- 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 the most recent date February 10, 2014.
The historical common stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 14 largest US Technical & System Software Companies had their average stock prices drop by a huge 54% 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 in the slightly less than five years since March 6, 2009, the average stock prices of these same 14 largest US Technical & System Software Companies have increased by a very impressive 453% through February 10, 2014, led by San Jose, CA-based PDF Solutions's massive 2,229% stock price increase. And all 14 had stock price increases, with 13 of them having their stock prices more than double.
Clearly, the investors in and employees of nearly all of these 14 largest US Technical & System Software 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.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 14 largest US Technical & System Software Companies on February 10, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Technical & System Software Company | HQs | 2-10-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 2-10-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| PDF Solutions | San Jose | CA | 23.06 | 0.99 | 9.01 | 2229% | -89% |
| Tyler Technologies | Dallas | TX | 90.19 | 12.66 | 12.89 | 612% | -2% |
| Concur Technologies | Bellevue | WA | 117.61 | 18.52 | 36.21 | 535% | -49% |
| Mentor Graphics | Wilsonville | OR | 19.75 | 3.44 | 10.78 | 474% | -68% |
| Evolving Systems | Englewood | CO | 9.12 | 1.84 | 5.96 | 396% | -69% |
| PTC Inc | Needham | MA | 35.78 | 7.40 | 17.85 | 384% | -59% |
| VMware | Palo Alto | CA | 93.07 | 19.89 | 84.99 | 368% | -77% |
| Ansys | Canonsburg | PA | 80.42 | 18.41 | 41.46 | 337% | -56% |
| Autodesk | San Rafael | CA | 52.28 | 12.02 | 49.76 | 335% | -76% |
| ACI Worldwide | Naples | FL | 55.29 | 18.00 | 19.04 | 207% | -5% |
| iCAD | Nashua | NH | 11.45 | 4.45 | 10.10 | 157% | -56% |
| National Instruments | Austin | TX | 27.90 | 10.95 | 22.22 | 155% | -51% |
| ScanSource | Greenville | SC | 36.30 | 14.63 | 32.35 | 148% | -55% |
| Systemax | Port Washington | NY | 10.86 | 10.40 | 20.32 | 4% | -49% |
| Average % Change all 14 | 453% | -54% |
