Thursday, February 6, 2014

33 Largest US Medical Instruments & Supplies Corps Average Stock Prices Down 43% Due to Financial Meltdown Spillover Effects, Then Up 377% Under Obama and the US Fed

I found 33 US Medical Instruments & Supplies Corps classified in the Health Care 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 the most recent date February 6, 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 33 US Medical Instruments & Supplies Corps had their average stock prices drop by a huge 43% 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 33 US Medical Instruments & Supplies Corps have increased by a very robust 377% through February 6, 2014.

The main drivers of this very strong 377% average stock price growth were an incredible 7 "Ten Baggers Plus".....that is, 7 Companies with stock market growth of at least 1,000% each.

Clearly, the investors in and employees of nearly all of these 33 US Medical Instruments & Supplies Corps 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.

Also, these US Medical Instruments & Supplies Corps have thrived under the Affordable Care Act. 

Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 33 US Medical Instruments & Supplies Corps on February 6, 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
Medical Instruments & Supplies Company HQs
2-6-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 2-6-14 3-6-09








AtriCure West Chester OH      20.77       1.25       13.11 1562% -90%
Insulet Bedford MA      43.01       3.36       23.48 1180% -86%
STAAR Surgical Monrovia CA      15.41       1.25        2.64 1133% -53%
Antares Pharma Ewing NJ       4.35       0.36        0.98 1108% -63%
DexCom San Diego CA      38.72       3.31        8.83 1070% -63%
Liberator Medical  Stuart FL       4.66       0.41        0.90 1037% -54%
Endologix Irvine CA      15.53       1.38        2.80 1025% -51%
The Cooper Companies Pleasanton CA    120.15      18.33       38.00 555% -52%
Cantel Medical Little Falls NJ      31.36       5.40        6.48 481% -17%
Vascular Solutions Minneapolis MN      23.87       5.40        6.50 342% -17%
Mesa Laboratories Lakewood CO      79.50      18.01       25.00 341% -28%
ATRION Allen TX    274.25      65.35     125.00 320% -48%
LeMaitre Vascular Burlington MA       7.75       1.96        6.20 295% -68%
Hill-Rom Holdings Batesville IN      35.49       9.34       29.96 280% -69%
West Pharmaceutical Services Exton PA      46.25      14.44       20.30 220% -29%
OraSure Technologies Bethlehem PA       6.12       2.32        8.89 164% -74%
Covidien plc Mansfield MA      66.57      25.48       40.29 161% -37%
Utah Medical Productd Midvale UT      50.16      22.40       29.72 124% -25%
Integra LifeSciences Plainsboro NJ      45.06      20.29       41.93 122% -52%
ICU Medical San Clemente CA      62.81      28.41       36.01 121% -21%
Harvard Bioscience Holliston MA       4.22       1.95        3.47 117% -44%
Teleflex Limerick PA      91.48      43.85       63.01 109% -30%
DENTSPLY York PA      45.32      22.45       45.02 102% -50%
Alphatec Holdings Carlsbad CA       2.45       1.28        5.04 91% -75%
CR Bard Murray Hill NJ    128.40      72.38       94.80 77% -24%
Merit Medical Systems South Jordan UT      13.65       7.95       11.12 72% -28%
Becton Dickinson Franklin Lakes NJ    107.17      64.15       83.58 67% -23%
Thoratec Pleasanton CA      34.45      20.97       18.19 64% 15%
AngioDynamics Latham NY      15.33      10.30       19.04 49% -46%
Haemonetics Braintree MA      38.76      26.69       31.51 45% -15%
Baxter Intl Deerfield IL      67.09      51.92       58.05 29% -11%
Luminex Austin TX      17.65      15.66       16.24 13% -4%
Nanosphere Northbrook IL       2.15       3.04       13.99 -29% -78%








Average % Change all 33




377% -43%


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