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 Pennsylvania Companies had their average stock market price increase by a very impressive 50% over a very short 21 month average period of time that their common stocks traded through the most recent date March 11, 2014. And 5 of these 22 Companies had their stock market price more than double over this short period of time.
Below here are the stock market prices on the most recent date March 11, 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 Pennsylvania Companies:
| 1st Day | |||||||
| 3-11-14 | IPO | % | |||||
| Stock | Closing | Market | |||||
| IPO | City | Market | Market | Price | |||
| Date | Company | HQs | Sector | Industry | Price | Price | Change |
| Pennsylvania IPOs During Obama | |||||||
| 4/1/11 | GNC Holdings | Pittsburgh | Services | Drug Stores | $48.04 | $16.75 | 187% |
| 6/27/12 | EQT Midstream Partners, LP | Pittsburgh | Basic Materials | Major Integrated Oil & Gas | $64.69 | $23.75 | 172% |
| 2/8/12 | EPAM Systems | Newtown | Technology | Information Technolgy Services | $35.73 | $14.00 | 155% |
| 2/11/10 | Graham Packaging | York | Consumer Goods | Rubber & Platics | $25.50 | $10.20 | 150% |
| 7/16/10 | Qlink Technologies | Radnor | Technology | Business & Software Services | $29.40 | $12.80 | 130% |
| 11/13/09 | rue21 | Warrendale | Services | Apparel Stores | $42.00 | $24.30 | 73% |
| 2/7/13 | ExOne Company (The) | North Huntingdon | Industrial Goods | Diversified Machinery | $42.43 | $26.52 | 60% |
| 4/18/13 | Taminco | Allentown | Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | $22.46 | $14.55 | 54% |
| 1/31/14 | Trevena | King of Prussia | Health Care | Biotechnology | $9.29 | $6.50 | 43% |
| 7/19/12 | Five Below | Philadelphia | Services | Specialty Retail | $37.85 | $26.50 | 43% |
| 11/8/13 | JGWPT Holdings | Radnor | Financial | Mortgage Investment | $18.05 | $12.82 | 41% |
| 4/14/11 | TMS International | Glassport | Basic Materials | Steel Works | $17.49 | $12.58 | 39% |
| 10/25/12 | Lehigh Gas Partners LP | Allentown | Basic Materials | Oil&Gas Refining&Marketing | $27.50 | $20.23 | 36% |
| 12/12/13 | ARAMARK Holdings | Philadelphia | Services | Specialty Eateries | $28.91 | $22.70 | 27% |
| 12/12/13 | TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals | Malvern | Health Care | Biotechnology | $8.60 | $7.00 | 23% |
| 9/25/09 | Select Medical Holdings | Mechanicsburg | Healthcare | Hospitals | $11.71 | $10.09 | 16% |
| 5/9/13 | TriState Capital Holdings | Pittsburgh | Financial | Banks | $14.05 | $12.59 | 12% |
| 1/24/14 | Rice Energy | Canonsburg | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $24.32 | $21.90 | 11% |
| 8/8/13 | Intrexon | North Huntingdon | Industrial Goods | Diversified Machinery | $27.41 | $24.73 | 11% |
| 8/6/10 | NuPathe | Malvern | Healthcare | Drug Manufacturers | $4.25 | $9.25 | -54% |
| 7/25/13 | Onconova Therapeutics | Newtown | Health Care | Biotechnology | $7.44 | $19.88 | -63% |
| 10/2/09 | Education Management Corporation | Pittsburgh | Services | Education & Training Services | $5.48 | $21.77 | -75% |
| Average % Change all 22 Pennsylvania Companies | 50% | ||||||
| Average Number of Months 22 Stocks Traded | 21 | ||||||
