The 17 Largest Alabama Cos Saw Their Total Pretax Operating Income Decline By 10% in the 4Q of 2018 From the 4Q of 2017, After Increasing By 35% in the 3Q 2018, the Latter Due To Medical Properties Trust's $647 Mil Gain on Real Estate Sale or Other

Since Alabama is one of the 12 Super Tuesday US States Holding Their 2020 Democratic Presidential Early Primary on March 3, 2020, I Think It Might Be Helpful to Research Just How Alabama Companies Have Performed Recently on the Pretax Operating Earnings Front
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From a review of SEC filings, I found 14 Alabama Companies with stock markets caps of above $100 mil recently.  And I found 3 additional Alabama Companies filing with the SEC, whose common stock doesn't trade but with Total Stockholder Equity of more than $100 mil recently.

The chart below shows the Gold-Standard US GAAP Pretax Operating Income (Loss) for the 4Q  and the 3Q of both 2018 and 2017 for each of these 17 Alabama Companies.  Sixteen of these 17 Companies have December quarter ends.

		US	US			US	US
		GAAP	GAAP			GAAP	GAAP
		Pretax	Pretax			Pretax	Pretax
		Operating	Operating			Operating	Operating
		Income	Income			Income	Income
		(Loss)	(Loss)			(Loss)	(Loss)
		Dec 2018	Dec 2017	%		Sep Qtr	Sep Qtr	%
Alabama Companies		Jan 2019	Jan 2018	Change		Oct Qtr	Oct Qtr	Change
Market Caps Above $100 Mil or	Alabama	or Feb 2019	or Feb 2018	Better		or Nov Qtr	or Nov Qtr	Better
Book Value of Stk Eq > $100 Mil	City HQs	Quarter	Quarter	(Worse)		2018	2017	(Worse)
		mils $	mils $			mils $	mils $
Regions Financial	Birmingham	491	541			455	450
Vulcan Materials	Birmingham	186	149			249	227
Alabama Power	Birmingham	164	254			561	601
Warrior Met Coal	Brookdale	157	67			63	83
Encompass Health	Birmingham	111	169			173	162
Medical Properties Trust	Birmingham	75	74			739	77
Protective Life	Birmingham	56	86			137	111
ServisFirst Bancshares	Birmingham	45	36			43	37
Spire Alabama	Birmingham	17	18			(11)	(8)
National Commerce Corp	Birmingham	14	12			17	11
Computer Programs&Systems	Mobile	10	(18)			5	6
Hibbett Sports	Birmingham	9	16			2	12
Construction Partners	Dothan	7	11			20	21
Auburn National Bancorp	Auburn	3	3			2	3
River Financial	Prattville	2	3			3	3
ADTRAN Inc	Huntsville	(4)	(4)			(2)	18
ProAssurance	Birmingham	(39)	34			31	35
Total all 17 Alabama Cos		1,304	1,451	-10%		2,487	1,849	35%

The 29 Largest Nevada Cos Saw Their Total Audited Pretax Operating Income Growth Decline Sharply in Both Annual 2018 and 2017: Annual 2016 Up 60% From Annual 2015, Annual 2017 Up 25% From 2016 and Annual 2018 Precisely Flat With 2017

Since Democratic 2020 Presidential Candidates Are Now Campaigning in the Key Early Primary State of Nevada, I Think It Might Be Helpful to Research Just How Nevada Companies Have Performed in the Most Recent Three Years on the Pretax Operating Earnings Front
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From a review of SEC filings, I found 29 Nevada Companies with stock markets caps of above $100 mil sometime in 2018.

The chart below shows the Gold-Standard US GAAP Audited Pretax Operating Income (Loss) for Annual Fiscal Year Ends (FYEs) 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015 for each of these 29 Nevada Companies.

			Most	Audited	Audited	Audited	Audited
			Recent	Pretax	Pretax	Pretax	Pretax		2018 vs	2017 vs	2016 vs
			Annual	Operating	Operating	Operating	Operating		2017	2016	2015
			Audited	Income	Income	Income	Income		Better	Better	Better
	Nevada		Financial	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)		(Worse)	(Worse)	(Worse)
Nevada Companies	City	State	Sts	FYE	FYE	FYE	FYE		%	%	%
Stock Market Caps > $100 Mil	HQs	HQs	FYE	2018	2017	2016	2015		Change	Change	Change
				$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Las Vegas Sands	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	3,751	3,464	2,502	2,841
MGM Resorts Intl	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	1,469	1,713	2,078	(153)
Amerco	Reno	NV	Mar 18	764	742	867	663
Caesars Entertainment	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	739	537	226	318
Wynn Resorts Ltd	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	736	1,056	522	659
MGM Growth Properties LLC	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	476	353	154	(262)
Red Rock Resorts	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	372	331	310	287
Southwest Gas Holdings	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	357	343	315	312
Boyd Gaming	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	355	344	260	272
Eldorado Resorts	Reno	NV	Dec 18	310	95	89	73
Scientific Games	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	266	393	131	(1,025)
Allegiant Travel	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	244	231	373	372
Ormat Technologies	Reno	NV	Dec 18	185	205	202	164
Employers Holdings	Reno	NV	Dec 18	170	144	141	99
Everi Holdings	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	86	82	(119)	(10)
Switch	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	55	19	51	80
Golden Entertainment	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	51	15	13	18
Monarch Casino	Reno	NV	Dec 18	43	41	39	33
Rimini Street	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	25	22	14	(42)
PlayAGS	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	25	15	(17)	(29)
CV Sciences	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	10	(5)	(13)	(11)
Full House Resorts	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	7	7	6	5
PICO Holdings	Carson City	NV	Dec 18	(3)	10	(26)	(37)
Eyenovia	Reno	NV	Dec 18	(17)	(5)	(4)	(4)
VirnetX Holdings	Zephyr Cove	NV	Dec 18	(25)	(17)	(29)	(29)
Remark Holdings	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	(45)	(37)	(23)	(23)
PDL Biopharma	Incline Village	NV	Dec 18	(51)	194	129	550
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals	Henderson	NV	Dec 18	(131)	(97)	(63)	(43)
Cannae Holdings	Las Vegas	NV	Dec 18	(150)	(78)	(2)	(12)
Total all 29 Nevada Cos				10,074	10,117	8,126	5,066		0%	25%	60%

The 19 Largest South Carolina Cos Saw Their Total Audited Pretax Operating Income Collapse (Down 59%) in Annual 2017 From 2016, Then Recover Very Modestly in Annual 2018 (Up 6%) From the Reduced Low 2017 Total Operating Income Base

Since Democratic 2020 Presidential Candidates Are Campaigning All Over the Key Early Primary State of South Carolina, I Think It Might Be Helpful to Research Just How South Carolina Companies Have Performed in the Most Recent Two Years on the Pretax Operating Earnings Front
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From a review of SEC filings, I found 19 South Carolina Companies with stock markets caps of above $100 mil recently.

The chart below shows the Gold-Standard US GAAP Audited Pretax Operating Income (Loss) for Annual Fiscal Year Ends (FYEs) 2018, 2017 and 2016 for each of these 19 South Carolina Companies.

			Most	Audited	Audited	Audited
			Recent	Pretax	Pretax	Pretax		2018 vs	2017 vs
			Annual	Operating	Operating	Operating		2017	2016
	South		Audited	Income	Income	Income		Better	Better
	Carolina		Financial	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)		(Worse)	(Worse)
South Carolina Companies	City	State	Sts	FYE	FYE	FYE		%	%
Stock Market Caps Above $100 Mil	HQs	HQs	FYE	2018	2017	2016		Change	Change
				$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Sonoco Products	Hartsville	SC	Dec 18	438	412	505
Domtar	Fort Mill	SC	Dec 18	386	(328)	208
Ingevity	North Charleston	SC	Dec 18	252	191	105
South State	Columbia	SC	Dec 18	224	169	154
AVX Corp	Fountain Inn	SC	Mar 18	180	164	124
World Acceptance	Greenville	SC	Mar 18	101	114	138
Denny's Corp	Spartanburg	SC	Dec 18	74	71	47
ScanSource	Greenville	SC	Jun 18	68	88	97
Carolina Financial Corp	Charleston	SC	Dec 18	62	42	25
Blackbaud	Charleston	SC	Dec 18	59	68	68
Regional Management	Greer	SC	Dec 18	46	40	39
Southern First Bankshares	Greenville	SC	Dec 18	29	24	20
Delta Apparel	Greenville	SC	Sep 18	17	16	16
First Community Corp	Lexington	SC	Dec 18	14	9	9
Bank of South Carolina	Charleston	SC	Dec 18	8	8	7
Oconee Federal Financial	Seneca	SC	Jun 18	5	7	7
Benefitfocus	Charleston	SC	Dec 18	(40)	(38)	(32)
3D Systems Corp	Rock Hill	SC	Dec 18	(43)	(54)	(38)
SCANA Corp	Cayce	SC	Dec 18	(729)	85	1,167
Total all 19 South Carolina Cos				1,151	1,088	2,666		6%	-59%