Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Minnesota Company Stock Prices On Fire in the Most Recent Month

I found 62 Minnesota Headquartered Companies in Yahoo's or Google's superb Finance websites or from SEC filings with Total Market Capitalizations on May 14, 2014 of at least $100 mil 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 the most recent date June 23, 2014
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources....  Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.

These 62 Minnesota Companies had their average stock market prices decline by a huge 51% 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 and three months since March 6, 2009, the equal-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 62 Minnesota Companies have increased by a spectacular 500% through June 23, 2014, led by Select Comfort's stock market price increasing by a massive 99 times in the most recent slightly more than 5 years and three months.

Seven of these 62 Minnesota Companies..... Select Comfort, Polaris Industries, Clearfield, Arctic Cat, Famous Dave's of America, ValueVision Media, and Stratasys Ltd.... had their stock market prices increase by more than 10 times in the most recent slightly more than 5 years and three months.

The stock market prices of these Minnesota Companies were on fire in the most recent month.  To illustrate this point, the average stock market prices of these 62 Minnesota Companies had increased by a lower 464% in the five years and two months from March 6, 2009 through May 14, 2014, as compared with a substantially higher 500% increase in the slightly more than five years and three months from March 6, 2009 through June 23, 2014. 

To illustrate the overall excellent operational performance of these 62 Minnesota Companies, only 5 of them experienced stock market price declines in the most recent slightly more than five years and three months.

Minnesota citizens should be extremely pleased with the outstanding performance of nearly all of their Minnesota 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, Minnesota's unemployment rate increased sharply, going from 4.8% in December 2007 to 7.8% 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 Minnesota State unemployment rate declined sharply, going from 7.8% in October 2009 to 4.6% in the most recently reported May 2014.

Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 62 Minnesota Companies on June 23, 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
Minnesota Company HQs
6-23-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 6-23-14 3-6-09



$s $s $s

Select Comfort Minneapolis MN       19.92      0.20      7.01 9855% -97%
Polaris Industries Medina MN      130.05      7.59    23.89 1615% -68%
Clearfield Plymouth MN       18.97      1.12      1.01 1594% 11%
Arctic Cat Plymouth MN       38.55      2.43    11.94 1486% -80%
Famous Dave's of America Minnetonka MN       29.80      2.00    13.56 1390% -85%
ValueVision Media Eden Prairie MN         5.14      0.35      6.29 1369% -94%
Stratasys Ltd Eden Prairie MN      108.66      8.18    25.84 1228% -68%
Deluxe Corp Shoreview MN       57.16      6.47    32.89 783% -80%
Ameriprise Financial Minneapolis MN      119.38    14.20    55.11 741% -74%
Tennant Co Minneapolis MN       68.00      8.23    44.29 726% -81%
Northern Oil and Gas Wayzata MN       17.07      2.22      6.95 669% -68%
Winmark Minneapolis MN       66.75      9.02    21.00 640% -57%
Life Time Fitness Chanhassen MN       48.65      7.50    49.68 549% -85%
Toro Bloomington MN       63.94    10.57    27.22 505% -61%
BioScrip Minnetonka MN         8.21      1.48      7.73 455% -81%
Buffalo Wild Wings Minneapolis MN      166.25    30.05    23.22 453% 29%
Graco Minneapolis MN       76.49    14.48    37.26 428% -61%
US Bancorp Minneapolis MN       43.82      8.82    31.74 397% -72%
HB Fuller St Paul MN       50.73    10.29    22.45 393% -54%
Valspar Minneapolis MN       76.70    15.76    22.54 387% -30%
UnitedHealth Group Minnetonka MN       81.49    17.90    58.20 355% -69%
Pentair Ltd Minneapolis  MN        75.42    17.95    34.81 320% -48%
Vascular Solutions Minneapolis MN       21.26      5.40      6.50 294% -17%
Fastenal Winona MN       49.83    13.19    20.21 278% -35%
Donaldson Co Minneapolis MN       41.97    11.31    23.19 271% -51%
Datalink Eden Prairie MN         9.55      2.61      3.69 266% -29%
Cardiovascular Systems St Paul MN       30.95      8.51    31.00 264% -73%
Ecolab St Paul MN      108.32    29.90    51.21 262% -42%
Apogee Enterprises Minneapolis MN       31.05      8.89    17.11 249% -48%
3M St Paul MN      144.09    41.83    84.32 244% -50%
G&K Services Inc Minnetonka MN       51.47    15.77    37.52 226% -58%
Hormel Foods Austin MN       49.19    15.18    20.24 224% -25%
MTS Systems Eden Prairie MN       67.88    21.67    38.62 213% -44%
Hawkins Inc Roseville MN       37.29    12.95    15.00 188% -14%
Enventis Mankato MN       13.70      5.10      9.32 169% -45%
Piper Jaffray Minneapolis MN       50.67    19.30    46.32 163% -58%
Medtronic Minneapolis MN       64.14    24.92    50.27 157% -50%
Lakes Entertainment Minnetonka MN         4.73      1.90      6.62 149% -71%
Patterson St Paul MN       39.84    16.55    33.95 141% -51%
Christopher & Banks Plymouth MN         8.16      3.51    11.45 132% -69%
Target Minneapolis MN       58.42    25.65    50.00 128% -49%
St Jude Medical Saint Paul MN       69.24    32.37    40.64 114% -20%
General Mills Minneapolis MN       54.27    25.48    28.50 113% -11%
Techne Minneapolis MN       91.78    46.98    66.05 95% -29%
NVE Corp Eden Prairie MN       54.08    28.98    24.60 87% 18%
TCF Financial Wayzata MN       16.38      9.00    17.93 82% -50%
Polymet Mining Hoyt Lakes MN         1.11      0.65      3.24 71% -80%
OneBeacon Group Ltd Minnetonka MN       15.19      9.00    21.50 69% -58%
CH Robinson Worldwide Eden Prairie MN       63.81    38.06    54.12 68% -30%
Digi International Minnetonka MN         9.08      6.78    14.19 34% -52%
Mosaic Plymouth MN       50.79    39.16    94.34 30% -58%
SurModics Eden Prairie MN       21.48    16.87    54.27 27% -69%
Regis Corp Minneapolis MN       13.85    11.20    27.96 24% -60%
Two Harbors Investment Minnetonka MN       10.50      8.77      8.38 20% 5%
Qumu Corp Minneapolis MN       14.31    12.11    25.95 18% -53%
Capella Education Minneapolis MN       54.80    46.74    65.46 17% -29%
Best Buy Richfield MN       28.57    24.71    52.65 16% -53%
ANI Pharmaceutics Baudette MN       36.55    46.44    136.08 -21% -66%
Digital River Minnetonka MN       15.57    25.53    33.07 -39% -23%
SUPERVALU Eden Prairie MN         7.91    14.36    37.52 -45% -62%
Imation Oakdale MN         3.34      7.08    21.00 -53% -66%
EnteroMedics St Paul MN         1.78      7.80    48.30 -77% -84%








Average % Change all 62




500% -51%