Monday, August 19, 2013

Arkansas Corp Stock Prices Up 220% Since President Obama Took Office, With Major Help From Senator Mark Pryor

From a review of SEC filings, I found 16 Corps headquartered in the State of Arkansas, which generated Core, Ongoing Pretax Income or Pretax Loss of at least $10 mil each in any of the first three years of the Obama Administration (2009, 2010 or 2011), and which also had their common stock trading on both January 16, 2009, which is the last day stocks traded before President Obama took office, and also on last Friday, August 16, 2013.

These 16 Arkansas Corps, led by Dillards, had their average stock prices increase by 220% from January 16, 2009 to Aug 16, 2013.  And this 220% increase is more than double the 95% increase in the S&P 500 Index over the same time span.  And yeah that's a 220% average stock price increase in only four years and seven months.  Go Razorbacks!

Arkansas citizens have to be extremely happy with the overall stock market performance of their superb Arkansas Companies during the Obama Administration.

But it wasn't just the Obama Administration.  It was also all about Arkansas US Senator Mark Pryor, who did just an exceptional job in working on behalf of Arkansas businesses of all sizes.

Below here are the common stock market closing prices of each of these 16 Arkansas Corps at both the most recent date (August 16, 2013) and also at the date just before President Obama took office in his first term (Jan 16, 2009), as well as the percentage stock market price changes for this period of time:
  



Market Market Percentage

Arkansas Price Price Increase

HQs 8-16-13 1-16-09 (Decrease)





Arkansas Largest Corps







Dillards Little Rock $81.24 $4.12 1872%
Bank of the Ozarks Little Rock $47.42 $10.73 342%
America's Carmart Bentonville $43.50 $11.95 264%
Tyson Foods Springdale $31.44 $8.78 258%
JB Hunt Transport Lowell $73.13 $21.77 236%
Acxiom Little Rock $24.87 $9.00 176%
Home Bancshares Conway $26.99 $9.89 173%
PAM Transportation Services Tontitown $12.07 $5.81 108%
Murphy Oil El Dorado $68.69 $45.45 51%
Deltic Timber El Dorado $62.10 $42.31 47%
Walmart Bentonville $74.11 $51.56 44%
First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas Harrison $9.53 $7.61 25%
Simmons First National Pine Bluff $26.38 $26.41 0%
Arkansas Best Fort Smith $23.12 $24.03 -4%
Windstream Little Rock $8.13 $8.73 -7%
USA Truck Van Buren $5.67 $13.45 -58%





Average Increase: All 16 Largest Arkansas Corps


220%





Dow Industrials Index
15,081.47 8,281.22 82%
S&P 500 Index
1,655.83 850.12 95%
S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index
1,205.70 516.75 133%
S&P SmallCap 600 Index
580.24 247.89 134%