Nebraska Companies Generated Very Solid and Very Consistent Audited US GAAP Total Annual Earnings Growth During the Obama Administration

Since the very likable and accomplished Anne Holton is campaigning today October 31, 2016 in Omaha, Nebraska, I think it might be helpful to research how the Nebraska Headquartered Companies have performed on the earnings front during the Obama Administration.

From a review of the very fine Google Finance Website and of company financial statements in the US SEC website, I found the 15 Companies headquartered in Nebraska, all with Stock Market Capitalizations now of more than $100 Mil and which also have filed their fiscal year 2015 annual financial statements with the SEC.  Traditional Regulated Utilities were excluded.

Below here are the reported Audited Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations of each of these 15 Nebraska Companies for all years reported from 2007 through 2015 where the amounts were presented and in a consistent manner:

				2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
			Most	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited
			Recent	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net
		ST	2015	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income
Nebraska Company	City HQs	HQs	FYE	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
				$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	NE	Dec15	24,414	20,170	19,845	15,312	10,746	13,494	8,441	5,596	13,567
Union Pacific	Omaha	NE	Dec15	4,772	5,180	4,388	3,943	3,292	2,780	1,890	2,335	1,855
TD Ameritrade	Omaha	NE	Sep15	813	787	675	586	638	592	644	804	646
Nelnet Inc	Lincoln	NE	Dec15	268	309	304	178	204	189	139	27	35
West Corp	Omaha	NE	Dec15	191	135	123	105	114	77	91	17	21
Cabelas Inc	Sidney	NE	Dec15	189	202	224	174	143	112	50	76	88
Buckle Inc	Kearney	NE	Jan16	147	163	163	164	151	135	127	104	75
Werner Enterprises Inc	Omaha	NE	Dec15	124	99	87	103	103	80	57	68	75
Valmont Industries	Valley	NE	Dec15	45	189	280	239	237	100	154	136	97
America First Multifamily Investors LP	Omaha	NE	Dec15	27	15	15	3	(2)	(0)	(3)	(2)	0
Lindsay Corp	Omaha	NE	Aug16	20	26	52	71	43	37	25	14	39
National Research	Lincoln	NE	Dec15	18	18	15	15	12	8	8	7	7
National Research Corp	Lincoln	NE	Dec15	18	18	15	15	12	8	8	7	7
Green Plains Partners LP	Omaha	NE	Dec15	16	(13)	(8)
Green Plains Inc	Omaha	NE	Dec15	15	160	43	12	38	48	20	(8)	(4)
Total all 15				31,077	27,458	26,221	20,920	15,731	17,660	11,651	9,181	16,508
2015 Total Earnings % Above:
….. 2014 Earnings				13%
….. 2013 Earnings				19%
….. 2012 Earnings				49%
….. 2011 Earnings				98%
….. 2010 Earnings				76%
….. 2009 Earnings				167%
….. 2008 Earnings				238%
….. 2007 Earnings				88%

The 20 South Carolina Companies With Market Caps Above $100 Mil Generated Total Audited US GAAP Earnings For the Two Years 2014 and 2015 Combined of $1.473 Bil, Up 415% From the Two Years 2008 and 2009 Combined of $0.286 Bil

The 2016 US Presidential Race is tightening up some.  The State of South Carolina is now considered a Leaning Donald Trump State with only a 7.6% average of recent polls margin by the excellent Real Clear Politics.
 
Thus, I think it might be helpful to research how the South Carolina Headquartered Companies have performed on the earnings front during the Obama Administration.

From a review of the very fine Google Finance Website and of company financial statements in the US SEC website, I found the 20 Companies headquartered in South Carolina, all with Stock Market Capitalizations now of more than $100 Mil and which also have filed their fiscal year 2015 annual financial statements with the SEC.  Traditional Regulated Utilities were excluded.

Below here are the reported Audited Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations of each of these 20 South Carolina Companies for all years reported from 2007 through 2015 where the amounts were presented and in a consistent manner:

				2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
			Most	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited
			Recent	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net
		ST	2015	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income
South Carolina Company	City HQs	HQs	FYE	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
				$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Sonoco Products Co	Hartsville	SC	Dec15	251	227	211	195	219	202	155	157	212
Domtar Corp	Fort Mill	SC	Dec15	142	431	91	172	365	605	310	(573)	70
AVX Corp	Fountain Inn	SC	Mar16	102	226	127	(64)	153	244	143	81	149
South State Corp	Columbia	SC	Dec15	99	75	49	30	23	52	14	16	22
World Acceptance Corp	Greenville	SC	Mar16	87	111	107	104	101	91	74	56	50
Ingevity	North Charleston	SC	Dec15	85	133	118	122
ScanSource Inc	Greenville	SC	Jun16	64	65	82	35	74	74	49	48	56
Denny's Corp	Spartanburg	SC	Dec15	36	33	25	22	112	23	42	13	30
Blackbaud Inc	Charleston	SC	Dec15	26	28	30	7	33	29	28	29	30
Regional Management Corp	Greenville	SC	Dec15	23	15	29	25	21	16	10	6	3
Carolina Financial Corp	Charleston	SC	Dec15	14	8	17	17	(1)	(13)	7
Southern First Bancshares	Greenville	SC	Dec15	10	7	5	4	2	1	1	2	3
Delta Apparel Inc	Greenville	SC	Sep15	8	(1)	9	(2)	17	12	6	(1)	6
First Community Corp	Lexington	SC	Dec15	6	5	4	4	3	2	(25)	(7)	4
Oconee Federal Financial	Seneca	SC	Jun16	5	5	4	4	4	2	3	2	1
HCSB Financial	Loris	SC	Dec15	(0)	(0)	2	(10)	(29)	(17)	(1)	2	2
Royal Energy Resources	Charleston	SC	Aug15	(1)	(1)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(1)	(2)	(0)
Kemet Corp	Simpsonville	SC	Mar16	(54)	(20)	(65)	(79)	(2)	58	(69)	(285)	(25)
Benefitfocus Inc	Charleston	SC	Dec15	(62)	(63)	(30)	(15)	(15)	(2)
3D Systems Corp	Rock Hill	SC	Dec15	(664)	12	44	39	35	20	1	(6)	(7)
Total all 20				177	1,296	859	610	1,115	1,399	746	(460)	606
2 Years 2014-5 Total Earnings				1,473
2 Years 2008-9 Total Earnings				286
….. % Increase				415%