- 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 21, 2014.
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 92 New Jersey Companies had their equally-company-weighted average stock market prices decline by a huge 52% 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 92 New Jersey Companies have increased by a very impressive 391% through February 21, 2014.
10 of these 92 New Jersey Companies had stock market price increases of more than 10 times since March 6, 2009, led by IDT Corp (up 28 times), Wyndham Worldwide (up 23 times) and Protalex (also up 23 times).
To show the consistency of these New Jersey Companies, only 3 of the 92 had stock market price declines since March 6, 2009.
New Jersey citizens must be very pleased with the outstanding performance of these New Jersey Companies during the Obama Administration.
Below here are the stock market prices of these 92 New Jersey Companies on February 21, 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 | |||
New Jersey Company | HQs | 2-21-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 2-21-14 | 3-6-09 | |
IDT Corp | Newark | NJ | 17.34 | 0.59 | 8.45 | 2821% | -93% |
Wyndham Worldwide | Parsippany | NJ | 69.96 | 2.92 | 23.56 | 2296% | -88% |
Protalex | Summit | NJ | 8.94 | 0.38 | 6.50 | 2284% | -94% |
Rockwood Holdings | Princeton | NJ | 73.94 | 4.65 | 33.22 | 1490% | -86% |
Cambrex | East Rutherford | NJ | 21.77 | 1.50 | 8.38 | 1351% | -82% |
Antares Pharma | Ewing | NJ | 4.76 | 0.36 | 0.98 | 1222% | -63% |
Hertz Global Holdings | Park Ridge | NJ | 27.50 | 2.24 | 15.89 | 1128% | -86% |
Vonage Holdings | Holmdel | NJ | 4.54 | 0.38 | 2.30 | 1095% | -83% |
SL Industries | Mount Laurel | NJ | 26.25 | 2.20 | 20.00 | 1093% | -89% |
WABCO Holdings | Piscataway | NJ | 99.21 | 8.45 | 50.09 | 1074% | -83% |
Hovnanian Enterprises | Red Bank | NJ | 5.88 | 0.58 | 7.17 | 914% | -92% |
Heartland Payment Systems | Princeton | NJ | 39.66 | 4.03 | 26.80 | 884% | -85% |
NPS Pharmaceuticals | Bedminster | NJ | 38.57 | 4.06 | 3.83 | 850% | 6% |
Actavis | Parsippany | NJ | 218.41 | 26.36 | 27.14 | 729% | -3% |
Cytec Industries | Woodland Park | NJ | 90.55 | 10.99 | 61.58 | 724% | -82% |
Elite Pharmaceuticals | Northvale | NJ | 0.41 | 0.05 | 2.16 | 720% | -98% |
Marlin Business Services Corp | Mount Laurel | NJ | 23.01 | 2.92 | 12.06 | 688% | -76% |
Movado Group | Paramus | NJ | 38.74 | 5.04 | 25.29 | 669% | -80% |
B&G Foods | Parsippany | NJ | 29.75 | 3.99 | 10.21 | 646% | -61% |
Prudential Financial | Newark | NJ | 83.93 | 11.38 | 93.04 | 638% | -88% |
CommVault Systems | Oceanport | NJ | 68.92 | 10.51 | 21.18 | 556% | -50% |
Innophos Holdings | Cranbury | NJ | 52.68 | 8.24 | 14.88 | 539% | -45% |
IGI Laboratories | Buena | NJ | 3.60 | 0.57 | 1.41 | 532% | -60% |
Ingersoll-Rand | Piscataway | NJ | 59.41 | 9.45 | 37.09 | 529% | -75% |
Universal Display | Ewing | NJ | 33.13 | 5.36 | 20.67 | 518% | -74% |
Cantel Medical | Little Falls | NJ | 31.61 | 5.40 | 6.48 | 486% | -17% |
Asta Funding | Englewood Cliffs | NJ | 8.41 | 1.46 | 26.44 | 476% | -94% |
Cognizant Technology Solutions | Teaneck | NJ | 102.73 | 18.29 | 33.94 | 462% | -46% |
Rudolph Technologies | Flanders | NJ | 11.33 | 2.03 | 11.32 | 458% | -82% |
Immunomedics | Morris Plains | NJ | 5.18 | 0.95 | 2.32 | 445% | -59% |
Tyco Intl | Princeton | NJ | 42.29 | 8.84 | 19.48 | 378% | -55% |
ORBCOMM | Rochelle Park | NJ | 7.72 | 1.77 | 6.29 | 336% | -72% |
Honeywell | Morristown | NJ | 93.93 | 23.60 | 61.57 | 298% | -62% |
Celgene | Summit | NJ | 160.97 | 41.16 | 46.21 | 291% | -11% |
AEP Industries | South Hackensack | NJ | 43.61 | 12.06 | 32.01 | 262% | -62% |
Investors Bancorp | Short Hills | NJ | 25.54 | 7.07 | 14.14 | 261% | -50% |
Synchronoss Technologies | Bridgewater | NJ | 32.39 | 9.06 | 35.44 | 258% | -74% |
Arch Capital Group Ltd | Jersey City | NJ | 55.86 | 15.93 | 23.45 | 251% | -32% |
Bed Bath & Beyond | Union | NJ | 64.99 | 19.52 | 29.39 | 233% | -34% |
The Medicines Company | Parsippany | NJ | 29.87 | 9.33 | 19.16 | 220% | -51% |
Sealed Air | Elmwood Park | NJ | 32.78 | 10.64 | 23.14 | 208% | -54% |
Covance | Princeton | NJ | 102.78 | 34.50 | 86.62 | 198% | -60% |
J&J Snack Foods | Pennsauken | NJ | 90.24 | 30.99 | 31.28 | 191% | -1% |
Church & Dwight | Ewing | NJ | 66.15 | 23.43 | 27.04 | 182% | -13% |
Curtiss-Wright | Parsippany | NJ | 64.91 | 23.26 | 37.08 | 179% | -37% |
The Children's Place | Secaucus | NJ | 54.12 | 20.14 | 25.93 | 169% | -22% |
PHH Corp | Mount Laurel | NJ | 26.46 | 10.19 | 17.64 | 160% | -42% |
Alexander's | Paramus | NJ | 354.11 | 137.82 | 353.25 | 157% | -61% |
Bio-Reference Laboratories | Elmwood Park | NJ | 27.26 | 10.64 | 16.34 | 156% | -35% |
Center Bancorp | Union | NJ | 17.54 | 7.02 | 11.06 | 150% | -37% |
Boulder Brands | Paramus | NJ | 13.83 | 5.57 | 10.93 | 148% | -49% |
Merck | Whitehouse Station | NJ | 56.03 | 22.74 | 58.11 | 146% | -61% |
Chubb | Warren | NJ | 87.05 | 35.73 | 54.58 | 144% | -35% |
Everest Re Group Ltd | Liberty Corner | NJ | 148.75 | 61.84 | 100.40 | 141% | -38% |
Integra LifeSciences | Plainsboro | NJ | 47.37 | 20.29 | 41.93 | 133% | -52% |
Automatic Data Processing | Roseland | NJ | 76.20 | 33.28 | 44.53 | 129% | -25% |
OceanFirst Financial | Toms River | NJ | 17.38 | 7.75 | 15.81 | 124% | -51% |
Selective Group | Branchville | NJ | 23.24 | 10.61 | 22.99 | 119% | -54% |
Checkpoint Systems | Thorofare | NJ | 13.99 | 6.41 | 25.98 | 118% | -75% |
Oritani Financial | Washington Township | NJ | 15.35 | 7.15 | 8.20 | 115% | -13% |
Insmed | Monmouth Junction | NJ | 18.49 | 8.70 | 8.30 | 113% | 5% |
Foster Wheeler | Clinton | NJ | 32.04 | 15.15 | 77.51 | 111% | -80% |
Provident Financial Services | Jersey City | NJ | 17.06 | 8.15 | 14.42 | 109% | -43% |
Bel Fuse | Jersey City | NJ | 19.17 | 9.22 | 29.27 | 108% | -69% |
John Wiley & Sons | Hoboken | NJ | 56.70 | 28.37 | 42.84 | 100% | -34% |
Northfield Bancorp | Woodbridge | NJ | 12.58 | 6.36 | 7.71 | 98% | -18% |
Lakeland Bancorp | Oak Ridge | NJ | 10.92 | 5.53 | 10.51 | 97% | -47% |
CR Bard | Murray Hill | NJ | 141.57 | 72.38 | 94.80 | 96% | -24% |
Johnson & Johnson | New Brunswick | NJ | 91.52 | 47.97 | 66.70 | 91% | -28% |
Monmouth Real Estate Investment | Freehold | NJ | 9.69 | 5.09 | 8.10 | 90% | -37% |
Hill Intl | Marlton | NJ | 4.61 | 2.57 | 14.17 | 79% | -82% |
UMH Properties | Freehold | NJ | 9.41 | 5.25 | 11.77 | 79% | -55% |
Becton Dickinson | Franklin Lakes | NJ | 114.98 | 64.15 | 83.58 | 79% | -23% |
Campbell Soup | Camden | NJ | 43.98 | 26.55 | 35.73 | 66% | -26% |
Peapack-Gladstone Financial | Bedminster | NJ | 18.56 | 11.33 | 23.40 | 64% | -52% |
Clifton Savings Bancorp | Clifton | NJ | 13.06 | 8.26 | 9.80 | 58% | -16% |
Cape Bancorp | Cape May Court House | NJ | 10.46 | 7.00 | 22.05 | 49% | -68% |
Mack-Cali Realty | Edison | NJ | 21.85 | 14.63 | 34.00 | 49% | -57% |
Kearny Financial | Fairfield | NJ | 11.86 | 8.06 | 11.91 | 47% | -32% |
BCB Bancorp | Bayonne | NJ | 13.07 | 9.49 | 15.55 | 38% | -39% |
Suburban Propane Partners LP | Whippany | NJ | 44.00 | 32.06 | 40.50 | 37% | -21% |
Metalico | Cranford | NJ | 2.14 | 1.60 | 10.81 | 34% | -85% |
Valley National Bancorp | Wayne | NJ | 9.87 | 7.40 | 14.93 | 33% | -50% |
Dun & Bradstreet | Short Hills | NJ | 95.54 | 71.76 | 88.63 | 33% | -19% |
Covanta Holding | Morristown | NJ | 17.70 | 13.42 | 27.66 | 32% | -51% |
Anadigics | Warren | NJ | 1.89 | 1.50 | 11.57 | 26% | -87% |
Quest Diagnostics | Madison | NJ | 53.05 | 44.41 | 52.90 | 19% | -16% |
Village Super Market | Springfield | NJ | 27.90 | 25.75 | 25.45 | 8% | 1% |
Hudson City Bancorp | Paramus | NJ | 9.22 | 8.80 | 15.02 | 5% | -41% |
North European Oil Royalty Trust | Red Bank | NJ | 22.16 | 22.36 | 34.02 | -1% | -34% |
Sun Bancorp | Vineland | NJ | 3.33 | 3.43 | 14.31 | -3% | -76% |
Amicus Therapeutics | Cranbury | NJ | 2.59 | 7.26 | 10.75 | -64% | -32% |
Average % Change all 92 | 391% | -52% |