 | 8,030 | 7,995 | 7,764 |
| 3M | Saint Paul | MN | Dec 19 | 5,712 | 7,000 | 7,548 | 7,053 | 6,823 | 7,026 | 6,562 |
| Target | Minneapolis | MN | Jan 20 | 4,190 | 3,676 | 3,630 | 3,965 | 4,923 | 3,653 | 4,121 |
| Medtronic plc | Minneapolis | MN | Apr 20 | 4,055 | 5,197 | 5,675 | 4,602 | 4,336 | 3,486 | 3,705 |
| Travelers Companies | Saint Paul | MN | Dec 19 | 3,138 | 2,961 | 2,730 | 4,053 | 4,740 | 5,089 | 4,945 |
| General Mills | Minneapolis | MN | May 20 | 2,600 | 2,082 | 2,136 | 2,271 | 2,404 | 1,762 | 2,655 |
| Ameriprise Financial | Minneapolis | MN | Dec 19 | 2,232 | 2,484 | 2,214 | 1,592 | 2,142 | 2,547 | 1,970 |
| Best Buy | Richfield | MN | Jan 20 | 1,993 | 1,888 | 1,817 | 1,816 | 1,310 | 1,387 | 1,083 |
| Ecolab | Saint Paul | MN | Dec 19 | 1,899 | 1,805 | 1,762 | 1,650 | 1,318 | 1,698 | 1,298 |
| XCEL Energy | Minneapolis | MN | Dec 19 | 1,500 | 1,442 | 1,690 | 1,704 | 1,527 | 1,545 | 1,432 |
| Hormel Foods | Austin | MN | Oct 19 | 1,210 | 1,181 | 1,279 | 1,317 | 1,057 | 922 | 799 |
| Fastenal | Winona | MN | Dec 19 | 1,044 | 987 | 873 | 790 | 826 | 787 | 713 |
| CH Robinson Worldwide | Eden Prairie | MN | Dec 19 | 742 | 880 | 728 | 812 | 823 | 723 | 673 |
| Polaris Inc | Medina | MN | Dec 19 | 408 | 429 | 319 | 313 | 686 | 699 | 574 |
| Graco | Minneapolis | MN | Dec 19 | 406 | 411 | 347 | 97 | 475 | 315 | 289 |
| Donaldson | Minneapolis | MN | July 19 | 375 | 364 | 322 | 257 | 289 | 361 | 348 |
| Toro Co | Bloomington | MN | Oct 19 | 322 | 372 | 353 | 330 | 291 | 256 | 227 |
| nVent Electric plc | St Louis Park | MN | Dec 19 | 257 | 269 | 313 | 315 | 266 | 277 | 259 |
| Allete Inc | Duluth | MN | Dec 19 | 179 | 159 | 187 | 176 | 167 | 162 | 133 |
| H B Fuller | Saint Paul | MN | Nov 19 | 173 | 157 | 61 | 167 | 138 | 79 | 128 |
| Bio-Techne | Minneapolis | MN | June 19 | 112 | 126 | 112 | 147 | 154 | 161 | 161 |
| Otter Tail | Fergus Falls | MN | Dec 19 | 104 | 97 | 100 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 61 |
| Sleep Number | Minneapolis | MN | Dec 19 | 101 | 87 | 91 | 76 | 75 | 102 | 91 |
| Proto Labs | Maple Plain | MN | Dec 19 | 81 | 92 | 74 | 64 | 68 | 61 | 52 |
| Tennant | Minneapolis | MN | Dec 19 | 54 | 36 | (1) | 66 | 50 | 70 | 60 |
| SPS Commerce | Minneapolis | MN | Dec 19 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Cardiovascular Systems | Saint Paul | MN | June 19 | (0) | 2 | (2) | (56) | (33) | (35) | (24) |
| Deluxe Corp | Shoreview | MN | Dec 19 | (186) | 213 | 313 | 340 | 328 | 297 | 281 |
| Patterson Companies | Saint Paul | MN | Apr 20 | (590) | 106 | 179 | 251 | 302 | 274 | 261 |
| Total all 30 Minnesota Companies | 58,728 | 59,153 | 56,401 | 54,226 | 53,833 | 51,432 | 49,538 | |||
| ….. % Change From Prior Year | -0.7% | 4.9% | 4.0% | 0.7% | 4.7% | 3.8% | ||||
| Average Annual Total Pretax Income % Change | ||||||||||
| … Trump-Pence's First Three Years (2017-2019) | 2.7% | |||||||||
| … Obama-Biden's Last Three Years (2014-2016) | 3.1% | |||||||||