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 7 Washington State Companies had their average stock market price increase by a spectacular 103% over a short 26 month average period of time that their common stocks traded through the most recent date March 11, 2014.
Included in these 7 were what I would call 3 Technology Companies, whose average stock price increase was 135%.
All 7 Washington Companies had stock market price increases, with the lowest one being a solid 43%.
Below here are the stock market prices on the most recent date March 11, 2014 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 7 Washington Companies:
| 1st Day | |||||||
| 3-11-14 | IPO | % | |||||
| Stock | Closing | Market | |||||
| IPO | City | Market | Market | Price | |||
| Date | Company | HQs | Sector | Industry | Price | Price | Change |
| Washington IPOs During Obama | |||||||
| 11/15/13 | zulily | Seattle | Technology | Catalog & Mail Order House | $58.31 | $19.26 | 203% |
| 6/26/13 | NanoString Technologies | Seattle | Health Care | Biotechnology | $20.62 | $8.06 | 156% |
| 7/20/11 | Zillow | Seattle | Technology | Internet Information Providers | $79.90 | $35.77 | 123% |
| 5/17/13 | Tableau Software | Seattle | Technology | Application Software | $91.05 | $50.75 | 79% |
| 1/22/10 | Symetra Financial | Bellevue | Financial | Life Insurance | $20.23 | $12.75 | 59% |
| 2/10/12 | HomeStreet | Seattle | Financial | Savings & loans | $18.58 | $12.00 | 55% |
| 10/8/09 | Omeros | Seattle | Healthcare | Biotechnology | $12.52 | $8.73 | 43% |
| Average % Change all 7 Companies | 103% | ||||||
| Average Number of Months 7 Stocks Traded | 26 | ||||||
