Of these 28 US Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Companies, 24 of them 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 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 24 largest US Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Companies having their common stocks trading on each of the above three dates had their average stock prices drop by a massive 69% 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 24 largest US Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Companies have increased by a very impressive 507% through February 10, 2014, led by 5 Companies seeing stock price increases of 1,000% and above and another 3 with stock price increases above 800%. Three of these 5 Companies with "Ten Baggers Plus" were Massachusetts based. All 24 Companies had stock price increases.
Clearly, the investors in and employees of these 24 largest US Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Companies must be extremely 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 24 largest US Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Companies having their stocks trading on February 10, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and also on December 31, 2007:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Company | HQs | 2-10-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 2-10-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| Entegris | Billerica | MA | 11.60 | 0.64 | 8.63 | 1713% | -93% |
| Nanometrics | Milpitas | CA | 17.72 | 1.11 | 9.86 | 1496% | -89% |
| LTC-Credence | Norwood | MA | 8.49 | 0.57 | 9.54 | 1389% | -94% |
| Photronics | Brookfield | CT | 8.18 | 0.74 | 12.47 | 1005% | -94% |
| Axcelis Technologies | Beverly | MA | 2.20 | 0.20 | 4.60 | 1000% | -96% |
| Kulicke & Soffa Industries | Fort Washington | PA | 11.37 | 1.22 | 6.86 | 832% | -82% |
| IPG Photonics | Oxford | MA | 68.07 | 7.36 | 19.99 | 825% | -63% |
| Veeco Instruments | Plainview | NY | 37.67 | 4.16 | 16.70 | 806% | -75% |
| Mattson Technology | Fremont | CA | 2.61 | 0.42 | 8.56 | 521% | -95% |
| Teradyne | North Reading | MA | 19.03 | 3.50 | 10.34 | 444% | -66% |
| KLA-Tencor | Milpitas | CA | 62.33 | 15.63 | 48.16 | 299% | -68% |
| Cascade Microtech | Beaverton | OR | 9.72 | 2.75 | 10.19 | 253% | -73% |
| Cree | Durham | NC | 58.98 | 18.83 | 27.47 | 213% | -31% |
| Brooks Automation | Chelmsford | MA | 9.80 | 3.44 | 13.21 | 185% | -74% |
| ATMI Inc | Danbury | CT | 33.81 | 12.08 | 32.25 | 180% | -63% |
| Rubicon Technology | Bensenville | IL | 10.99 | 3.93 | 23.75 | 180% | -83% |
| Lam Research | Fremont | CA | 51.60 | 19.29 | 43.23 | 167% | -55% |
| Ultratech | San Jose | CA | 26.23 | 10.03 | 11.34 | 162% | -12% |
| Synopsys | Mountain View | CA | 39.95 | 17.53 | 25.93 | 128% | -32% |
| Applied Materials | Santa Clara | CA | 17.25 | 8.70 | 17.76 | 98% | -51% |
| Park Electrochemical | Melville | NY | 26.77 | 14.45 | 28.24 | 85% | -49% |
| Tessera Technologies | San Jose | CA | 19.02 | 10.70 | 41.60 | 78% | -74% |
| Oclaro | San Jose | CA | 2.53 | 1.45 | 11.90 | 74% | -88% |
| Cohu Inc | Poway | CA | 9.90 | 7.36 | 15.30 | 35% | -52% |
| Average % Change all 24 | 507% | -69% |
And in the chart below are the stock market prices on February 10, 2014 and on the close of the first trading date of the 4 additional US Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Companies with current Total Market Capitalizations of at least $100 mil each and which didn't have their common stocks trading on December 31, 2007:
| Closing | ||||||||
| Month | Price | |||||||
| Of | On | |||||||
| Market | First | First | ||||||
| Price | Trading | Trading | % | |||||
| Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Company | HQs | 2-10-14 | Date | Date | Change | |||
| Ambarella | Santa Clara | CA | 28.11 | Oct 2012 | 6.06 | 364% | ||
| Enphase Energy | Petaluma | CA | 7.03 | Mar 2012 | 7.34 | -4% | ||
| MaxLinear | Carlsbad | CA | 9.44 | Mar 2010 | 18.70 | -50% | ||
| Intermolecular | San Jose | CA | 3.80 | Nov 2011 | 9.50 | -60% | ||
| Average % Increase all 4 | 63% |
Of the 28 US Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Companies with Market Capitalizations above $100 mil, precisely half of them are headquartered in California.
