Thursday, March 13, 2014

Illinois IPOs During Obama: 22 Companies Up 57% Over 28 Month Average Period

With the superb Initial Public Offering (IPO) data available from IPO Scoop, there were 22 Illinois Companies, all located in the Chicago Metro Area, filing IPOs so far during the Obama Administration .....from Jan 2009 through Feb 2014..... which have a Market Capitalization of more than $100 mil presently or were sold for at least that amount.
 
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources....  Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.  The superb Yahoo Finance website was also utilized heavily.

These 22 Illinois Companies had their average stock market price increase by a very impressive 57% over a short 28 month average period of time that their common stocks traded through the most recent date March 12, 2014.

Three Illinois Companies filing IPOs during the Obama Administration had their stock market prices more than triple: Envestnet, a Technology Company serving the Financial Services Industry, up 320%; Obamacare beneficiary Addus HomeCare, up 243%; and Bristol Myers spinoff Mead Johnson Nutrition, with its Top Executive HQs in Glenview and with Operational HQs in Evansville, IN, up 216%.

Coming in fourth was the exceptionally well run Hyatt Hotels, posting a stock market price increase of a very robust 88%.

Below here are the stock market prices on the most recent date March 12, 2014 or the date the Company was sold and also at the close on the first day of the IPO, as well as the related % Market Price Change for this period of time, for these 22 Illinois Companies:





1st Day





3-12-14 IPO %





Stock Closing Market
IPO
City

Market Market Price
Date Company HQs Sector Industry Price Price Change

Illinois IPOs During Obama





7/29/10 Envestnet  Chicago Technology Financial Services $42.92 $10.23 320%
10/28/09 Addus HomeCare  Palatine Healthcare Home Health Care $29.16 $8.49 243%
2/10/09 Mead Johnson Nutrition  Glenview Consumer Goods Processed & Packaged Goods $83.53 $26.43 216%
11/5/09 Hyatt Hotels Chicago Services Lodging $52.68 $28.00 88%
6/15/10 CBOE Holdings  Chicago Financial Diversified Investmrnts $56.64 $32.49 74%
1/18/13 SunCoke Energy Partners, L.P.  Lisle Basic Materials Nonmetallic Mineral Mining $29.80 $18.25 63%
7/19/12 Durata Therapeutics  Chicago Healthcare Biotechnology $14.64 $9.04 62%
4/5/12 Retail Properties of America  Oak Brook Financial REIT-Retail $13.84 $8.75 58%
6/21/13 Gogo  Itasca Technology Diversified Communication Services $23.88 $16.00 49%
7/28/11 Horizon Pharma  Deerfield Healthcare Major Drug Manufacturers $13.62 $9.15 49%
6/27/13 CDW Corp   Vernon Hills Technology Information Technology Services $25.39 $18.37 38%
6/7/13 Textura    Deerfield Technology Application Software $27.18 $20.94 30%
7/21/11 SunCoke Energy  Lisle Basic Materials Steel & Iron $21.68 $17.00 28%
10/2/09 Echo Global Logitcs  Chicago Services Trucking $17.39 $14.06 24%
5/23/13 Global Brass and Copper Holdings  Schaumburg Industrial Goods Metal Fabrication $16.37 $13.55 21%
10/30/13 Surgical Care Affiliates   Deerfield Health Care Skilled Health Services $31.09 $27.10 15%
4/20/11 Sagent Pharmaceuticals  Schaumburg Healthcare Drugs-Generic $22.28 $19.90 12%
3/21/13 Aviv REIT Chicago Financial REIT-Diversified $25.13 $22.55 11%
4/26/12 Ares Commercial Real Estate  Chicago Financial REIT-Diversified $13.48 $18.00 -25%
10/3/13 Potbelly Corporation  Chicago Services Special Eateries $20.77 $30.44 -32%
5/20/10 Accretive Health  Chicago Healthcare Management Services $8.53 $12.74 -33%
11/4/11 Groupon  Chicago Technology Internet Information Providers $8.60 $26.11 -67%









Average % Change all 22




57%

Average Number of Months 22 Stocks Traded 28