Finalists Announced for the Kentucky Public Company of the Year Award
May 05 2015 - 10:24AM
The top performing public companies headquartered in Kentucky have
been selected as finalists for the inaugural Kentucky Public
Company of the Year Award (#BestKYCompanies), to be presented at
the INVESTKentucky Equity Conference on June 5 at Churchill Downs.
Since 2004, INVESTKentucky has provided professional investors,
analysts and business professionals the opportunity to hear
executives from top Kentucky public companies and the latest
economic and business commentary.
The finalists, presented below in alphabetical order, are:
- Humana Inc. (NYSE:HUM).Humana is a leading
health and well-being company focused on making it easy for people
to achieve their best health with clinical excellence through
coordinated care. Headquarters: Louisville. 2014 revenues: $48.50
billion. 2014 net income: $1.15 billion. Kentucky employment:
13,400 (24% of total employment).
- Papa John's International,
Inc. (Nasdaq:PZZA). Papa
John's is the world's third largest pizza delivery company.
For 13 of the past 15 years, consumers have rated Papa John's
No. 1 in customer satisfaction among all national pizza chains
in the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Headquarters:
Louisville. 2014 revenues: $1.60 billion. 2014 net income: $73.3
million. Kentucky employment: 1,556 (13% of total).
- Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (NYSE:TPX).
As the world's largest bedding provider, Tempur Sealy develops,
manufactures and markets mattresses, foundations, pillows and other
products. The Company's brand portfolio includes many of the
most highly recognized brands in the industry, including Tempur®,
Tempur-Pedic®, Sealy®, Sealy Posturepedic®, OptimumTM and Stearns
& Foster®. Headquarters: Lexington. 2014 revenues: $2.99
billion. 2014 net income: $108.9 million. Kentucky employment: 411
(6% of total).
- Texas Roadhouse,
Inc. (Nasdaq:TXRH).Texas Roadhouse
is a full service, casual dining restaurant chain, offering an
assortment of specially seasoned and aged steaks and a selection of
ribs, fish, seafood, chicken, pork, vegetable plates and other
items. The Company operates over 450 restaurants in 49 states
and 4 foreign countries. Headquarters: Louisville. 2014
revenues: $1.58 billion. 2014 net income: $87.0 million. Kentucky
employment: 1,870 (5% of total).
"We are delighted to have the opportunity to highlight these
companies, which contribute so widely to the Commonwealth of
Kentucky and touch consumers both domestically and
internationally," said Terry McWilliams, chairman of
INVESTKentucky.
The selections were determined by a special team from the CFA
Society of Louisville, a professional group that represents
analysts and fund managers, and the Louisville chapter of Financial
Executives International, comprised of senior financial executives
at public and private companies.
To choose five finalists, the group developed and applied a set
of weighted quantitative metrics to all Kentucky public companies,
said INVESTKentucky steering committee member Lou Lemos, who is
portfolio manager at First Kentucky Trust and a former CFA Society
of Louisville president. The committee evaluated company
performance covering a two-year period and applied metrics that
included both accounting and market performance measures.
Additionally, each finalist was asked to submit information about
strategy, philanthropy and employment, in the event of a tie.
Lexmark, Inc., identified as one of the five best Kentucky
corporate performers, declined to participate.Headquartered in
Lexington, the digital document company had revenues of $3.7
billion and net income of $79.1 million in 2014.
Attending The Kentucky Public Company of the Year
Awards
The Awards event is open to the public and begins at noon in
Churchill Downs' Triple Crown Room. Individual tickets to the KY
Public Company of the Year Honors are $60, and include the
INVESTKentucky Keynote Address, lunch and the Awards Ceremony.
Tickets are available through Event Brite at
www.tinyurl.com/kypubco.
The ceremony is included for those who are registered for the
INVESTKentucky conference. Professional investors and CFA and FEI
members attend as INVESTKentucky guests. A registration code is
available on the conference invitation, and from INVESTKentucky,
the CFA Society and FEI. See the registration page on the
INVESTKentucky website for full details.
An InvestKY Digital Program Guide, an iBook with information
about the conference and Company of the Year finalists, will be
available for download from the Apple iBooks Store from any
iPad.
Title Sponsor for INVESTKentucky is the region's premier
investment banking firm, Hilliard Lyons, joined by professional
services firms Crowe Horwath LLP and Frost Brown Todd LLC as
Platinum sponsors and a host of Gold sponsors. The CFA Society, FEI
and Mozaic IR are organizing partners.
Information: www.investky.com.
InvestKY Registration:
www.tinyurl.com/INVESTKY2015
KY Company of Year Tickets: www.tinyurl.com/kypubco
CONTACT: Terry McWilliams, Chairman, INVESTKentucky,
502.410.2113, terrym@mozaicir.com
Louis Lemos, 502.400.6017, l.lemos@firstkytrust.com.
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