Sunday, June 29, 2014

Colorado Company Stock Prices On Absolute Fire in the Most Recent Month

I found 59 Colorado Headquartered Companies in Yahoo's or Google's superb Finance websites or from SEC filings with Total Market Capitalizations of at least $100 mil on May 16, 2014 and which also had their common stocks trading on each of the following three dates:
  • 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 May 16, 2014
I also included one Colorado Company which was sold in December 2013.  And I also included 2 Colorado Companies whose common stock first started trading in 2008.  That makes a total of 62 Colorado Companies.

The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources....  Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.

These 62 Colorado Companies had their average stock market prices decline by a massive 62% 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 less than five years and 4 months since March 6, 2009, the equal-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 62 Colorado Companies have increased by a spectacular 501% through June 27, 2014, led mainly by Kodiak Oil & Gas having its stock market price increase by a massive 65 times over this same most recent five years and 4 month period.

In addition to Kodiak Oil & Gas, there were another 7 Colorado Companies which had their stock market prices increase by at least 10 times in the most recent 5 years and 4 months..... Advanced Emissions Solutions up 14 times, Innospec up 13 times, Crocs up 11 times,  Chipotle Mexican Grill up 11 times, Liberty Interactive up 11 times, Allied Motion Technologies up 10 times and Air Methods up 10 times.

The stock market prices of these Colorado Companies were absolutely on fire in the most recent month.  To illustrate this point, the average stock market prices of these 62 Colorado Companies had increased by a lower 444% in the slightly more than five years and two months from March 6, 2009 through May 16, 2014, as compared with a substantially higher 501% increase in the slightly less than five years and four months from March 6, 2009 through June 27, 2014. 

To illustrate the overall excellent operational performance of these 62 Colorado Companies, only 4 of them experienced stock market price declines in the most recent slightly less than five years and four months.

Colorado citizens should be extremely pleased with the outstanding performance of nearly all of their Colorado Companies during the Obama Administration.   

In similar fashion on the employment front, from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 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 lagging spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.

And then with the US economic stimulating actions of the Obama Administration, supported by both a Democratic controlled US Senate and US House (at the time), 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 May 2014.

In like manner, Colorado's unemployment rate more than doubled, going from 4.1% in December 2007 to 8.3% in October 2009.  And then with the US economic stimulating actions of the Obama Administration, supported by both a Democratic controlled US Senate and US House (at the time), going full throttle, coupled with the Quantitative Easing by the US Fed, the Colorado unemployment rate declined markedly, going from 8.3% in October 2009 to 5.8% in the most recently reported May 2014.

Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 62 Colorado Companies on June 27, 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
Colorado Company HQs
6-27-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 6-27-14 3-6-09



$s $s $s









Kodiak Oil & Gas Denver CO       14.45      0.22      2.20 6468% -90%
Advanced Emissions Solutions Highland Ranch CO       23.01      1.57      3.79 1370% -59%
Innospec Inc Littleton CO       43.25      3.04    17.16 1323% -82%
Crocs Inc Niwot CO       14.82      1.19    36.81 1145% -97%
Chipotle Mexican Grill Denver CO      596.14    49.19  147.07 1112% -67%
Liberty Interactive Englewood CO       29.09      2.50    19.08 1064% -87%
Allied Motion Technologies Englewood CO       14.55      1.29      4.65 1030% -72%
Air Methods Englewood  CO       52.69      4.67    16.56 1029% -72%
Dot Hill Longmont CO         4.41      0.43      2.43 928% -82%
Liberty Global Englewood CO       43.92      4.48    13.63 879% -67%
Cimarex Energy Co Denver CO      142.80    15.92    42.53 797% -63%
Spectranetics Colorado Springs CO       23.20      2.70    15.33 759% -82%
Berry Petroleum Denver CO       47.25      5.74    44.45 723% -87%
Whiting Petroleum Denver CO       78.82    10.07    28.83 683% -65%
MarkWest Energy Partners LP Denver CO       71.31      9.16    33.78 678% -73%
SM Energy Co Denver CO       83.15    11.63    38.61 615% -70%
Dish Network Englewood CO       65.64      9.27    33.95 608% -73%
Apartment Investment & Mgt Denver CO       32.54      4.94    29.11 559% -83%
PDC Energy Inc Denver CO       62.27    10.11    59.13 516% -83%
TW Telecom Littleton CO       40.33      6.80    20.29 493% -66%
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Greenwood Village CO       71.39    12.13    31.99 489% -62%
DCP Midstream Partners LP Denver CO       57.06    10.09    45.95 466% -78%
Woodward Fort Collins CO       50.07      9.08    33.98 451% -73%
Penford Corp Centennial CO       11.40      2.21    25.59 416% -91%
Vail Resorts Broomfield CO       77.10    16.08    53.81 379% -70%
Mesa Laboratories Lakewood CO       84.50    18.01    25.00 369% -28%
Evolving Systems Englewood CO         8.42      1.84      5.96 358% -69%
Dynamic Materials Boulder CO       22.24      5.23    58.90 325% -91%
Century Casinos Colorado Springs CO         5.94      1.42      6.44 318% -78%
Level 3 Communications Broomfield CO       43.99    10.88    45.60 305% -76%
UDR Inc Highlands Ranch CO       28.64      7.23    19.85 296% -64%
Arrow Electronics Englewood CO       60.32    15.59    39.28 287% -60%
IHS Inc Englewood CO      136.04    37.00    60.56 268% -39%
EchoStar Englewood CO       53.59    14.69    18.83 265% -22%
Ball Corp Broomfield CO       62.99    18.62    22.50 238% -17%
StarTek Denver CO         7.78      2.30      9.31 238% -75%
TeleTech Holdings Englewood Cliffs CO       29.24      8.66    21.27 238% -59%
Advanced Energy Industries Ft Collins CO       19.00      5.66    13.08 236% -57%
DaVita HealthCare Partners Denver CO       72.95    22.86    28.18 219% -19%
DCT Industrial Trust Denver CO         8.24      2.64      9.31 212% -72%
Gaiam Inc Louisville CO         7.70      2.57    29.68 200% -91%
Transmontaigne Partners LP Denver CO       44.15    15.11    28.39 192% -47%
Janus Capital Group Denver CO       12.60      4.34    32.85 190% -87%
Emerald Oil Inc Denver CO         7.59      2.66    11.97 185% -78%
Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Lakewood CO       15.88      5.77    18.15 175% -68%
Ascent Capital Group Greenwood Village CO       64.97    23.76    33.95 173% -30%
CoBiz Financial Denver CO       10.80      4.23    14.87 155% -72%
Ciber Greenwood Village CO         4.95      2.20      6.11 125% -64%
Molson Coors Brewing Denver CO       74.40    34.10    51.62 118% -34%
CSG Systems Englewood CO       25.74    13.32    14.72 93% -10%
Royal Gold Inc Denver CO       74.77    40.15    30.52 86% 32%
Guaranty Bancorp Denver CO       14.28      7.75    28.90 84% -73%
Western Union Englewood CO       17.25    10.43    24.28 65% -57%
Array BioPharma Boulder CO         4.25      2.60      8.42 63% -69%
Bill Barrett Corp Denver CO       26.65    17.74    41.87 50% -58%
National CineMedia Centennial CO       17.41    12.00    25.21 45% -52%
MDC Holdings Denver CO       30.14    23.47    37.13 28% -37%
Intrepid Potash Denver CO       16.66    14.49    50.40 15% -71%
Thompson Creek Metals Denver CO         2.91      2.92    17.11 0% -83%
Resolute Energy Corp Denver CO         8.40      9.37      9.19 -10% 2%
Newmont Mining Greenwood Village CO       25.19    38.90    48.83 -35% -20%
Forest Oil Corp Denver CO         2.30      8.10    36.57 -72% -78%








Average % Change all 62




501% -62%