- On December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second term
- On March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the lowest point for the US stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the 2008 financial meltdown, and
- also on the most recent date May 12, 2014.
I also included a company whose common stock first started trading in early 2008. And I also included a company which was sold in 2014. That makes it 150 Texas Non-Oil & Gas Companies.
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 150 Texas Non-Oil & Gas Companies had their average stock market prices decline by a massive 53% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, to March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the very lowest point for the overall stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
But in the slightly more than five years since March 6, 2009, the average stock market prices of these same 150 Texas Non-Oil & Gas Companies have increased by a spectacular 573% through May 12, 2014.
In similar fashion, the US unemployment rate doubled from 5.0% in December 2007 to 10.0% in October 2009, early in President Obama's first term which was the very lowest point for the US Labor Market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
And then with the US economic stimulating actions of the Obama Administration taking full effect, coupled with the Quantitative Easing by the US Fed, the US unemployment rate declined sharply from 10.0% in October 2009 to 6.3% in the most recently reported April 2014.
In like manner, Texas's unemployment rate nearly doubled, going from 4.4% in December 2007 to 8.1% in October 2009. And then with the US economic stimulating actions of the Obama Administration going full throttle, coupled with the Quantitative Easing by the US Fed, the Texas State unemployment rate declined sharply, going from 8.1% in October 2009 to 5.2% in the most recently reported April 2014.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 150 Texas Non-Oil & Gas Companies on May 12, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, along with the related Stock Market Price Percentage Changes:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Texas Company | HQs | 5-12-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 5-12-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| $s | $s | $s | |||||
| Non-Oil & Gas Companies | |||||||
| Pier 1 Imports | Fort Worth | TX | 18.42 | 0.15 | 5.23 | 12180% | -97% |
| Vertex Energy | Houston | TX | 8.47 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 9311% | -40% |
| Nexstar Broadcasting Group | Irving | TX | 42.41 | 0.65 | 9.14 | 6425% | -93% |
| Tuesday Morning | Dallas | TX | 14.96 | 0.57 | 5.07 | 2525% | -89% |
| Cardtronics | Houston | TX | 33.47 | 1.38 | 10.11 | 2325% | -86% |
| Flotek Industries | Houston | TX | 29.50 | 1.28 | 36.04 | 2205% | -96% |
| Zale | Irving | TX | 22.31 | 0.97 | 16.06 | 2200% | -94% |
| Chicago Bridge & Iron NV | Woodlands | TX | 80.87 | 4.87 | 60.44 | 1561% | -92% |
| Ashford Hospitality Trust | Dallas | TX | 10.66 | 0.65 | 4.82 | 1538% | -87% |
| Multimedia Games Holding | Austin | TX | 28.46 | 1.74 | 8.34 | 1536% | -79% |
| Westlake Chemical | Houston | TX | 75.53 | 5.37 | 9.50 | 1307% | -43% |
| Arabian American Development Company | Sugar Land | TX | 11.15 | 0.87 | 7.65 | 1182% | -89% |
| Tenet Healthcare | Dallas | TX | 44.58 | 3.68 | 20.32 | 1111% | -82% |
| Trinity Industries | Dallas | TX | 80.39 | 6.72 | 27.76 | 1096% | -76% |
| DXP Enterprises | Houston | TX | 108.92 | 9.31 | 23.34 | 1070% | -60% |
| PFSweb | Allen | TX | 7.88 | 0.74 | 5.88 | 965% | -87% |
| FelCor Lodging Trust | Irving | TX | 9.74 | 0.94 | 15.59 | 936% | -94% |
| Alliance Data Systems | Plano | TX | 242.62 | 23.78 | 74.99 | 920% | -68% |
| Geospace Technologies | Houston | TX | 48.28 | 4.81 | 29.05 | 905% | -83% |
| Carriage Services Inc | Houston | TX | 16.04 | 1.64 | 8.80 | 878% | -81% |
| Capital Senior Living | Dallas | TX | 23.41 | 2.40 | 9.93 | 875% | -76% |
| Fossil Group | Richardson | TX | 112.08 | 11.75 | 41.98 | 854% | -72% |
| Group 1 Automotive | Houston | TX | 79.05 | 8.33 | 23.75 | 849% | -65% |
| Speed Commerce | Richardson | TX | 3.49 | 0.37 | 2.08 | 843% | -82% |
| Bio-Path Holdings | Houston | TX | 2.65 | 0.30 | 0.90 | 783% | -67% |
| Texas Pacific Land Trust | Dallas | TX | 155.07 | 18.25 | 44.75 | 750% | -59% |
| Texas Capital Bancshares | Dallas | TX | 54.65 | 6.94 | 18.25 | 687% | -62% |
| Cirrus Logic | Austin | TX | 23.07 | 3.14 | 6.88 | 635% | -54% |
| Omega Protein | Houston | TX | 14.26 | 1.95 | 9.29 | 631% | -79% |
| Celanese Corp | Irving | TX | 60.89 | 8.36 | 42.32 | 628% | -80% |
| Torchmark | McKinney | TX | 81.60 | 11.37 | 40.35 | 617% | -72% |
| Helen of Troy | El Paso | TX | 64.13 | 8.99 | 17.14 | 613% | -48% |
| Susser Holdings | Corpus Christi | TX | 79.11 | 11.10 | 20.50 | 613% | -46% |
| Builders FirstSource | Dallas | TX | 7.64 | 1.08 | 6.07 | 604% | -82% |
| Service Corp Intl | Houston | TX | 19.23 | 2.91 | 14.05 | 561% | -79% |
| Whole Foods Market | Austin | TX | 39.64 | 6.04 | 20.40 | 556% | -70% |
| Darling Intl | Irving | TX | 20.24 | 3.09 | 11.56 | 555% | -73% |
| Primoris Services Corp | Dallas | TX | 30.21 | 4.70 | 7.52 | 543% | -38% |
| Tyler Technologies | Dallas | TX | 80.36 | 12.66 | 12.89 | 535% | -2% |
| Texas Industries | Dallas | TX | 85.37 | 13.69 | 70.10 | 524% | -80% |
| Sally Beauty Holdings | Denton | TX | 26.05 | 4.18 | 9.05 | 523% | -54% |
| PROS Holdings | Houston | TX | 23.00 | 3.79 | 19.62 | 507% | -81% |
| Consolidated Graphics | Houston | TX | 64.84 | 10.95 | 47.82 | 492% | -77% |
| Mitcham Industries | Huntsville | TX | 13.95 | 2.43 | 20.56 | 474% | -88% |
| Kirby | Houston | TX | 107.58 | 19.95 | 46.48 | 439% | -57% |
| AZZ Inc | Fort Worth | TX | 45.80 | 8.56 | 14.18 | 435% | -40% |
| Men's Wearhouse | Houston | TX | 51.97 | 9.73 | 26.98 | 434% | -64% |
| Alamo Group | Sequin | TX | 53.51 | 10.05 | 18.12 | 432% | -45% |
| Rush Enterprises | New Braunfels | TX | 29.25 | 5.57 | 17.80 | 425% | -69% |
| Flowserve | Irving | TX | 76.96 | 14.86 | 32.07 | 418% | -54% |
| Brinker Intl | Dallas | TX | 49.94 | 9.96 | 19.56 | 401% | -49% |
| Southwest Airlines | Dallas | TX | 24.94 | 5.13 | 12.20 | 386% | -58% |
| Kronos Worldwide | Dallas | TX | 14.49 | 3.04 | 8.73 | 377% | -65% |
| ATRION | Allen | TX | 310.89 | 65.35 | 125.00 | 376% | -48% |
| Eagle Materials | Dallas | TX | 82.46 | 17.45 | 35.48 | 373% | -51% |
| Crown Castle Intl | Houston | TX | 77.34 | 16.74 | 41.60 | 362% | -60% |
| ION Geophysical | Houston | TX | 4.15 | 0.91 | 15.78 | 356% | -94% |
| Bristow Group | Houston | TX | 76.51 | 17.41 | 56.65 | 339% | -69% |
| First Cash Financial Services | Arlington | TX | 51.24 | 11.72 | 14.68 | 337% | -20% |
| Furmanite | Houston | TX | 11.04 | 2.55 | 11.80 | 333% | -78% |
| Insteel Industries | Mount Airy | TX | 20.96 | 4.90 | 11.73 | 328% | -58% |
| Biglari Holdings | San Antonio | TX | 437.53 | 102.80 | 218.00 | 326% | -53% |
| Team Inc | Sugar Land | TX | 43.84 | 10.32 | 36.58 | 325% | -72% |
| Conns | Woodlands | TX | 42.58 | 10.04 | 15.13 | 324% | -34% |
| US Physical Therapy | Houston | TX | 32.49 | 7.66 | 14.37 | 324% | -47% |
| Cinemark Holdings | Plano | TX | 30.00 | 7.12 | 17.00 | 321% | -58% |
| Cyberonics | Houston | TX | 61.35 | 14.77 | 13.16 | 315% | 12% |
| Rick's Cabaret | Houston | TX | 10.67 | 2.63 | 26.92 | 306% | -90% |
| Diodes | Plano | TX | 27.68 | 7.00 | 30.07 | 295% | -77% |
| KMG Chemicals | Houston | TX | 16.06 | 4.08 | 14.46 | 294% | -72% |
| Cash America Intl | Fort Worth | TX | 45.93 | 12.04 | 32.30 | 281% | -63% |
| Comerica | Dallas | TX | 48.34 | 12.84 | 43.53 | 276% | -71% |
| Weingarten Realty Investors | Houston | TX | 31.51 | 8.43 | 31.44 | 274% | -73% |
| National Western Life Insurance | Austin | TX | 239.79 | 65.05 | 207.37 | 269% | -69% |
| Lennox Intl | Richardson | TX | 85.52 | 24.27 | 41.42 | 252% | -41% |
| Zix | Dallas | TX | 3.19 | 0.91 | 4.60 | 251% | -80% |
| Stratus Properties | Austin | TX | 16.55 | 4.74 | 33.94 | 249% | -86% |
| Stage Stores | Houston | TX | 20.23 | 5.92 | 14.80 | 242% | -60% |
| Solera Holdings | Westlake | TX | 67.20 | 20.05 | 24.78 | 235% | -19% |
| Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings | San Antonio | TX | 8.40 | 2.52 | 27.66 | 233% | -91% |
| American National Insurance | Galveston | TX | 117.21 | 35.38 | 121.24 | 231% | -71% |
| Synthesis Energy Systems | Houston | TX | 1.55 | 0.47 | 12.05 | 230% | -96% |
| DR Horton | Fort Worth | TX | 22.62 | 6.93 | 13.17 | 226% | -47% |
| ViewPoint Financial Group | Plano | TX | 25.52 | 7.86 | 11.81 | 225% | -33% |
| Dresser-Rand Group | Houston | TX | 62.00 | 19.12 | 39.05 | 224% | -51% |
| Texas Instruments | Dallas | TX | 46.95 | 14.71 | 33.40 | 219% | -56% |
| International Bancshares | Laredo | TX | 24.04 | 7.63 | 20.94 | 215% | -64% |
| US Lime & Minerals | Dallas | TX | 57.44 | 18.42 | 30.35 | 212% | -39% |
| Waste Connections | Woodlands | TX | 44.81 | 14.58 | 20.60 | 207% | -29% |
| Encore Wire | Mckinney | TX | 50.21 | 17.07 | 15.92 | 194% | 7% |
| Forestar Group | Austin | TX | 17.75 | 6.10 | 23.59 | 191% | -74% |
| Prosperity Bancshares | Houston | TX | 59.84 | 21.16 | 29.39 | 183% | -28% |
| Copart | Dallas | TX | 36.83 | 13.49 | 21.28 | 173% | -37% |
| Benchmark Electronics | Angleton | TX | 23.48 | 9.13 | 17.73 | 157% | -49% |
| National Instruments | Austin | TX | 27.94 | 10.95 | 22.22 | 155% | -51% |
| Greatbatch | Frisco | TX | 47.05 | 18.66 | 19.99 | 152% | -7% |
| Kimberly-Clark | Dallas | TX | 110.20 | 43.92 | 69.34 | 151% | -37% |
| American Campus Communities | Austin | TX | 38.94 | 15.61 | 26.85 | 149% | -42% |
| Houston Wire & Cable | Houston | TX | 12.59 | 5.08 | 14.14 | 148% | -64% |
| Southside Bancshares | Tyler | TX | 27.70 | 11.22 | 15.27 | 147% | -27% |
| Hanger | Austin | TX | 30.60 | 12.63 | 11.01 | 142% | 15% |
| Capital Southwest Corp | Dallas | TX | 35.22 | 14.60 | 29.60 | 141% | -51% |
| First Financial Bankshares | Abilene | TX | 60.22 | 24.97 | 25.10 | 141% | -1% |
| Fluor | Irving | TX | 76.38 | 31.75 | 72.86 | 141% | -56% |
| Valhi | Dallas | TX | 7.06 | 2.95 | 5.31 | 139% | -44% |
| Stewart Information Services | Houston | TX | 31.52 | 13.65 | 26.09 | 131% | -48% |
| HCC Insurance Holdings | Houston | TX | 46.75 | 21.34 | 28.68 | 119% | -26% |
| Powell Industries | Houston | TX | 65.16 | 29.87 | 44.07 | 118% | -32% |
| Ennis | Midlothian | TX | 15.85 | 7.43 | 18.00 | 113% | -59% |
| Cullen/Frost Bankers | San Antonio | TX | 77.25 | 36.61 | 50.66 | 111% | -28% |
| CompX Intl | Dallas | TX | 11.16 | 5.29 | 14.62 | 111% | -64% |
| KBR Inc | Houston | TX | 24.21 | 11.71 | 38.80 | 107% | -70% |
| Silicon Laboratories | Austin | TX | 45.00 | 21.80 | 37.43 | 106% | -42% |
| Commercial Metals | Irving | TX | 19.70 | 9.64 | 29.45 | 104% | -67% |
| Hilltop Holdings | Dallas | TX | 21.72 | 11.00 | 10.92 | 97% | 1% |
| Dorchester Minerals LP | Dallas | TX | 28.50 | 14.65 | 20.13 | 95% | -27% |
| Waste Management | Houston | TX | 43.88 | 23.26 | 32.67 | 89% | -29% |
| Quanta Services | Houston | TX | 33.78 | 17.92 | 26.24 | 89% | -32% |
| Sabine Royalty Trust | Dallas | TX | 54.04 | 29.09 | 42.88 | 86% | -32% |
| Sysco | Houston | TX | 36.78 | 20.23 | 31.21 | 82% | -35% |
| Comfort Systems USA | Houston | TX | 16.26 | 9.14 | 12.78 | 78% | -28% |
| Harte-Hanks Inc | San Antonio | TX | 8.22 | 4.65 | 1.72 | 77% | 170% |
| Rent-A-Center | Plano | TX | 29.72 | 16.90 | 14.52 | 76% | 16% |
| Westwood Holdings Group | Dallas | TX | 58.72 | 33.80 | 37.60 | 74% | -10% |
| Insperity | Kingwood | TX | 31.96 | 18.94 | 28.28 | 69% | -33% |
| GameStop | Grapevine | TX | 36.82 | 22.38 | 62.11 | 65% | -64% |
| AT&T | Dallas | TX | 36.57 | 22.58 | 41.56 | 62% | -46% |
| Luby's Inc | Houston | TX | 5.46 | 3.52 | 10.16 | 55% | -65% |
| Moneygram Intl | Dallas | TX | 13.71 | 9.20 | 122.96 | 49% | -93% |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals | Woodlands | TX | 1.48 | 1.02 | 3.03 | 45% | -66% |
| Hallmark Financial Services | Fort Worth | TX | 9.09 | 6.50 | 15.86 | 40% | -59% |
| Capstead Moertage Corp | Dallas | TX | 12.86 | 9.49 | 13.19 | 36% | -28% |
| Pain Therapeutics | Austin | TX | 4.70 | 3.84 | 10.60 | 22% | -64% |
| NL Industries | Dallas | TX | 9.25 | 7.77 | 11.43 | 19% | -32% |
| Orion Marine Group | Houston | TX | 11.46 | 9.69 | 15.00 | 18% | -35% |
| Luminex | Austin | TX | 17.98 | 15.66 | 16.24 | 15% | -4% |
| EZCORP | Austin | TX | 11.20 | 9.91 | 11.29 | 13% | -12% |
| Transcontinental Realty Investors | Dallas | TX | 12.77 | 11.35 | 15.46 | 13% | -27% |
| Citizens Inc | Austin | TX | 6.81 | 6.60 | 5.53 | 3% | 19% |
| Layne Christensen Co | Woodlands | TX | 15.33 | 15.24 | 49.21 | 1% | -69% |
| NCI Building Systems | Houston | TX | 17.10 | 17.21 | 143.95 | -1% | -88% |
| PMFG Inc | Dallas | TX | 4.79 | 4.90 | 20.60 | -2% | -76% |
| Dean Foods | Dallas | TX | 15.02 | 17.85 | 24.05 | -16% | -26% |
| Natural Resource Partners LP | Houston | TX | 15.31 | 19.14 | 32.46 | -20% | -41% |
| Integrated Electrical Services | Houston | TX | 6.25 | 7.90 | 18.79 | -21% | -58% |
| Repros Therapeutics | Woodlands | TX | 15.90 | 24.44 | 37.28 | -35% | -34% |
| JC Penney | Plano | TX | 9.18 | 14.22 | 43.99 | -35% | -68% |
| SWS Group | Dallas | TX | 7.36 | 12.61 | 12.67 | -42% | 0% |
| Sterling Construction | Houston | TX | 9.09 | 16.43 | 21.82 | -45% | -25% |
| RadioShack | Fort Worth | TX | 1.39 | 6.70 | 16.86 | -79% | -60% |
| Average % Change all 150 Texas Non-Oil & Gas Companies | 573% | -53% | |||||
