Thursday, February 13, 2014

8 Largest US Printed Circuits Boards Company Stock Prices Down 63% Due to Financial Meltdown Spillover Effects, Then Up 355% Under Obama and the US Fed

I found 8 US Printed Circuits Boards Companies classified in the Technology Sector at Yahoo's superb Finance website with current Total Market Capitalizations of at least $100 mil 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 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 8 US Printed Circuits Boards Companies had their average stock prices decline by a massive 63% 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 8 US Printed Circuits Boards Companies have increased by a very robust 355% through February 12, 2014, led by Sanmina.  All 8 of these Companies had stock price increases since March 6, 2009 and 6 of them had their stock prices more than double.

Clearly, the investors in and employees of a clear majority of these 8 largest US Printed Circuits Boards 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 8 largest US Printed Circuits Boards Companies on February 12, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on  December 31, 2007:







Price Price






% %






Change Change



Market Market Market 3-6-09 12-31-07



Price Price Price to to
Printed Circuits Boards Company HQs
2-12-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 2-12-14 3-6-09








Sanmina San Jose CA       16.89         1.20       10.92 1308% -89%
Jabil Circuit St Petersburg FL       18.65         3.26       15.27 472% -79%
Flextronics San Jose CA         8.76         1.94       12.06 352% -84%
Plexus Neenah WI       39.01       11.44       26.26 241% -56%
Kimball Intl Jasper IN       18.06         5.81       13.70 211% -58%
Benchmark Electronics Angleton TX       22.94         9.13       17.73 151% -49%
TTM Technologies Costa Mesa CA         8.24         4.29       11.66 92% -63%
Multi-Fineline Electronix Irvine CA       14.75       13.05       17.34 13% -25%








Average % Change all 8




355% -63%