The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 26 US Credit Services Companies had their average stock prices drop by a massive 62% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, to March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the very lowest point for the overall stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
But since March 6, 2009, the average stock prices of these same 26 US Credit Services Companies have increased by a very impressive 605% through January 30, 2014. There were 5 "Ten Baggers Plus" and the lowest increase of the 26 was a healthy 50%.
Clearly, the investors in and employees of these 26 US Credit Services 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.
Below here are the market prices of each of these 26 US Credit Services Companies on January 30, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, sorted by Percentage Increase from March 6, 2009 to January 30, 2014:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Credit Services Companies | HQs | 1-30-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 1-30-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| Consumer Portfolio Services | Irvine | CA | 8.44 | 0.35 | 3.35 | 2311% | -90% |
| NewStar Financial | Boston | MA | 15.74 | 1.03 | 8.28 | 1428% | -88% |
| CapitalSource | Los Angeles | CA | 13.92 | 1.01 | 17.59 | 1278% | -94% |
| Federal Agricultural Mortgage | Washington | DC | 31.19 | 2.48 | 26.32 | 1158% | -91% |
| Discover Financial Services | Riverwoods | IL | 54.78 | 4.95 | 15.08 | 1007% | -67% |
| World Acceptance | Greenville | SC | 97.21 | 11.26 | 26.98 | 763% | -58% |
| Capital One Financial | McLean | VA | 70.96 | 8.31 | 47.26 | 754% | -82% |
| American Express | New York | NY | 86.62 | 10.26 | 52.02 | 744% | -80% |
| Nicholas Financial | Clearwater | FL | 15.73 | 1.86 | 6.57 | 744% | -72% |
| Nelnet | Lincoln | NE | 37.58 | 4.75 | 12.71 | 691% | -63% |
| Credit Acceptance Corp | Southfield | MI | 132.15 | 18.19 | 20.67 | 626% | -12% |
| SLM (Sallie Mae) | Newark | DE | 23.10 | 3.28 | 20.14 | 604% | -84% |
| MasterCard | Purchase | NY | 79.76 | 14.24 | 21.52 | 460% | -34% |
| Primus Guaranty Ltd | New York | NY | 8.10 | 1.54 | 7.01 | 426% | -78% |
| Triangle Capital | Raleigh | NC | 27.22 | 5.60 | 12.40 | 386% | -55% |
| MicroFinancial | Burlington | MA | 8.00 | 1.67 | 6.25 | 379% | -73% |
| Visa | Foster City | CA | 220.88 | 50.19 | 56.50 | 340% | -11% |
| First Cash Financial Services | Arlington | TX | 49.39 | 11.72 | 14.68 | 321% | -20% |
| Equifax | Atlanta | GA | 70.74 | 20.21 | 36.36 | 250% | -44% |
| Cash America Intl | Fort Worth | TX | 36.94 | 12.04 | 32.30 | 207% | -63% |
| Medallion Financial | New York | NY | 13.55 | 4.57 | 10.02 | 196% | -54% |
| Global Cash Access Holdings | Las Vegas | NV | 8.65 | 2.93 | 6.06 | 195% | -52% |
| Total System Services | Columbus | GA | 30.68 | 11.82 | 28.00 | 160% | -58% |
| PHH Corp | Mount Laurel | NJ | 24.45 | 10.19 | 17.64 | 140% | -42% |
| Moneygram Intl | Dallas | TX | 18.60 | 9.20 | 122.96 | 102% | -93% |
| Western Union | Englewood | CO | 15.67 | 10.43 | 24.28 | 50% | -57% |
| Average % Change all 26 | 605% | -62% |
