- 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 11, 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 23 largest US Diversified Electronics Companies had their average stock prices drop by a huge 59% 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 23 largest US Diversified Electronics Companies have increased by a very impressive 426% through February 11, 2014, led by three Companies with stock market price growth above 1,000% since March 6, 2009.....Sparton Corp (up 1,909%), Sanmina (up 1,303%), and SL Industries (up 1,001%).
Clearly, the investors in and employees of a clear majority of these 23 largest US Diversified Electronics 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.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 23 largest US Diversified Electronics Companies on February 11, 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 | |||
Diversified Electronics Company | HQs | 2-11-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 2-11-14 | 3-6-09 | |
Sparton Corp | Schaumburg | IL | 30.13 | 1.50 | 4.94 | 1909% | -70% |
Sanmina | San Jose | CA | 16.83 | 1.20 | 10.92 | 1303% | -89% |
SL Industries | Mount Laurel | NJ | 24.22 | 2.20 | 20.00 | 1001% | -89% |
Littelfuse | Chicago | IL | 90.38 | 9.54 | 32.96 | 847% | -71% |
Methode Electronics | Chicago | IL | 30.89 | 3.37 | 16.44 | 817% | -80% |
CTS Corp | Elkhart | IN | 18.31 | 2.26 | 9.93 | 710% | -77% |
Alliance Fiber Optic Products | Sunnyvale | CA | 11.77 | 1.58 | 5.05 | 647% | -69% |
TE Connectivity Ltd | Berwyn | PA | 56.77 | 7.88 | 37.13 | 620% | -79% |
Acuity Brands | Atlanta | GA | 128.87 | 20.82 | 45.00 | 519% | -54% |
Advanced Energy Industries | Ft Collins | CO | 26.91 | 5.66 | 13.08 | 375% | -57% |
Amphenol | Wallington | CT | 87.96 | 23.71 | 46.37 | 271% | -49% |
Encore Wire | Mckinney | TX | 49.07 | 17.07 | 15.92 | 187% | 7% |
Vicor | Andover | MA | 10.37 | 4.13 | 15.59 | 151% | -74% |
Bel Fuse | Jersey City | NJ | 18.75 | 9.22 | 29.27 | 103% | -69% |
Intevac | Santa Clara | CA | 7.75 | 3.97 | 14.54 | 95% | -73% |
Corning | Corning | NY | 18.80 | 10.14 | 23.99 | 85% | -58% |
Maxwell Technologies | San Diego | CA | 8.80 | 5.09 | 8.27 | 73% | -38% |
Orion Energy Systems | Manitowoc | WI | 5.11 | 3.28 | 18.82 | 56% | -83% |
AVX Corp | Fountain Inn | SC | 12.93 | 8.31 | 13.42 | 56% | -38% |
Dolby Laboratories | San Francisco | CA | 41.26 | 29.13 | 49.72 | 42% | -41% |
Oak Ridge Energy Technologies | Salt Lake City | UT | 0.83 | 0.66 | 1.43 | 26% | -54% |
Revolution Lighting Technologies | Stamford | CT | 3.33 | 6.60 | 4.90 | -50% | 35% |
Plug Power | Latham | NY | 3.51 | 7.10 | 39.50 | -51% | -82% |
Average % Change all 23 | 426% | -59% |