The historical stock prices were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources..... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts .
These 11 Utah Corps had their average stock prices increase by a very impressive 258% from January 16, 2009 to September 4, 2013. This 258% increase is 2.7 times the 94% increase in the S&P 500 Index over the same time span.
Below here are the common stock market closing prices of each of these 11 Utah Corps at both the most recent date (September 4, 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 | ||
Utah | Price | Price | Increase | |
HQs | 9-4-13 | 1-16-09 | (Decrease) | |
Utah Largest Corps | ||||
Lifevantage | Sandy | $2.43 | $0.20 | 1115% |
Nu Skin Enterprises | Provo | $84.74 | $10.14 | 736% |
Huntsman | Salt Lake City | $17.75 | $3.11 | 471% |
Extra Space Storage | Salt Lake City | $40.81 | $9.43 | 333% |
Questar | Salt Lake City | $21.82 | $10.88 | 101% |
Zions Bancorp | Salt Lake City | $28.41 | $16.49 | 72% |
Headwaters | South Jordan | $8.68 | $5.24 | 66% |
FX Energy | Salt Lake City | $3.43 | $2.91 | 18% |
EnergySolutions | Salt Lake City | $4.14 | $4.91 | -16% |
Myriad Genetics | Salt Lake City | $27.25 | $35.05 | -22% |
SkyWest | St George | $12.84 | $18.22 | -30% |
Average Increase: All 11 Largest Utah Corps | 258% |