- On December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second term
- On March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the lowest point for the US stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the 2008 financial meltdown, and
- also on the most recent date February 24, 2014.
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 116 Illinois Companies had their equally-company-weighted average stock market prices decline by a massive 56% 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 equally-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 116 Illinois Companies have increased by a very impressive 465% through today February 24, 2014.
There were an amazingly large number of 13 Illinois Companies with stock market price increases of more than 10 times. Leading these 13 were Auto Supplier Tenneco (up 70 times), KapStone Paper & Packaging (up 41 times) and Manitex Intl (up 31 times).
Illinois citizens should be extremely pleased with the outstanding performance of their Illinois Companies during the Obama Administration.
Below here are the stock market prices of these 116 Illinois Companies on February 24, 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 | |||
| Illinois Company | HQs | 2-24-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 2-24-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| Tenneco | Lake Forest | IL | 60.64 | 0.86 | 26.07 | 6951% | -97% |
| KapStone Paper & Packaging | Northbrook | IL | 31.33 | 0.75 | 3.50 | 4077% | -79% |
| Manitex Intl | Bridgeview | IL | 14.77 | 0.46 | 6.07 | 3111% | -92% |
| Sparton Corp | Schaumburg | IL | 32.31 | 1.50 | 4.94 | 2054% | -70% |
| Brunswick | Lake Forest | IL | 43.61 | 2.18 | 17.05 | 1900% | -87% |
| Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrances | Bolingbrook | IL | 87.44 | 4.40 | 17.15 | 1887% | -74% |
| Coleman Cable | Waukegan | IL | 26.25 | 1.44 | 9.45 | 1723% | -85% |
| Akorn | Lake Forest | IL | 27.81 | 1.53 | 7.34 | 1718% | -79% |
| Westell Technologies | Aurora | IL | 4.09 | 0.23 | 1.44 | 1663% | -84% |
| Material Sciences Corp | Elk Grove Village | IL | 12.71 | 1.00 | 7.43 | 1171% | -87% |
| Strategic Hotels & Resorts | Chicago | IL | 9.71 | 0.77 | 16.73 | 1161% | -95% |
| United Continental | Chicago | IL | 46.10 | 3.94 | 35.66 | 1070% | -89% |
| Discover Financial Services | Riverwoods | IL | 57.44 | 4.95 | 15.08 | 1060% | -67% |
| Middleby | Elgin | IL | 263.39 | 23.96 | 76.62 | 999% | -69% |
| Century Aluminum | Chicago | IL | 11.32 | 1.10 | 53.94 | 929% | -98% |
| Catamaran | Lisle | IL | 51.41 | 5.01 | 3.63 | 927% | 38% |
| Methode Electronics | Chicago | IL | 33.77 | 3.37 | 16.44 | 902% | -80% |
| Littelfuse | Chicago | IL | 92.73 | 9.54 | 32.96 | 872% | -71% |
| USG Corp | Chicago | IL | 34.20 | 4.29 | 35.79 | 697% | -88% |
| First Industrial Realty Trust | Chicago | IL | 18.75 | 2.51 | 34.60 | 647% | -93% |
| Taylor Capital Group | Rosemont | IL | 23.14 | 3.10 | 20.40 | 646% | -85% |
| Packaging Corp America | Lake Forest | IL | 72.29 | 9.92 | 28.20 | 629% | -65% |
| Jones Lang LaSalle | Chicago | IL | 121.43 | 16.99 | 71.16 | 615% | -76% |
| CNA Financial | Chicago | IL | 41.06 | 6.98 | 33.72 | 488% | -79% |
| ACCO Brands | Lake Zurich | IL | 6.00 | 1.10 | 16.04 | 445% | -93% |
| Titan Intl | Quincy | IL | 17.37 | 3.33 | 25.01 | 422% | -87% |
| Hillshire Brands | Chicago | IL | 36.82 | 7.08 | 16.06 | 420% | -56% |
| Motorola Solutions | Schaumburg | IL | 64.96 | 12.70 | 16.04 | 411% | -21% |
| LKQ Corp | Chicago | IL | 29.51 | 6.10 | 10.51 | 384% | -42% |
| Stepan Company | Northfield | IL | 59.49 | 12.90 | 16.27 | 361% | -21% |
| Kemper Corp | Chicago | IL | 37.90 | 8.34 | 47.99 | 354% | -83% |
| United Stationers | Deerfield | IL | 41.85 | 9.25 | 23.11 | 353% | -60% |
| Wintrust Financial | Rosemont | IL | 44.94 | 10.05 | 33.13 | 347% | -70% |
| Horace Mann Educators Corp | Springfield | IL | 28.35 | 6.46 | 18.94 | 339% | -66% |
| Beam Inc | Deerfield | IL | 83.22 | 19.07 | 72.36 | 336% | -74% |
| GATX | Chicago | IL | 64.08 | 14.70 | 36.68 | 336% | -60% |
| Boeing | Chicago | IL | 129.59 | 30.10 | 87.46 | 331% | -66% |
| IDEX Corp | Lake Forest | IL | 73.56 | 17.53 | 36.13 | 320% | -51% |
| Caterpillar | Peoria | IL | 97.32 | 23.23 | 72.56 | 319% | -68% |
| John B Sanfilippo | Elgin | IL | 23.02 | 5.58 | 8.42 | 313% | -34% |
| Great Lakes Dredge & Dock | Oak Brook | IL | 7.92 | 1.92 | 8.72 | 313% | -78% |
| WW Grainger | Lake Forest | IL | 251.61 | 61.45 | 87.52 | 309% | -30% |
| Orbitz Worldwide | Chicago | IL | 8.76 | 2.17 | 8.50 | 304% | -74% |
| Anixter Intl | Glenview | IL | 104.21 | 25.90 | 62.27 | 302% | -58% |
| Dover | Downers Grove | IL | 89.47 | 22.32 | 46.09 | 301% | -52% |
| CF Industries | Deerfield | IL | 242.79 | 60.59 | 110.06 | 301% | -45% |
| Zebra Technologies | Lincolnshire | IL | 66.80 | 16.69 | 34.70 | 300% | -52% |
| AMCOL Intl | Hoffman Estates | IL | 45.48 | 11.59 | 36.03 | 292% | -68% |
| Calamos Asset Management | Naperville | IL | 11.46 | 3.05 | 29.78 | 276% | -90% |
| Allstate | Northbrook | IL | 53.86 | 14.55 | 52.23 | 270% | -72% |
| Ingredion Inc | Westchester | IL | 65.38 | 18.46 | 36.75 | 254% | -50% |
| Richardson Electronics | Lafox | IL | 10.99 | 3.17 | 7.01 | 247% | -55% |
| Equity Residential | Chicago | IL | 58.55 | 17.09 | 36.47 | 243% | -53% |
| Deere | Moline | IL | 84.80 | 25.51 | 93.12 | 232% | -73% |
| RR Donnelley & Sons | Chicago | IL | 19.04 | 5.87 | 37.74 | 224% | -84% |
| Rubicon Technology | Bensenville | IL | 12.52 | 3.93 | 23.75 | 219% | -83% |
| Federal Signal | Oak Brook | IL | 12.67 | 3.99 | 11.22 | 218% | -64% |
| Illinois Tool Works | Glenview | IL | 81.74 | 26.80 | 53.54 | 205% | -50% |
| Ventas | Chicago | IL | 61.71 | 20.41 | 45.25 | 202% | -55% |
| Walgreen Co | Deerfield | IL | 66.52 | 22.09 | 38.08 | 201% | -42% |
| Accenture | Chicago | IL | 83.95 | 28.00 | 36.03 | 200% | -22% |
| InnerWorkings | Chicago | IL | 7.79 | 2.62 | 17.26 | 197% | -85% |
| PrivateBancorp | Chicago | IL | 28.40 | 9.57 | 32.65 | 197% | -71% |
| MFRI | Niles | IL | 14.87 | 5.02 | 10.67 | 196% | -53% |
| MB Financial | Chicago | IL | 29.58 | 10.17 | 30.83 | 191% | -67% |
| Arthur J Gallagher | Itasca | IL | 45.46 | 15.68 | 24.19 | 190% | -35% |
| Morningstar | Chicago | IL | 83.26 | 28.79 | 77.75 | 189% | -63% |
| Treehouse Foods | Oak Brook | IL | 70.85 | 26.56 | 22.99 | 167% | 16% |
| First Midwest Bancorp | Itasca | IL | 16.48 | 6.28 | 30.60 | 162% | -79% |
| Equity LifeStyle Properties | Chicago | IL | 39.92 | 15.29 | 22.84 | 161% | -33% |
| Oil-Dri Corp America | Chicago | IL | 34.12 | 13.11 | 21.94 | 160% | -40% |
| Hub Group | Downers Grove | IL | 40.28 | 15.87 | 26.58 | 154% | -40% |
| AAR Corp | Wood Dale | IL | 27.78 | 10.99 | 38.03 | 153% | -71% |
| Aptar Group | Crystal Lake | IL | 64.37 | 25.55 | 40.91 | 152% | -38% |
| AM Castle | Oak Brook | IL | 14.69 | 5.89 | 27.19 | 149% | -78% |
| Mondelez | Deerfield | IL | 34.40 | 14.15 | 21.35 | 143% | -34% |
| Stericycle | Lake Forest | IL | 115.22 | 47.74 | 59.40 | 141% | -20% |
| The Female Health Co | Chicago | IL | 6.91 | 2.95 | 2.61 | 134% | 13% |
| Allscripts Healthcare Solution | Chicago | IL | 18.47 | 7.93 | 19.42 | 133% | -59% |
| Consolidated Communications | Mattoon | IL | 19.38 | 8.38 | 19.90 | 131% | -58% |
| Cabot Microelectronics | Aurora | IL | 42.69 | 19.06 | 35.91 | 124% | -47% |
| Lifeway | Morton Grove | IL | 14.74 | 6.82 | 11.83 | 116% | -42% |
| CME Group | Chicago | IL | 74.32 | 36.49 | 137.20 | 104% | -73% |
| Old Republic Intl | Chicago | IL | 15.41 | 7.66 | 15.41 | 101% | -50% |
| Schawk | Des Plaines | IL | 13.88 | 6.94 | 15.52 | 100% | -55% |
| VASCO Data Security | Oakbrook Terrace | IL | 7.99 | 4.09 | 27.92 | 95% | -85% |
| PCTEL | Bloomingdale | IL | 8.38 | 4.31 | 6.86 | 94% | -37% |
| RLI Corp | Peoria | IL | 42.28 | 21.88 | 28.40 | 93% | -23% |
| Merge Healthcare | Chicago | IL | 2.52 | 1.31 | 1.19 | 92% | 10% |
| Hospira | Lake Forest | IL | 42.50 | 22.21 | 42.64 | 91% | -48% |
| McDonald's | Oak Brook | IL | 96.50 | 52.12 | 58.91 | 85% | -12% |
| Coeur Mining Inc | Chicago | IL | 11.58 | 6.30 | 49.40 | 84% | -87% |
| Abbott Laboratories | Abbott Park | IL | 38.98 | 22.44 | 26.87 | 74% | -16% |
| Tootsie Rolls Industries | Chicago | IL | 29.70 | 17.33 | 22.96 | 71% | -25% |
| Inland Real Estate | Oak Brook | IL | 10.41 | 6.12 | 14.16 | 70% | -57% |
| FreightCar America | Chicago | IL | 24.25 | 14.52 | 35.00 | 67% | -59% |
| Huron Consulting Group | Chicago | IL | 66.10 | 40.75 | 80.63 | 62% | -49% |
| Navigant Consulting | Chicago | IL | 17.13 | 11.07 | 13.67 | 55% | -19% |
| Archer Daniels Midland | Decatur | IL | 40.16 | 25.96 | 46.43 | 55% | -44% |
| Terra Nitrogen Co. LP | Deerfield | IL | 163.57 | 118.97 | 149.53 | 37% | -20% |
| United States Cellular | Chicago | IL | 40.98 | 30.34 | 84.10 | 35% | -64% |
| BankFinancial Corp | Burr Ridge | IL | 10.16 | 7.54 | 15.82 | 35% | -52% |
| Baxter Intl | Deerfield | IL | 69.48 | 51.92 | 58.05 | 34% | -11% |
| Northern Trust | Chicago | IL | 62.45 | 47.38 | 76.58 | 32% | -38% |
| Heidrick & Struggles Intl | Chicago | IL | 17.26 | 14.00 | 37.11 | 23% | -62% |
| Sears Holdings | Hoffman Estates | IL | 38.05 | 33.01 | 94.81 | 15% | -65% |
| First Mid-Illinois Bancshares | Mattoon | IL | 22.25 | 19.90 | 26.05 | 12% | -24% |
| Telephone & Data Systems | Chicago | IL | 24.66 | 23.08 | 57.59 | 7% | -60% |
| Lawson Products | Chicago | IL | 14.38 | 14.25 | 37.92 | 1% | -62% |
| Landauer | Glenwood | IL | 49.71 | 50.65 | 51.85 | -2% | -2% |
| First Busey | Champaign | IL | 5.90 | 6.15 | 19.86 | -4% | -69% |
| DeVry Education Group | Downers Group | IL | 41.51 | 44.19 | 51.96 | -6% | -15% |
| Fuel-Tech | Warrenville | IL | 6.18 | 7.48 | 22.65 | -17% | -67% |
| Nanosphere | Northbrook | IL | 2.40 | 3.04 | 13.99 | -21% | -78% |
| Inteliquent | Chicago | IL | 12.17 | 18.99 | 19.02 | -36% | 0% |
| Career Education | Schaumburg | IL | 6.58 | 20.80 | 25.14 | -68% | -17% |
| Average % Change all 116 | 465% | -56% |
