Tuesday, January 28, 2014

8 Largest US Air Delivery & Freight Services Companies Average Stock Prices Down 57% Due to Financial Meltdown Spillover Effects, Then Up 491% Under Obama and the US Fed

I found 8 US Air Delivery & Freight Services Companies classified in the Services Sector at Yahoo's superb Finance website with current Total Market Capitalizations of at least $100 mil each and which also had their common stocks trading on each of the following three dates: on December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second term, on March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was their lowest point due to the spillover effects resulting from the 2008 financial meltdown, and also on January 27, 2014.
   
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources....  Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.

These 8 US Air Delivery & Freight Services Companies had their average stock prices drop by a huge 57% 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 8 US Air Delivery & Freight Services Companies have increased by a very robust 491% through January 27, 2014, driven by Air Transport Services Group's massive stock price appreciation.        
           
Clearly, the investors in and employees of these 8 US Air Delivery & Freight Services Companies must be 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 8 US Air Delivery & Freight Services Companies on January 27, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, sorted by Percentage Increase from March 6, 2009 to January 27, 2014:







Market Market






Price Price






% %






Change Change



Market Market Market 3-6-09 12-31-07



Price Price Price to to
Air Delivery & Freight Services

1-27-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 1-27-14 3-6-09








Air Transport Services Group

       6.44        0.22        4.18 2827% -95%
FedEx

    131.95      35.76      89.17 269% -60%
ModusLink Global Solutions

       5.47        1.75      13.09 213% -87%
Forward Air

     44.15      14.43      31.17 206% -54%
Hub Group

     40.30      15.87      26.58 154% -40%
United Parcel Service

     95.17      39.38      70.72 142% -44%
Expeditors Intl Washington

     41.49      24.60      44.68 69% -45%
CH Robinson Worldwide

     57.00      38.06      54.12 50% -30%








Average % Change all 8




491% -57%