- 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 June 27, 2014
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 90 Dallas, Texas Metro Area Headquartered Companies had their average stock market prices decline by a massive 55% 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 90 Dallas Area Companies have increased by a phenomenal 642% through June 27, 2014, led mainly by Pier 1 Imports having its stock market price increase by a massive 101 times and Nexstar Broadcasting Group having its stock market price increase by a massive 76 times over this same most recent five years and 4 month period.
Altogether there were 6 of these 90 Dallas Metro Area Companies which had their stock market prices increase by at least 20 times and 13 of them which had their stock market prices increase by at least 10 times in the most recent 5 years and 4 months.
The 69 Dallas Area Non-Oil & Gas Companies had their average stock market prices increase by an off-the-charts 680% from March 6, 2009 to June 27, 2014.
The 21 Dallas Area Oil & Gas Companies had their average stock market prices increase by a spectacular 519% from March 6, 2009 to June 27, 2014.
Dallas Area citizens should be extremely pleased with the outstanding performance of a huge majority of their Dallas Area Companies during the Obama Administration.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 90 Dallas Metro Area 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 | |||
| Dallas, TX Area Company | HQs | 6-27-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 6-27-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| $s | $s | $s | |||||
| Dallas Area Non-Oil & Gas Company | |||||||
| Pier 1 Imports | Fort Worth | TX | 15.32 | 0.15 | 5.23 | 10113% | -97% |
| Nexstar Broadcasting Group | Irving | TX | 49.94 | 0.65 | 9.14 | 7583% | -93% |
| Tuesday Morning | Dallas | TX | 17.79 | 0.57 | 5.07 | 3021% | -89% |
| Zale | Irving | TX | 21.02 | 0.97 | 16.06 | 2067% | -94% |
| Ashford Hospitality Trust | Dallas | TX | 11.51 | 0.65 | 4.82 | 1668% | -87% |
| Trinity Industries | Dallas | TX | 43.08 | 3.36 | 13.88 | 1182% | -76% |
| Tenet Healthcare | Dallas | TX | 46.91 | 3.68 | 20.32 | 1175% | -82% |
| Alliance Data Systems | Plano | TX | 281.91 | 23.78 | 74.99 | 1085% | -68% |
| FelCor Lodging Trust | Irving | TX | 10.59 | 0.94 | 15.59 | 1027% | -94% |
| PFSweb | Allen | TX | 8.16 | 0.74 | 5.88 | 1003% | -87% |
| Capital Senior Living | Dallas | TX | 23.95 | 2.40 | 9.93 | 898% | -76% |
| Speed Commerce | Richardson | TX | 3.59 | 0.37 | 2.08 | 870% | -82% |
| Fossil Group | Richardson | TX | 105.21 | 11.75 | 41.98 | 795% | -72% |
| Texas Pacific Land Trust | Dallas | TX | 161.00 | 18.25 | 44.75 | 782% | -59% |
| Texas Capital Bancshares | Dallas | TX | 53.65 | 6.94 | 18.25 | 673% | -62% |
| Celanese Corp | Irving | TX | 64.06 | 8.36 | 42.32 | 666% | -80% |
| Torchmark | McKinney | TX | 81.98 | 11.37 | 40.35 | 621% | -72% |
| Tyler Technologies | Dallas | TX | 90.98 | 12.66 | 12.89 | 619% | -2% |
| Builders FirstSource | Dallas | TX | 7.36 | 1.08 | 6.07 | 579% | -82% |
| Darling Intl | Irving | TX | 20.92 | 3.09 | 11.56 | 577% | -73% |
| Texas Industries | Dallas | TX | 92.55 | 13.69 | 70.10 | 576% | -80% |
| Primoris Services Corp | Dallas | TX | 28.94 | 4.70 | 7.52 | 516% | -38% |
| Sally Beauty Holdings | Denton | TX | 25.08 | 4.18 | 9.05 | 500% | -54% |
| Eagle Materials | Dallas | TX | 94.63 | 17.45 | 35.48 | 442% | -51% |
| Southwest Airlines | Dallas | TX | 27.14 | 5.13 | 12.20 | 429% | -58% |
| AZZ Inc | Fort Worth | TX | 45.18 | 8.56 | 14.18 | 428% | -40% |
| Kronos Worldwide | Dallas | TX | 15.61 | 3.04 | 8.73 | 413% | -65% |
| ATRION | Allen | TX | 329.99 | 65.35 | 125.00 | 405% | -48% |
| Flowserve | Irving | TX | 73.79 | 14.86 | 32.07 | 397% | -54% |
| Brinker Intl | Dallas | TX | 49.34 | 9.96 | 19.56 | 395% | -49% |
| Cinemark Holdings | Plano | TX | 35.00 | 7.12 | 17.00 | 392% | -58% |
| First Cash Financial Services | Arlington | TX | 57.44 | 11.72 | 14.68 | 390% | -20% |
| Diodes | Plano | TX | 28.83 | 7.00 | 30.07 | 312% | -77% |
| Comerica | Dallas | TX | 50.17 | 12.84 | 43.53 | 291% | -71% |
| Zix | Dallas | TX | 3.45 | 0.91 | 4.60 | 279% | -80% |
| Cash America Intl | Fort Worth | TX | 44.65 | 12.04 | 32.30 | 271% | -63% |
| Lennox Intl | Richardson | TX | 89.64 | 24.27 | 41.42 | 269% | -41% |
| US Lime & Minerals | Dallas | TX | 65.58 | 18.42 | 30.35 | 256% | -39% |
| ViewPoint Financial Group | Plano | TX | 27.06 | 7.86 | 11.81 | 244% | -33% |
| DR Horton | Fort Worth | TX | 23.83 | 6.93 | 13.17 | 244% | -47% |
| Solera Holdings | Westlake | TX | 66.03 | 20.05 | 24.78 | 229% | -19% |
| Texas Instruments | Dallas | TX | 47.76 | 14.71 | 33.40 | 225% | -56% |
| Encore Wire | Mckinney | TX | 48.87 | 17.07 | 15.92 | 186% | 7% |
| Copart | Dallas | TX | 35.35 | 13.49 | 21.28 | 162% | -37% |
| Greatbatch | Frisco | TX | 48.74 | 18.66 | 19.99 | 161% | -7% |
| Kimberly-Clark | Dallas | TX | 111.37 | 43.92 | 69.34 | 154% | -37% |
| Capital Southwest Corp | Dallas | TX | 36.22 | 14.60 | 29.60 | 148% | -51% |
| Fluor | Irving | TX | 76.88 | 31.75 | 72.86 | 142% | -56% |
| Valhi | Dallas | TX | 6.29 | 2.95 | 5.31 | 113% | -44% |
| Sabine Royalty Trust | Dallas | TX | 60.33 | 29.09 | 42.88 | 107% | -32% |
| Dorchester Minerals LP | Dallas | TX | 30.38 | 14.65 | 20.13 | 107% | -27% |
| Ennis | Midlothian | TX | 15.21 | 7.43 | 18.00 | 105% | -59% |
| CompX Intl | Dallas | TX | 10.40 | 5.29 | 14.62 | 97% | -64% |
| Hilltop Holdings | Dallas | TX | 21.34 | 11.00 | 10.92 | 94% | 1% |
| GameStop | Grapevine | TX | 40.35 | 22.38 | 62.11 | 80% | -64% |
| Commercial Metals | Irving | TX | 17.36 | 9.64 | 29.45 | 80% | -67% |
| Westwood Holdings Group | Dallas | TX | 60.38 | 33.80 | 37.60 | 79% | -10% |
| Rent-A-Center | Plano | TX | 28.80 | 16.90 | 14.52 | 70% | 16% |
| Hallmark Financial Services | Fort Worth | TX | 10.82 | 6.50 | 15.86 | 66% | -59% |
| AT&T | Dallas | TX | 35.41 | 22.58 | 41.56 | 57% | -46% |
| Moneygram Intl | Dallas | TX | 14.38 | 9.20 | 122.96 | 56% | -93% |
| Capstead Mortgage Corp | Dallas | TX | 13.13 | 9.49 | 13.19 | 38% | -28% |
| Transcontinental Realty Investors | Dallas | TX | 13.75 | 11.35 | 15.46 | 21% | -27% |
| NL Industries | Dallas | TX | 9.16 | 7.77 | 11.43 | 18% | -32% |
| PMFG Inc | Dallas | TX | 4.97 | 4.90 | 20.60 | 1% | -76% |
| Dean Foods | Dallas | TX | 17.78 | 17.85 | 24.05 | 0% | -26% |
| JC Penney | Plano | TX | 8.95 | 14.22 | 43.99 | -37% | -68% |
| SWS Group | Dallas | TX | 7.32 | 12.61 | 12.67 | -42% | 0% |
| RadioShack | Fort Worth | TX | 0.97 | 6.70 | 16.86 | -86% | -60% |
| Average % Change all 69 Dallas Area Non-Oil & Gas Companies | 680% | -54% | |||||
| Dallas Area Oil & Gas Company | |||||||
| Enlink Midstream Inc | Dallas | TX | 37.60 | 0.87 | 37.24 | 4222% | -98% |
| Enlink Midstream Partners LP | Dallas | TX | 31.43 | 1.22 | 31.02 | 2476% | -96% |
| Pioneer Natural Resources | Irving | TX | 226.29 | 12.69 | 48.84 | 1683% | -74% |
| Energy Transfer Equity LP | Dallas | TX | 58.41 | 9.20 | 17.62 | 535% | -48% |
| Basic Energy Services | Fort Worth | TX | 28.32 | 5.49 | 21.95 | 416% | -75% |
| Approach Resources | Fort Worth | TX | 22.10 | 4.94 | 12.86 | 347% | -62% |
| TGC Industries | Plano | TX | 5.14 | 1.49 | 7.56 | 245% | -80% |
| Regency Energy Partners LP | Dallas | TX | 31.81 | 9.57 | 33.37 | 232% | -71% |
| Holly Energy Partners LP | Dallas | TX | 35.53 | 11.57 | 21.88 | 207% | -47% |
| Range Resources Corp | Fort Worth | TX | 85.95 | 36.98 | 51.36 | 132% | -28% |
| Cross Timbers Royalty Trust | Dallas | TX | 33.37 | 14.36 | 41.25 | 132% | -65% |
| Energy Transfer Partners LP | Dallas | TX | 57.61 | 33.30 | 53.88 | 73% | -38% |
| Permian Basin Royalty Trust | Dallas | TX | 14.40 | 8.80 | 15.98 | 64% | -45% |
| Exxon Mobil | Irving | TX | 101.21 | 64.03 | 93.69 | 58% | -32% |
| Alon USA Energy Inc | Dallas | TX | 12.67 | 8.81 | 27.18 | 44% | -68% |
| Denbury Resources Inc | Plano | TX | 18.50 | 13.05 | 29.75 | 42% | -56% |
| San Juan Basin Royalty Trust | Fort Worth | TX | 19.29 | 13.80 | 33.36 | 40% | -59% |
| Hugoton Royalty Trust | Dallas | TX | 10.71 | 8.18 | 22.43 | 31% | -64% |
| Comstock Resources Inc | Frisco | TX | 28.37 | 27.90 | 34.00 | 2% | -18% |
| EXCO Resources Inc | Dallas | TX | 5.84 | 8.86 | 15.48 | -34% | -43% |
| Quicksilver Resources inc | Fort Worth | TX | 2.58 | 4.35 | 29.80 | -41% | -85% |
| Average % Change all 21 Dallas Area Oil & Gas Companies | 519% | -60% | |||||
| Average % Change all 90 Dallas Area Companies | 642% | -55% | |||||
