Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Wisconsin IPOs During Obama: 8 Companies Up 79% Over 27 Month Average Period

With the superb Initial Public Offering (IPO) data available from IPO Scoop, there were 8 Wisconsin Companies filing IPOs so far during the Obama Administration.....from Jan 2009 through Feb 2014..... where the Company has its common stock still trading now and it also has a Market Capitalization of more than $100 mil presently.
 
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 8 Wisconsin Companies had their average stock market price increase by a very impressive 79% over a short 27 month average period of time that their common stocks traded through the most recent date March 11, 2014.  On Wisconsin!

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 8 Wisconsin Companies:






1st Day





3-11-14 IPO %





Stock Closing Market
IPO
City

Market Market Price
Date Company HQs Sector Industry Price Price Change









Wisconsin IPOs During Obama













2/11/10 Generac Holdings  Waukesha Industrial Goods Diversified Machinery $57.67 $12.84 349%
5/13/10 Roadrunner Transportation Services  Cudahy Services Air Delivery & Freight Services $24.31 $13.75 77%
3/7/13 Artisan Partners Asset Management  Milwaukee Financial Asset Management $64.63 $38.83 66%
7/25/13 Cellular Dynamics International  Madison Health Care Biotechnology $15.35 $9.50 62%
3/29/12 Rexnord   Milwaukee Industrial Goods Diversified Machinery $29.76 $20.00 49%
5/5/10 Douglas Dynamics  Milwaukee Consumer Goods Auto Parts $16.68 $11.29 48%
7/19/13 Physicians Realty Trust  Milwaukee Financial REIT- Healthcare Facilities $13.25 $11.67 14%
2/8/12 Roundys Parent  Milwaukee Services Grocery Stores $6.22 $9.00 -31%









Average % Change all 8 Companies




79%









Average Number of Months 8 Stocks Traded 27