Of these 7 US Diversified Computer Based Systems Companies, 5 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 12, 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 5 largest US Diversified Computer Based Systems Companies having their common stocks trading on each of the above three dates had their average stock prices drop by a massive 60% 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 5 largest US Diversified Computer Based Systems Companies have increased by a very impressive 364% through February 12, 2014, led by Seattle, WA-based Cray.
Clearly, the investors in and employees of a clear majority of these 5 largest US Diversified Computer Based Systems 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 5 largest US Diversified Computer Based Systems Companies having their stocks trading on February 12, 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 | |||
| Diversified Computer Based Systems Company | HQs | 2-12-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 2-12-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| Cray Inc | Seattle | WA | 29.99 | 2.43 | 5.99 | 1134% | -59% |
| Omnicell | Mountain View | CA | 26.96 | 7.31 | 26.93 | 269% | -73% |
| Silicon Graphics | Fremont | CA | 12.20 | 3.51 | 10.00 | 248% | -65% |
| Lexmark | Lexington | KY | 40.45 | 15.65 | 34.86 | 158% | -55% |
| Hewlett-Packard | Palo Alto | CA | 29.42 | 26.98 | 50.48 | 9% | -47% |
| Average % Change all 5 | 364% | -60% |
And in the chart below are the stock market prices on February 12, 2014 and on the close of the first trading date of the 2 additional US Diversified Computer Based Systems 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 | % | |||||
| Diversified Computer Based Systems Company | HQs | 2-12-14 | Date | Date | Change | |||
| Ruckless Wireless | Sunnyvale | CA | 13.72 | Nov 2012 | 12.25 | 12% | ||
| Silver Spring Networks | Redwood City | CA | 18.03 | Mar 2013 | 22.00 | -18% |
Of the 7 US Diversified Computer Based Systems Companies with Market Capitalizations above $100 mil, 5 of them, or 71% of them, are headquartered in California.
