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 82 Texas Companies had their average stock market price increase by an impressive 42% over a short 23 month average period of time that their common stocks traded through the most recent date March 11, 2014.
The 45 Texas Oil & Gas Companies filing IPOs during the Obama Administration had an average stock market price increase of a healthy 32% over a short 22 month average period of time, with 4 of them more than tripling in price and 7 of them more than doubling in price.
The 37 Texas Non-Oil & Gas Companies filing IPOs during the Obama Administration did even much better, registering an average stock market price increase of a very robust 54% over a short 23 month average period of time. Leading the pack were two Technology Companies, which more than tripled ..... RigNet up 339% and SolarWinds up 220%. There were 11 of these 37 Companies which posted stock market price appreciation above 90% for this very 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 82 Texas Companies:
| 1st Day | |||||||
| 3-11-14 | IPO | % | |||||
| Stock | Closing | Market | |||||
| IPO | City | Market | Market | Price | |||
| Date | Company | HQs | Sector | Industry | Price | Price | Change |
| Texas IPOs During Obama | |||||||
| Oil & Gas Companies | |||||||
| 12/7/10 | Targa Resources Investments | Houston | Basic Materials | Oil & Gas Pipilines | $97.12 | $24.70 | 293% |
| 10/12/12 | Diamondback Energy | Midland | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $62.01 | $17.50 | 254% |
| 7/14/11 | Oiltanking Partners, L.P. | Houston | Basic Materials | Oil & Gas Pipelines | $73.15 | $23.70 | 209% |
| 5/9/13 | Emerge Energy Services LP | Southlake | Basic Materials | Oil&Gas Equip&Services | $50.10 | $16.55 | 203% |
| 6/17/10 | Oasis Petroleum | Houston | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $41.24 | $14.88 | 177% |
| 4/20/11 | Tesoro Logistics LP | San Antonio | Basic Materials | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | $62.25 | $23.50 | 165% |
| 1/15/13 | USA Compression Partners, LP | Austin | Basic Materials | Oil & Gas Pipelines | $27.38 | $11.66 | 135% |
| 2/2/12 | Matador Resources | Dallas | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $21.72 | $11.75 | 85% |
| 7/23/13 | Phillips 66 Partners LP | Houston | Basic Materials | Oil&Gas Refining&Marketing | $47.68 | $29.70 | 61% |
| 12/7/12 | Western Gas Equity Partners, LP | Woodlands | Basic Materials | Oil & Gas Pipelines | $44.66 | $28.00 | 60% |
| 12/14/11 | Sanchez Energy | Houston | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $26.94 | $18.25 | 48% |
| 12/11/13 | Valero Energy Partners LP | San Antonio | Basic Materials | Oil & Gas Pipelines | $38.44 | $28.00 | 37% |
| 12/16/09 | Cobalt International Energy | Houston | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $17.83 | $13.50 | 32% |
| 1/17/14 | RSP Permian | Dallas | Basic Materials | Oil&Gas Drilling&Exploration | $26.50 | $20.15 | 32% |
| 12/16/11 | Creatwood Midstream Partners LP | Houston | Basic Materials | Oil & Gas Pipelines | $22.66 | $17.65 | 28% |
| 8/2/13 | Athlon Energy | Fort Worth | Basic Materials | Indpendent Oil & Gas | $35.34 | $27.56 | 28% |
| 12/15/11 | Mid-Con Energy Partners, LP | Dallas | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $23.03 | $18.05 | 28% |
| 10/10/13 | Western Refining Logistics, LP | El Paso | Basic Materials | Oil & Gas Pipelines | $30.60 | $24.10 | 27% |
| 10/16/13 | Plains GP Holdings, L.P. | Houston | Basic Materials | Oil & Gas Pipelines | $27.48 | $22.00 | 25% |
| 4/12/12 | Forum Energy Technologies | Houston | Basic Materials | Oil&Gas Equipment&Services | $27.08 | $21.75 | 25% |
| 4/12/12 | MRC Global | Houston | Basic Materials | Oil&Gas Equipment&Services | $26.03 | $21.04 | 24% |
| 11/7/13 | Midcoast Energy Partners, L.P. | Houston | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $20.73 | $17.49 | 19% |
| 12/9/11 | Memorial Production Partners LP | Houston | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $22.86 | $19.79 | 16% |
| 12/13/13 | Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings | Houston | Basic Materials | Natural Gas Distribution | $21.25 | $19.22 | 11% |
| 7/24/13 | Jones Energy | Austin | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $15.20 | $13.83 | 10% |
| 1/17/14 | EP Energy | Houston | Basic Materials | Major Integrated Oil&Gas | $19.01 | $18.08 | 5% |
| 2/11/11 | Kinder Morgan | Houston | Basic Materials | Oil & Gas Pipelines | $31.59 | $31.05 | 2% |
| 4/30/10 | PAA Natural Gas Storage | Houston | Basic Materials | Natural Gas Transmission | $23.00 | $23.25 | -1% |
| 12/17/10 | QR Energy, LP | Houston | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $18.35 | $19.60 | -6% |
| 7/26/13 | Marlin Midstream Partners, LP | Houston | Basic Materials | Oil & Gas Pipelines | $18.12 | $19.50 | -7% |
| 1/17/13 | CVR Refining, LP | Sugar Land | Basic Materials | Oil&Gas Refining&Marketing | $23.07 | $25.05 | -8% |
| 11/11/11 | LRR Energy, L.P. | Houston | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $17.11 | $19.05 | -10% |
| 7/29/11 | C&J Energy Services | Houston | Basic Materials | Oil&Gas Refining&Marketing | $26.03 | $30.50 | -15% |
| 11/120 | Alon USA Partners, LP | Dallas | Basic Materials | Oil&Gas Refining&Marketing | $14.55 | $18.40 | -21% |
| 10/12/12 | Linn Co LLC | Houston | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $28.88 | $38.26 | -25% |
| 5/5/11 | VOC Energy Trust | Austin | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $15.16 | $21.00 | -28% |
| 8/11/11 | SandRidge Permian Trust | Austin | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $12.35 | $18.00 | -31% |
| 5/3/12 | Pacific Coast Oil Trust | Austin | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $13.38 | $20.00 | -33% |
| 11/3/11 | Enduro Royalty Trust | Austin | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $13.15 | $21.26 | -38% |
| 11/11/11 | Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust | Austin | Basic Materials | Oil & Gas Pipelines | $11.13 | $18.87 | -41% |
| 3/23/12 | Whiting USA Trust II | Austin | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $12.93 | $24.46 | -47% |
| 4/18/12 | SandRidge Mississippian Trust II | Austin | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $8.28 | $21.40 | -61% |
| 4/20/12 | Midstates Petroleum | Houston | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $5.20 | $15.03 | -65% |
| 4/7/11 | SandRidge Mississippian Trust I | Austin | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | $7.70 | $24.21 | -68% |
| 6/24/11 | KiOR | Pasadena | Basic Materials | Oil&Gas Refining&Marketing | $1.31 | $15.00 | -91% |
| Average % Change all 45 Oil & Gas | 32% | ||||||
| Average Number of Months 45 Stocks Traded | 22 | ||||||
| Non-Oil & Gas Companies | |||||||
| 12/15/10 | RigNet | Houston | Technology | Wireless Communications | $55.04 | $12.55 | 339% |
| 5/19/09 | SolarWinds | Austin | Technology | Application Software | $43.95 | $13.75 | 220% |
| 9/26/13 | Applied Optoelectronics | Sugar Land | Technology | Semiconductor-Integrated Circuits | $26.32 | $9.96 | 164% |
| 7/24/12 | Chuy's Holdings | Austin | Services | Restaurants | $39.12 | $15.06 | 160% |
| 3/8/12 | Nationstar Mortgage Holdings | Lewisville | Financial | Mortgage Investment | $30.29 | $14.25 | 113% |
| 7/27/12 | Del Friscos Restaurant Group | Southlake | Services | Restaurants | $26.75 | $13.00 | 106% |
| 5/5/11 | Thermon Group Holdings | San Marcos | Industrial Goods | Diversified Machinery | $24.97 | $12.28 | 103% |
| 11/18/11 | Mattress Firm Holding | Houston | Consumer Goods | Home Furnishings & Fixtures | $43.55 | $22.00 | 98% |
| 12/17/09 | Kraton Performance Polymers | Houston | Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | $26.61 | $13.51 | 97% |
| 8/16/12 | Hi-Crush Partners LP | Houston | Basic Materials | Industrial Metals & Minerals | $39.38 | $20.00 | 97% |
| 10/9/13 | LDR Holding | Austin | Health Care | Medical Appliances & Equipment | $37.32 | $19.35 | 93% |
| 4/3/13 | Independent Bank Group | McKinney | Financial | Regional Banks | $54.83 | $29.36 | 87% |
| 9/28/12 | Summit Midstream Partners, LP | Dallas | Utilities | Gas Utilities | $38.75 | $21.11 | 84% |
| 11/7/13 | Mavenir Systems | Richardson | Technology | Computer Communications Equip | $16.68 | $9.64 | 73% |
| 9/20/12 | Susser Petroleum Partners LP | Houston | Services | Industrial Equipment Wholesale | $36.83 | $22.91 | 61% |
| 4/29/10 | Convio | Austin | Technology | Application Software | $16.07 | $10.24 | 57% |
| 7/19/13 | RetailMeNot | Austin | Services | Marketing Services | $39.43 | $27.70 | 42% |
| 10/3/13 | OCI Partners LP | Nederland | Basic Materials | Chemicals-Major Diversified | $25.03 | $18.80 | 33% |
| 11/7/13 | LGI Homes | Woodlands | Financial | Real Estate Development | $16.74 | $12.90 | 30% |
| 8/12/10 | RealPage | Carrollton | Technology | Application Software | $18.48 | $14.52 | 27% |
| 8/26/10 | Whitestone REIT | Houston | Financial | REIT-Diversified | $14.43 | $11.50 | 25% |
| 5/26/11 | Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I | Austin | Technology | Semiconductor-Broad Line | $22.68 | $18.33 | 24% |
| 10/19/10 | NetSpend Holdings | Austin | Financial | Finance Services | $15.98 | $13.00 | 23% |
| 7/27/12 | AmREIT | Houston | Financial | REIT-Retail | $17.03 | $14.02 | 21% |
| 9/20/13 | ClubCorp Holdings | Dallas | Services | Sporting Activities | $17.16 | $14.50 | 18% |
| 4/8/11 | CVR Partners, LP | Sugar Land | Basic Materials | Agriculture Chemicals | $20.53 | $17.55 | 17% |
| 6/29/11 | HomeAway | Austin | Technology | Internet Information Providers | $44.80 | $40.21 | 11% |
| 1/18/13 | CyrusOne | Carrollton | Financial | REIT-Diversified | $22.61 | $21.20 | 7% |
| 1/23/14 | Santander Consumer USA Holdings | Dallas | Financial | Mortgage Investment | $23.94 | $25.28 | -5% |
| 11/1/13 | Container Store Group | Coppell | Services | Specialty Retail | $34.10 | $36.20 | -6% |
| 5/11/12 | Ignite Restaurant Group | Houston | Services | Restaurants | $13.73 | $17.13 | -20% |
| 5/4/12 | PetroLogistics LP | Houston | Basic Materials | Chemicals-Major Diversified | $12.98 | $16.50 | -21% |
| 11/2/12 | Southcross Energy Partners, L.P | Dallas | Utilities | Gas Utilities | $17.04 | $22.35 | -24% |
| 7/22/11 | Francescas Holdings | Houston | Services | Apparel Stores | $20.64 | $27.65 | -25% |
| 5/12/10 | Niska Gas Storage | Houston | Utilities | Gas Utilities | $13.40 | $19.10 | -30% |
| 11/20/09 | Archipelago Learning | Dallas | Services | Education & Training Services | $11.10 | $18.77 | -41% |
| 2/24/12 | Bazaarvoice | Austin | Technology | Application Software | $7.91 | $16.51 | -52% |
| Average % Change all 37 Non-Oil & Gas | 54% | ||||||
| Average Number of Months 37 Stocks Traded | 23 | ||||||
| Average % Change all 82 Texas Companies | 42% | ||||||
| Average Number of Months 82 Stocks Traded | 23 | ||||||
