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 3 Kansas Companies had their average stock market price increase by an off-the-charts 69% especially given that it was over an extremely short 8 month average period of time that their common stocks traded through the most recent date March 12, 2014.
Biotech Company Aratana Therapeutics was the main driver with its stock market price advancing by 135%.
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 3 Kansas Companies:
1st Day | |||||||
3-12-14 | IPO | % | |||||
Stock | Closing | Market | |||||
IPO | City | Market | Market | Price | |||
Date | Company | HQs | Sector | Industry | Price | Price | Change |
Kansas IPOs During Obama | |||||||
6/27/13 | Aratana Therapeutics | Kansas City | Health Care | Biotechnology | $19.42 | $8.26 | 135% |
5/14/13 | Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP | Overland Park | Basic Materials | Oil & Gas Pipelines | $32.18 | $21.50 | 50% |
10/9/13 | QTS Realty Trust | Overland Park | Financial | REIT-Industrial | $25.69 | $21.00 | 22% |
Average % Change all 2 | 69% | ||||||
Average Number of Months 2 Stocks Traded | 8 |