Nebraska Companies Were in an Incredibly Deep Earnings Economic Depression in the First Half of 2020 ..... The 12 Largest Nebraska Companies Total Pretax Earnings Declined By 144% in the First Half of 2020, Going From Total Pretax Income of $51.1 Bil in the First Half of 2019 to Total Pretax Losses of $22.6 Bil in the First Half of 2020

From a review of Company SEC filings and the Google Finance website, I found 12 Nebraska Companies with stock market caps of above $200 mil in mid-June 2020.  Of these 12 Nebraska Companies, 10 or 83% of them had June 2020 second quarter ends, 1 had a July 2020 second quarter end and 1 had a May 2020 second quarter end.

The table below shows the Gold-Standard US GAAP Pretax Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations for the second and first quarters of both 2020 and 2019 for each of these 12 excellent Nebraska Companies.

		US	US		US	US
		GAAP	GAAP		GAAP	GAAP
		Pretax	Pretax		Pretax	Pretax
		Income	Income		Income	Income
		(Loss)	(Loss)		(Loss)	(Loss)
		Second	Second		First	First
		Quarter	Quarter		Quarter	Quarter
Nebraska Largest Companies		2020	2019		2020	2019
Stock Market Caps Above $200 Mil	City HQs	mils $	mils $		mils $	mils $
Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	35,409	17,759		(63,049)	27,647
Union Pacific Corp	Omaha	1,496	2,058		1,918	1,790
TD Ameritrade	Omaha	753	743		559	668
Nelnet	Lincoln	107	31		(50)	53
First National of Nebraska	Omaha	59	120		32	106
Werner Enterprises	Omaha	52	58		30	48
Buckle	Kearney	46	22		(16)	20
Valmont Industries	Omaha	36	54		57	49
Lindsay Corp	Omaha	12	3		7	(5)
National Research Corp	Lincoln	9	9		11	10
Boston Omaha	Omaha	3	(2)		(25)	(4)
Green Plains	Omaha	(29)	(57)		(63)	(46)
Total all 12 Nebraska Companies		37,953	20,798		(60,589)	30,336
… % Change From Prior Year Quarter		82%			-300%
Total Pretax Income (Losses)
….. First Half of 2020		(22,636)
….. First Half of 2019		51,134
………. % Decline		-144%