- 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 20, 2014.
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 148 Texas Non-Oil & Gas Companies had their equally-company-weighted average stock market prices decline by a massive 53% 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 148 Texas Non-Oil & Gas Companies have increased by a spectacular 533% through February 20, 2014.
Texas citizens should be extremely pleased with the strong performance of these Texas Non-Oil & Gas Companies during the Obama Administration.
Below here are the stock market prices of these 148 Texas Non-Oil & Gas Companies on February 20, 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 | |||
| Texas Company | HQs | 2-20-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 2-20-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| Non-Oil & Gas Companies | |||||||
| Pier 1 Imports | Fort Worth | TX | 19.20 | 0.15 | 5.23 | 12700% | -97% |
| Nexstar Broadcasting Group | Irving | TX | 44.86 | 0.65 | 9.14 | 6802% | -93% |
| Cardtronics | Houston | TX | 39.33 | 1.38 | 10.11 | 2750% | -86% |
| Tuesday Morning | Dallas | TX | 14.45 | 0.57 | 5.07 | 2435% | -89% |
| Zale | Irving | TX | 20.99 | 0.97 | 16.06 | 2064% | -94% |
| Flotek Industries | Houston | TX | 24.37 | 1.28 | 36.04 | 1804% | -96% |
| Multimedia Games Holding | Austin | TX | 29.62 | 1.74 | 8.34 | 1602% | -79% |
| Ashford Hospitality Trust | Dallas | TX | 10.82 | 0.65 | 4.82 | 1562% | -87% |
| Chicago Bridge & Iron NV | Woodlands | TX | 79.86 | 4.87 | 60.44 | 1540% | -92% |
| Geospace Technologies | Houston | TX | 73.73 | 4.81 | 29.05 | 1434% | -83% |
| Arabian American Development Co | Sugar Land | TX | 12.32 | 0.87 | 7.65 | 1316% | -89% |
| Bio-Path Holdings | Houston | TX | 4.23 | 0.30 | 0.90 | 1310% | -67% |
| Carriage Services Inc | Houston | TX | 21.03 | 1.64 | 8.80 | 1182% | -81% |
| Tenet Healthcare | Dallas | TX | 46.12 | 3.68 | 20.32 | 1153% | -82% |
| Westlake Chemical | Houston | TX | 131.49 | 10.74 | 18.99 | 1124% | -43% |
| Alliance Data Systems | Plano | TX | 284.23 | 23.78 | 74.99 | 1095% | -68% |
| PFSweb | Allen | TX | 8.35 | 0.74 | 5.88 | 1028% | -87% |
| Speed Commerce | Richardson | TX | 4.04 | 0.37 | 2.08 | 992% | -82% |
| DXP Enterprises | Houston | TX | 99.54 | 9.31 | 23.34 | 969% | -60% |
| PROS Holdings | Houston | TX | 39.12 | 3.79 | 19.62 | 932% | -81% |
| Fossil Group | Richardson | TX | 119.35 | 11.75 | 41.98 | 916% | -72% |
| Trinity Industries | Dallas | TX | 66.91 | 6.72 | 27.76 | 896% | -76% |
| Capital Senior Living | Dallas | TX | 23.04 | 2.40 | 9.93 | 860% | -76% |
| FelCor Lodging Trust | Irving | TX | 8.21 | 0.94 | 15.59 | 773% | -94% |
| Whole Foods Market | Austin | TX | 52.35 | 6.04 | 20.40 | 767% | -70% |
| Texas Capital Bancshares | Dallas | TX | 59.19 | 6.94 | 18.25 | 753% | -62% |
| Tyler Technologies | Dallas | TX | 97.41 | 12.66 | 12.89 | 669% | -2% |
| Builders FirstSource | Dallas | TX | 8.21 | 1.08 | 6.07 | 657% | -82% |
| Group 1 Automotive | Houston | TX | 62.87 | 8.33 | 23.75 | 655% | -65% |
| Texas Pacific Land Trust | Dallas | TX | 132.13 | 18.25 | 44.75 | 624% | -59% |
| Helen of Troy | El Paso | TX | 63.22 | 8.99 | 17.14 | 603% | -48% |
| Primoris Services Corp | Dallas | TX | 32.79 | 4.70 | 7.52 | 598% | -38% |
| Sally Beauty Holdings | Denton | TX | 28.33 | 4.18 | 9.05 | 578% | -54% |
| Torchmark | McKinney | TX | 76.09 | 11.37 | 40.35 | 569% | -72% |
| Darling Intl | Irving | TX | 19.96 | 3.09 | 11.56 | 546% | -73% |
| Celanese Corp | Irving | TX | 52.92 | 8.36 | 42.32 | 533% | -80% |
| Service Corp Intl | Houston | TX | 18.18 | 2.91 | 14.05 | 525% | -79% |
| Mitcham Industries | Huntsville | TX | 14.79 | 2.43 | 20.56 | 509% | -88% |
| Omega Protein | Houston | TX | 11.65 | 1.95 | 9.29 | 497% | -79% |
| Consolidated Graphics | Houston | TX | 64.84 | 10.95 | 47.82 | 492% | -77% |
| Texas Industries | Dallas | TX | 81.04 | 13.69 | 70.10 | 492% | -80% |
| Cirrus Logic | Austin | TX | 18.56 | 3.14 | 6.88 | 491% | -54% |
| Flowserve | Irving | TX | 81.55 | 14.86 | 32.07 | 449% | -54% |
| Susser Holdings | Corpus Christi | TX | 59.68 | 11.10 | 20.50 | 438% | -46% |
| Alamo Group | Sequin | TX | 52.40 | 10.05 | 18.12 | 421% | -45% |
| Kronos Worldwide | Dallas | TX | 15.58 | 3.04 | 8.73 | 413% | -65% |
| Zix | Dallas | TX | 4.66 | 0.91 | 4.60 | 412% | -80% |
| Brinker Intl | Dallas | TX | 50.96 | 9.96 | 19.56 | 412% | -49% |
| AZZ Inc | Fort Worth | TX | 43.75 | 8.56 | 14.18 | 411% | -40% |
| Kirby | Houston | TX | 99.85 | 19.95 | 46.48 | 401% | -57% |
| Furmanite | Houston | TX | 12.56 | 2.55 | 11.80 | 393% | -78% |
| Eagle Materials | Dallas | TX | 84.34 | 17.45 | 35.48 | 383% | -51% |
| Cyberonics | Houston | TX | 69.36 | 14.77 | 13.16 | 370% | 12% |
| Men's Wearhouse | Houston | TX | 44.98 | 9.73 | 26.98 | 362% | -64% |
| ION Geophysical | Houston | TX | 4.15 | 0.91 | 15.78 | 356% | -94% |
| Crown Castle Intl | Houston | TX | 76.29 | 16.74 | 41.60 | 356% | -60% |
| ATRION | Allen | TX | 294.50 | 65.35 | 125.00 | 351% | -48% |
| First Cash Financial Services | Arlington | TX | 51.16 | 11.72 | 14.68 | 337% | -20% |
| Rush Enterprises | New Braunfels | TX | 24.05 | 5.57 | 17.80 | 332% | -69% |
| US Physical Therapy | Houston | TX | 32.67 | 7.66 | 14.37 | 327% | -47% |
| Southwest Airlines | Dallas | TX | 21.70 | 5.13 | 12.20 | 323% | -58% |
| Rick's Cabaret | Houston | TX | 11.10 | 2.63 | 26.92 | 322% | -90% |
| Bristow Group | Houston | TX | 73.01 | 17.41 | 56.65 | 319% | -69% |
| Biglari Holdings | San Antonio | TX | 429.49 | 102.80 | 218.00 | 318% | -53% |
| Team Inc | Sugar Land | TX | 42.78 | 10.32 | 36.58 | 315% | -72% |
| Cinemark Holdings | Plano | TX | 28.69 | 7.12 | 17.00 | 303% | -58% |
| KMG Chemicals | Houston | TX | 16.39 | 4.08 | 14.46 | 302% | -72% |
| Valhi | Dallas | TX | 11.78 | 2.95 | 5.31 | 299% | -44% |
| Uranium Energy Corp | Corpus Christi | TX | 1.67 | 0.42 | 3.06 | 298% | -86% |
| Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings | San Antonio | TX | 9.88 | 2.52 | 27.66 | 292% | -91% |
| Insteel Industries | Mount Airy | TX | 19.08 | 4.90 | 11.73 | 289% | -58% |
| Lennox Intl | Richardson | TX | 89.90 | 24.27 | 41.42 | 270% | -41% |
| Stratus Properties | Austin | TX | 17.50 | 4.74 | 33.94 | 269% | -86% |
| Weingarten Realty Investors | Houston | TX | 30.80 | 8.43 | 31.44 | 265% | -73% |
| Comerica | Dallas | TX | 46.71 | 12.84 | 43.53 | 264% | -71% |
| Diodes | Plano | TX | 24.51 | 7.00 | 30.07 | 250% | -77% |
| Solera Holdings | Westlake | TX | 68.17 | 20.05 | 24.78 | 240% | -19% |
| Cash America Intl | Fort Worth | TX | 40.67 | 12.04 | 32.30 | 238% | -63% |
| DR Horton | Fort Worth | TX | 23.33 | 6.93 | 13.17 | 237% | -47% |
| National Western Life Insurance | Austin | TX | 210.36 | 65.05 | 207.37 | 223% | -69% |
| Conns | Woodlands | TX | 31.89 | 10.04 | 15.13 | 218% | -34% |
| Stage Stores | Houston | TX | 18.77 | 5.92 | 14.80 | 217% | -60% |
| American National Insurance | Galveston | TX | 112.15 | 35.38 | 121.24 | 217% | -71% |
| Forestar Group | Austin | TX | 18.95 | 6.10 | 23.59 | 211% | -74% |
| Encore Wire | Mckinney | TX | 52.80 | 17.07 | 15.92 | 209% | 7% |
| US Lime & Minerals | Dallas | TX | 56.81 | 18.42 | 30.35 | 208% | -39% |
| ViewPoint Financial Group | Plano | TX | 24.13 | 7.86 | 11.81 | 207% | -33% |
| Texas Instruments | Dallas | TX | 44.20 | 14.71 | 33.40 | 200% | -56% |
| Waste Connections | Woodlands | TX | 42.94 | 14.58 | 20.60 | 195% | -29% |
| Prosperity Bancshares | Houston | TX | 61.20 | 21.16 | 29.39 | 189% | -28% |
| Hanger | Austin | TX | 35.82 | 12.63 | 11.01 | 184% | 15% |
| International Bancshares | Laredo | TX | 21.55 | 7.63 | 20.94 | 182% | -64% |
| Dresser-Rand Group | Houston | TX | 54.00 | 19.12 | 39.05 | 182% | -51% |
| KBR Inc | Houston | TX | 31.69 | 11.71 | 38.80 | 171% | -70% |
| Houston Wire & Cable | Houston | TX | 13.62 | 5.08 | 14.14 | 168% | -64% |
| Stewart Information Services | Houston | TX | 36.25 | 13.65 | 26.09 | 166% | -48% |
| National Instruments | Austin | TX | 29.03 | 10.95 | 22.22 | 165% | -51% |
| Benchmark Electronics | Angleton | TX | 23.78 | 9.13 | 17.73 | 160% | -49% |
| Southside Bancshares | Tyler | TX | 29.11 | 11.22 | 15.27 | 159% | -27% |
| Copart | Dallas | TX | 34.33 | 13.49 | 21.28 | 154% | -37% |
| Fluor | Irving | TX | 80.01 | 31.75 | 72.86 | 152% | -56% |
| Kimberly-Clark | Dallas | TX | 109.97 | 43.92 | 69.34 | 150% | -37% |
| Capital Southwest Corp | Dallas | TX | 34.99 | 14.60 | 29.60 | 140% | -51% |
| First Financial Bankshares | Abilene | TX | 57.91 | 24.97 | 25.10 | 132% | -1% |
| American Campus Communities | Austin | TX | 35.94 | 15.61 | 26.85 | 130% | -42% |
| CompX Intl | Dallas | TX | 12.10 | 5.29 | 14.62 | 129% | -64% |
| Greatbatch | Frisco | TX | 42.54 | 18.66 | 19.99 | 128% | -7% |
| Silicon Laboratories | Austin | TX | 49.50 | 21.80 | 37.43 | 127% | -42% |
| Powell Industries | Houston | TX | 66.36 | 29.87 | 44.07 | 122% | -32% |
| Hilltop Holdings | Dallas | TX | 23.68 | 11.00 | 10.92 | 115% | 1% |
| Ennis | Midlothian | TX | 15.82 | 7.43 | 18.00 | 113% | -59% |
| Moneygram Intl | Dallas | TX | 19.33 | 9.20 | 122.96 | 110% | -93% |
| Commercial Metals | Irving | TX | 19.81 | 9.64 | 29.45 | 105% | -67% |
| HCC Insurance Holdings | Houston | TX | 43.71 | 21.34 | 28.68 | 105% | -26% |
| Cullen/Frost Bankers | San Antonio | TX | 73.29 | 36.61 | 50.66 | 100% | -28% |
| Quanta Services | Houston | TX | 34.54 | 17.92 | 26.24 | 93% | -32% |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals | Woodlands | TX | 1.920 | 1.020 | 3.030 | 88% | -66% |
| Comfort Systems USA | Houston | TX | 16.37 | 9.14 | 12.78 | 79% | -28% |
| Sysco | Houston | TX | 35.85 | 20.23 | 31.21 | 77% | -35% |
| Sabine Royalty Trust | Dallas | TX | 51.31 | 29.09 | 42.88 | 76% | -32% |
| Waste Management | Houston | TX | 40.98 | 23.26 | 32.67 | 76% | -29% |
| Luby's Inc | Houston | TX | 6.19 | 3.52 | 10.16 | 76% | -65% |
| Westwood Holdings Group | Dallas | TX | 58.97 | 33.80 | 37.60 | 74% | -10% |
| Harte-Hanks Inc | San Antonio | TX | 7.97 | 4.65 | 1.72 | 71% | 170% |
| Dorchester Minerals LP | Dallas | TX | 24.96 | 14.65 | 20.13 | 70% | -27% |
| GameStop | Grapevine | TX | 35.64 | 22.38 | 62.11 | 59% | -64% |
| Insperity | Kingwood | TX | 28.56 | 18.94 | 28.28 | 51% | -33% |
| AT&T | Dallas | TX | 33.18 | 22.58 | 41.56 | 47% | -46% |
| NL Industries | Dallas | TX | 11.39 | 7.77 | 11.43 | 47% | -32% |
| Rent-A-Center | Plano | TX | 24.06 | 16.90 | 14.52 | 42% | 16% |
| Pain Therapeutics | Austin | TX | 5.270 | 3.840 | 10.600 | 37% | -64% |
| Capstead Moertage Corp | Dallas | TX | 12.77 | 9.49 | 13.19 | 35% | -28% |
| Hallmark Financial Services | Fort Worth | TX | 8.70 | 6.50 | 15.86 | 34% | -59% |
| PMFG Inc | Dallas | TX | 6.46 | 4.90 | 20.60 | 32% | -76% |
| EZCORP | Austin | TX | 12.18 | 9.91 | 11.29 | 23% | -12% |
| Luminex | Austin | TX | 18.75 | 15.66 | 16.24 | 20% | -4% |
| Layne Christensen Co | Woodlands | TX | 17.38 | 15.24 | 49.21 | 14% | -69% |
| Orion Marine Group | Houston | TX | 10.51 | 9.69 | 15.00 | 8% | -35% |
| Citizens Inc | Austin | TX | 6.93 | 6.60 | 5.53 | 5% | 19% |
| NCI Building Systems | Houston | TX | 17.76 | 17.21 | 143.95 | 3% | -88% |
| Dean Foods | Dallas | TX | 14.56 | 17.85 | 24.05 | -18% | -26% |
| Integrated Electrical Services | Houston | TX | 6.42 | 7.90 | 18.79 | -19% | -58% |
| Natural Resource Partners LP | Houston | TX | 15.24 | 19.14 | 32.46 | -20% | -41% |
| Repros Therapeutics | Woodlands | TX | 18.980 | 24.440 | 37.280 | -22% | -34% |
| SWS Group | Dallas | TX | 8.19 | 12.61 | 12.67 | -35% | 0% |
| Sterling Construction | Houston | TX | 9.31 | 16.43 | 21.82 | -43% | -25% |
| JC Penney | Plano | TX | 5.65 | 14.22 | 43.99 | -60% | -68% |
| RadioShack | Fort Worth | TX | 2.59 | 6.70 | 16.86 | -61% | -60% |
| Average % Change all 148 Texas Non-Oil & Gas Companies | 533% | -53% | |||||
