In deriving these US Medical Instruments & Supplies Corps, I first started with the very helpful Yahoo Finance Website Medical Instruments & Supplies Industry.
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 16 largest US Medical Instruments & Supplies Companies had their average stock prices drop by a huge 37% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, and very early in President Obama's first term, or on March 6, 2009, which was these US Medical Instruments & Supplies Companies' very lowest point due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
But since March 6, 2009, the average stock prices of these same 16 largest US Medical Instruments & Supplies Corps have increased by a very impressive 368% through January 17, 2014.
Clearly, the investors in and employees of these 16 US largest US Medical Instruments & Supplies Companies must be very pleased with the impact of actions taken by both the Obama Administration and the US Fed to successfully rescue the US economy from its extremely weakened state caused by the 2008 US financial meltdown. Also, this industry is a major beneficiary of the Affordable Care Act.
Below here are the market prices of each of these 16 largest US Medical Instruments & Supplies Companies on January 17, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, sorted by Percentage Increase from March 6, 2009 to January 17, 2014:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Medical Instruments&Supplies Co | HQs | 1-17-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 1-17-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| Endologix | Irvine | CA | 16.68 | 1.38 | 2.80 | 1109% | -51% |
| Insulet | Bedford | MA | 40.21 | 3.36 | 23.48 | 1097% | -86% |
| DecCom | San Diego | CA | 37.36 | 3.31 | 8.83 | 1029% | -63% |
| The Cooper Companies | Pleasanton | CA | 129.70 | 18.33 | 38.00 | 608% | -52% |
| Cantel Medical | Little Falls | NJ | 35.09 | 5.40 | 6.48 | 550% | -17% |
| Hill-Rom Holdings | Batesville | IN | 43.54 | 9.34 | 29.96 | 366% | -69% |
| West Pharmaceutical Services | Exton | PA | 50.23 | 14.44 | 20.30 | 248% | -29% |
| Covidien plc | Mansfield | MA | 68.20 | 25.48 | 40.29 | 168% | -37% |
| Integra LifeSciences | Plainsboro | NJ | 49.07 | 20.29 | 41.93 | 142% | -52% |
| Teleflex | Limerick | PA | 96.45 | 43.85 | 63.01 | 120% | -30% |
| DENTSPLY | York | PA | 47.90 | 22.45 | 45.02 | 113% | -50% |
| CR Bard | Murray Hill | NJ | 135.21 | 72.38 | 94.80 | 87% | -24% |
| Thoratec | Pleasanton | CA | 37.32 | 20.97 | 18.19 | 78% | 15% |
| Becton Dickinson | Franklin Lakes | NJ | 111.31 | 64.15 | 83.58 | 74% | -23% |
| Haemonetics | Braintree | MA | 42.34 | 26.69 | 31.51 | 59% | -15% |
| Baxter Intl | Deerfield | IL | 69.93 | 51.92 | 58.05 | 35% | -11% |
| Average % Change all 16 | 368% | -37% |
