Sioux Falls Business Journal

produced by AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY for the SIOUX FALLS BUSINESS JOURNALThe Sioux Falls Business Index is a monthly measurement that summarizes various indicators

reflecting the local business environment. The index is based on a survey of local businesses thatcaptures their assessment of trends in business conditions. A reading higher than 50 represents growth or optimism. To participate, go to www.augie.edu/sfindex/registration.html.

SIOUX FALLS BUSINESS INDEX

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January 2016 surveyCONDITIONS IN YOUR BUSINESS COMPARED TO LAST MONTHPrices paid for purchased materials and productsPrices received for your products and servicesInventory of finished products or goods for sale

45.0

50.055.6

STOCK PRICES 52-week high 52-week lowFeb. 23, 2016 Feb. 24, 2015

Great Western Bancorp $24.27 22.35 31.13 21.73

HF Financial $16.62 14.73 19.73 14.10

Meta Financial Group $40.78 35.41 53.51 35.19

NorthWestern $59.35 54.74 59.25 48.44

Raven Industries $15.09 20.87 22.36 13.87Source: www.nasdaq.com

Source: South Dakota Department of Revenue

MINNEHAHA COUNTY TAXABLE SALES

Baltic $799,110 $868,915 -8.0% $1,149,574 -30.5%Brandon 9,847,569 9,354,135 +5.3 8,999,062 +9.4Colton 729,996 1,085,373 -33.3 645,232 +13.1Crooks 312,939 340,802 -8.2 362,417 -13.7Dell Rapids 4,315,294 3,649,586 +18.2 3,812,473 +13.2Garretson 2,853,723 3,329,013 -14.3 2,775,640 +2.8Hartford 2,733,670 2,922,504 -6.5 2,426,476 +12.7Humboldt 633,475 532,070 +19.1 620,583 +2.1Lyons 135,090 341,047 -60.4 159,490 -15.3Renner 707,498 527,993 +34.0 409,970 +72.6Sherman 1,971 5,581 -64.7 3,716 -47.0Sioux Falls (north of 57th St.) 477,198,129 453,589,423 +5.2 399,365,480 +19.5Valley Springs 368,674 304,765 +21.0 217,717 +69.3Other 183,811 239,585 -23.3 120,546 +52.5Minnehaha Co. total 500,814,949 477,090,793 +5.0 421,068,374 +18.9South Dakota total 1,975,806,906 1,950,041,180 +1.3 1,724,841,450 +14.6

Jan. 2016 Jan. 2015 Change Dec. 2015 Change

Source: South Dakota Department of Revenue

SIOUX FALLS TAXABLE SALES

Agriculture, forestry, fishing $4,421,769 $4,087,439 +8.2% $3,385,951 +30.6%Construction 630,486 746,035 -15.5 761,748 -17.2Manufacturing 17,069,958 10,695,071 +59.6 13,248,684 +28.8Transportation, public utilities 21,811,090 19,477,271 +12.0 21,694,729 +0.5Wholesale trade 30,773,258 28,737,653 +7.1 26,342,072 +16.8Retail trade 318,402,535 301,620,441 +5.6 263,391,413 +20.9Finance, insurance, real estate 17,113,838 13,903,031 +25.3 13,626,305 +25.6Services 86,112,965 90,973,056 -5.3 73,001,562 +18.0Public administration 113,996 167,669 -32.0 0 -Other 43,607 81,808 -46.7 166,250 -73.8Sioux Falls total 496,493,501 470,489,473 +12.7 415,618,715 +19.5

Jan. 2016 Jan. 2015 Change Dec. 2015 Change

Delta 13,182 12,350 13,548United 11,874 11,071 11,298Allegiant Air 7,957 8,073 9,154American 5,718 5,363 5,594Frontier 145 3,914 1,959Charter 0 327 0Total 38,876 41,098 41,553

Jan. 2016 Jan. 2015 Dec. 2015

SIOUX FALLS REGIONAL AIRPORT

PASSENGER BOARDINGS

Jan. 2016 Jan. 2015 Dec. 2015CARGO (inbound/outbound, in pounds)

Source: Sioux Falls Regional Airport Authority

FedEx 3,252,870 3,358,062 3,356,527UPS 2,172,428 2,330,288 4,058,176Delta 597 479 0Total 5,425,895 5,688,829 7,414,703