Friday, June 13, 2014

San Diego Area Company Stock Prices Up Sharply in the Most Recent Month

I found 41 San Diego Area Headquartered Companies in Google or Yahoo's superb Finance websites with current Total Market Capitalizations 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 13, 2014
I also included 4 Companies which were sold in 2014.  That makes a total of 45 San Diego Area Companies.

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

These 45 San Diego Area Companies had their average stock market prices decline by a huge 47% 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 five years and three months since March 6, 2009 through June 13, 2014, the average stock market prices of these same 45 San Diego Area Companies have increased by a very impressive 335%.

The 7 San Diego Area Finance Companies posted an average stock market price increase in the five years and three months since March 6, 2009 through June 13, 2014 of a spectacular 524%.

The 10 San Diego Area Technology Companies registered an average stock market price increase in the five years and three months since March 6, 2009 through June 13, 2014 of a very impressive 372%.

The 22 San Diego Area Health Care Companies had an average stock market price increase in the five years and three months since March 6, 2009 through June 13, 2014 of a very solid 284%.

Altogether there were 5 of these 45 San Diego Area Companies which increased their stock market prices by more than 10 times in the five years and three months since March 6, 2009 through June 13, 2014.

These 45 San Diego Area Companies had their average stock market prices increase very sharply in the most recent month.  To illustrate this point, the average stock market prices of these same San Diego Area Companies had increased by a lower 296% in the five years and two months from March 6, 2009 through May 16, 2014, as compared with a much higher 335% in the five years and three months from March 6, 2009 through June 13, 2014.

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, the State of California's unemployment rate more than doubled, going from 5.8% in December 2007 to 12.1% 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 both the Quantitative Easing by the US Fed and a very proactive, Democratic controlled California State Government, the California unemployment rate declined sharply, going from 12.1% in October 2009 to 7.8% in the most recently reported April 2014

Below here are the stock market prices of these 45 San Diego Area Companies on June 13, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, along with the related % Changes for these two periods of time, with all of this information sorted by Sectors:







Market Market






Price Price






% %






Change Change



Market Market Market 3-6-09 12-31-07



Price Price Price to to
California Company HQs Area 6-13-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 6-13-14 3-6-09



$s $s $s

San Diego Area






…..Technology






ServiceNow San Diego SD    59.20      5.00    10.29 1084% -51%
Imageware Systems San Diego SD      2.39      0.21      1.51 1038% -86%
Entropic Communications San Diego SD      3.38      0.49      7.28 590% -93%
Accelrys San Diego SD    12.51      3.24      7.53 286% -57%
ViaSat Carlsbad SD    56.82    16.51    34.43 244% -52%
Maxwell Technologies San Diego SD    17.10      5.09      8.27 236% -38%
QUALCOMM San Diego SD    79.11    33.63    39.35 135% -15%
Cubic Corp San Diego SD    47.59    24.32    21.70 96% 12%
Cohu Inc Poway SD    11.09      7.36    15.30 51% -52%
Leap Wireless San Diego SD    17.52    29.57    46.64 -41% -37%








…..Health Care






ACADIA Pharmaceuticals San Diego SD    23.05      0.80    11.07 2781% -93%
DexCom San Diego SD    36.00      3.31      8.83 988% -63%
Illumina San Diego SD  170.53    31.98    29.63 433% 8%
Neurocrine Biosciences San Diego SD    14.97      3.21      4.54 366% -29%
Ligand Pharmaceuticals La Jolla SD    66.75    16.56    28.98 303% -43%
TearLab San Diego SD      4.56      1.50      2.00 204% -25%
ResMed San Diego SD    53.15    17.77    26.27 199% -32%
Isis Pharmaceuticals Carlsbad SD    33.63    12.13    15.75 177% -23%
Life Technologies Carlsbad SD    76.04    28.17    93.41 170% -70%
Cadence Pharmaceuticals San Diego SD    13.98      5.83    14.86 140% -61%
Quidel San Diego SD    22.70      9.55    19.47 138% -51%
AMN Healthcare Services San Diego SD    11.23      4.89    17.17 130% -72%
Orexigen Therapeutics La Jolla SD      5.85      2.63    14.25 122% -82%
Halozyme Therapeutics San Diego SD    10.07      4.66      7.11 116% -34%
Arena Pharmaceuticals San Diego SD      6.50      4.06      7.83 60% -48%
Volcano San Diego SD    18.34    13.16    12.51 39% 5%
NuVasive San Diego SD    33.69    26.57    39.52 27% -33%
Cytori Therapeutics San Diego SD      2.47      2.31      6.05 7% -62%
Alphatec Holdings Carlsbad SD      1.36      1.28      5.04 6% -75%
Vical San Diego SD      1.17      1.43      4.25 -18% -66%
MEI Pharma San Diego SD      6.61    21.00  173.40 -69% -88%
Sequenom San Diego SD      3.06    13.15      9.55 -77% 38%








…..Finance






Bofl Holding San Diego SD    75.65      4.51      7.15 1577% -37%
Encore Capital Group San Diego SD    44.77      3.10      9.68 1344% -68%
HomeFed Corp Carlsbad SD    58.00    16.00    62.00 263% -74%
BioMed Realty Trust San Diego SD    22.09      6.98    23.17 216% -70%
Realty Income Escondido SD    43.85    15.03    27.02 192% -44%
Retail Opportunity Investments San Diego SD    15.71      9.50      9.17 65% 4%
PICO Holdings La Jolla SD    23.04    20.35    33.62 13% -39%








…..Services






PriceSmart San Diego SD    88.01    16.05    30.06 448% -47%
Jack in the Box San Diego SD    60.18    17.38    25.77 246% -33%
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions San Diego SD      8.47      6.50    23.50 30% -72%








…..Other Sectors






Senomyx San Diego SD      8.42      1.54      7.49 447% -79%
WD-40 Company San Diego SD    73.10    22.82    37.97 220% -40%
Callaway Golf Carlsbad SD      8.04      5.89    17.43 37% -66%








Average % Change all 45 San Diego Area Companies



335% -47%