These 33 Missouri Corps had their average stock prices increase by 127% from January 16, 2009 to August 26, 2013. This 127% increase is 1.3 times the 95% increase in the S&P 500 Index over the same time span.
There were 9 of these Missouri Corps headquartered in Kansas City, which experienced an impressive 144% average increase in stock market performance during the Obama Administration. In comparison, there were a much higher 21 of them headquartered in the St. Louis Metro Area which experienced a somewhat less 108% average increase in stock market performance.
Three of the five worst-performing Missouri Corps were in the troubled coal industry, putting downward pressure on Missouri's overall average stock price increase.
Below here are the common stock market closing prices of each of these 33 Missouri Corps at both the most recent date (August 26, 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 | ||
| Missouri | Price | Price | Increase | |
| HQs | 8-26-13 | 1-16-09 | (Decrease) | |
| Companies Headquartered in Missouri | ||||
| Kansas City Southern | Kansas City | $107.70 | $17.79 | 505% |
| Solutia | St Louis | $27.82 | $4.85 | 474% |
| Cerner | Kansas City | $47.47 | $10.03 | 373% |
| O'Reilly Automotive | Springfield | $123.94 | $28.54 | 334% |
| Belden | St Louis | $58.01 | $14.18 | 309% |
| Brown Shoe | St Louis | $23.70 | $6.53 | 263% |
| Panera Bread | St Louis | $168.03 | $48.03 | 250% |
| Charter Communications | St Louis | $122.17 | $35.50 | 244% |
| Centene | St Louis | $57.75 | $19.08 | 203% |
| Jack Henry | Monett | $50.50 | $18.97 | 166% |
| Express Scripts | St Louis | $64.72 | $26.63 | 143% |
| Sigma Aldrich | St Louis | $83.64 | $38.75 | 116% |
| Leggett & Platt | Carthage | $29.67 | $13.78 | 115% |
| Spartech | Clayton | $10.61 | $5.10 | 108% |
| Energizer Holdings | St Louis | $98.30 | $47.38 | 107% |
| DST Systems | Kansas City | $73.68 | $36.72 | 101% |
| EPR Properties | Kansas City | $50.50 | $25.41 | 99% |
| Amdocs Ltd | Chesterfield | $37.77 | $19.22 | 97% |
| Emerson Electric | St Louis | $61.75 | $33.65 | 84% |
| Ralcorp | St Louis | $89.98 | $49.83 | 81% |
| Reinsurance Group | Chesterfield | $65.83 | $39.63 | 66% |
| Novation Companies | Kansas City | $0.43 | $0.29 | 48% |
| UMB Financial | Kansas City | $61.65 | $41.95 | 47% |
| Inergy LP | Kansas City | $13.91 | $9.76 | 43% |
| Commerce Bancshares | Kansas City | $45.11 | $32.20 | 40% |
| H&R Block | Kansas City | $29.00 | $20.88 | 39% |
| Olin | Clayton | $22.77 | $17.01 | 34% |
| Monsanto | St Louis | $97.65 | $79.61 | 23% |
| Peabody Energy | St Louis | $18.25 | $23.91 | -24% |
| SunEdison | St Peters | $7.93 | $14.76 | -46% |
| Arch Coal | St Louis | $4.82 | $16.75 | -71% |
| Patriot Coal | St Louis | $0.29 | $5.70 | -95% |
| Furniture Brands Intl | St Louis | $0.60 | $12.81 | -95% |
| Average Increase: all 33 Missouri Corps | 127% | |||
| Dow Industrials Index | 14,946.46 | 8,281.22 | 80% | |
| S&P 500 Index | 1,656.78 | 850.12 | 95% | |
| S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index | 1,217.83 | 516.75 | 136% | |
| S&P SmallCap 600 Index | 588.11 | 247.89 | 137% |
