Rhode Island Companies Performed Substantially Better on the Audited Annual Pretax Earnings Growth Front During the Obama Administration's Eight Years in Office (2009-2016) ..... Up 13% Per Year ..... Than They Performed During the Trump Administration's First Three Full Years in Office (2017-2019) ... Up 1% Per Year

From a review of SEC filings, a Company's Annual Report on its Website and Google Finance, there were 6 Rhode Island Companies with stock market caps of above $500 mil in June 2020 which reported Pretax Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations in their annual financial statement earnings information filed with the SEC for each of the most recent twelve years (Years from 2008-2019).     

The table below shows the Pretax Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations for each of these 6 Rhode Island Companies for fiscal year end 2019, the last year of the Trump Administration's first three full years in office so far,  for fiscal year end 2016, the year before the start of the Trump Administration as well as also the last year of the Obama Administration, and for fiscal year end 2008, the year before the start of the Obama Administration.

							Average	Average
							Annual	Annual
			Annual	Audited	Audited	Audited	% Change	% Change
			Audited	Pretax	Pretax	Pretax	During	During
			Fincl	Income	Income	Income	Trump	Obama
			Sts	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	Admin's	Admin's
Rhode Island Companies		State	2019	FYE	FYE	FYE	3 Years	8 Years
Stock Market Caps Above $500 Mil	City HQs	HQs	FYE	2019	2016	2008	2017-19	2009-16
				$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
CVS Health	Woonsocket	RI	Dec 19	8,997	8,637	5,537	1%	7%
Citizens Financial Group	Providence	RI	Dec 19	2,251	1,534	(759)	16%	NM
Textron	Providence	RI	Dec 19	942	876	629	3%	5%
Hasbro	Pawtucket	RI	Dec 19	594	692	441	-5%	7%
Washington Trust Bancorp	Westerly	RI	Dec 19	88	69	29	9%	17%
United Natural Foods	Providence	RI	July 19	(435)	208	77	-103%	21%
Total all 6 Rhode Island Cos				12,437	12,016	5,954	1%	13%