Wuerth While Wily Wakenings: The 25 Largest Saint Louis, Missouri Area Companies Saw Their Total Pretax Earnings Decline Sharply By 68% in the First Half of 2020. Excluding Health Insurer Centene, Which Posted Huge Windfall Profits Due To Covid-19, the Remaining 24 Saint Louis Area Companies Saw Their Total Pretax Earnings Decline By a Substantially Higher 113% in the First Half of 2020.

Thursday, October 8, 2020

The 25 Largest Saint Louis, Missouri Area Companies Saw Their Total Pretax Earnings Decline Sharply By 68% in the First Half of 2020. Excluding Health Insurer Centene, Which Posted Huge Windfall Profits Due To Covid-19, the Remaining 24 Saint Louis Area Companies Saw Their Total Pretax Earnings Decline By a Substantially Higher 113% in the First Half of 2020.

From a review of Company SEC filings and the Google Finance website, I found 25 Saint Louis, Missouri Area Companies with stock market caps of above $200 mil in mid-June 2020.

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 25 excellent Saint Louis Area Companies.