During this five years and eight months period of time from March 6, 2009 through October 27, 2014, Moderate Mark Udall was a Colorado US Senator.
I found 59 Colorado Headquartered Companies in Yahoo's or Google's superb Finance websites or from SEC filings with current Total Stock Market Capitalizations of more than $100 mil each 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 October 24, 2014.
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 61 Colorado Companies had their average equal-company-weighted 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 five years and eight months since March 6, 2009 through October 24, 2014, the average stock market prices of these same 61 Colorado Companies have increased by a very impressive 436%.
Thus in the six years and ten months from December 31, 2007 before the 2008 financial meltdown to the most recent date October 24, 2014, the equally-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 61 Colorado Companies have increased by 50%..... yeah, these Colorado Companies have not just recouped the massive amount they lost with the disastrous 2008 financial meltdown, but also added another 50%.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 61 Colorado Companies on October 24, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, along with the related Stock Market Price Percentage Changes:
| Market | Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Colorado Company | HQs | Price | Price | Price | to | to | to | |
| 10-24-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 10-24-14 | 3-6-09 | 10-24-14 | |||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||
| Kodiak Oil & Gas | Denver | CO | 10.78 | 0.22 | 2.20 | 4800% | -90% | 390% |
| Advanced Emissions Solutions | Highland Ranch | CO | 19.62 | 1.57 | 3.79 | 1154% | -59% | 418% |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill | Denver | CO | 615.78 | 49.19 | 147.07 | 1152% | -67% | 319% |
| Innospec Inc | Littleton | CO | 37.08 | 3.04 | 17.16 | 1120% | -82% | 116% |
| Spectranetics | Colorado Springs | CO | 31.00 | 2.70 | 15.33 | 1048% | -82% | 102% |
| Allied Motion Technologies | Englewood | CO | 14.27 | 1.29 | 4.65 | 1008% | -72% | 207% |
| Liberty Interactive | Englewood | CO | 25.31 | 2.50 | 19.08 | 912% | -87% | 33% |
| Crocs Inc | Niwot | CO | 12.03 | 1.19 | 36.81 | 911% | -97% | -67% |
| Liberty Global | Englewood | CO | 44.92 | 4.48 | 13.63 | 902% | -67% | 230% |
| Air Methods | Englewood | CO | 45.06 | 4.67 | 16.56 | 866% | -72% | 172% |
| Dot Hill | Longmont | CO | 3.93 | 0.43 | 2.43 | 816% | -82% | 62% |
| Penford Corp | Centennial | CO | 18.66 | 2.21 | 25.59 | 744% | -91% | -27% |
| MarkWest Energy Partners LP | Denver | CO | 72.26 | 9.16 | 33.78 | 689% | -73% | 114% |
| Apartment Investment & Management | Denver | CO | 34.39 | 4.94 | 29.11 | 596% | -83% | 18% |
| Cimarex Energy Co | Denver | CO | 109.16 | 15.92 | 42.53 | 586% | -63% | 157% |
| Dish Network | Englewood | CO | 62.20 | 9.27 | 33.95 | 571% | -73% | 83% |
| Whiting Petroleum | Denver | CO | 61.66 | 10.07 | 28.83 | 513% | -65% | 114% |
| Evolving Systems | Englewood | CO | 10.70 | 1.84 | 5.96 | 482% | -69% | 80% |
| TW Telecom | Littleton | CO | 39.14 | 6.80 | 20.29 | 476% | -66% | 93% |
| DCP Midstream Partners LP | Denver | CO | 55.07 | 10.09 | 45.95 | 446% | -78% | 20% |
| Woodward | Fort Collins | CO | 48.47 | 9.08 | 33.98 | 434% | -73% | 43% |
| Vail Resorts | Broomfield | CO | 84.00 | 16.08 | 53.81 | 422% | -70% | 56% |
| SM Energy Co | Denver | CO | 60.34 | 11.63 | 38.61 | 419% | -70% | 56% |
| PDC Energy Inc | Denver | CO | 43.61 | 10.11 | 59.13 | 331% | -83% | -26% |
| Red Robin Gourmet Burgers | Greenwood Village | CO | 49.73 | 12.13 | 31.99 | 310% | -62% | 55% |
| UDR Inc | Highlands Ranch | CO | 29.33 | 7.23 | 19.85 | 306% | -64% | 48% |
| Mesa Laboratories | Lakewood | CO | 69.96 | 18.01 | 25.00 | 288% | -28% | 180% |
| Level 3 Communications | Broomfield | CO | 42.22 | 10.88 | 45.60 | 288% | -76% | -7% |
| Ball Corp | Broomfield | CO | 66.75 | 18.62 | 22.50 | 258% | -17% | 197% |
| Century Casinos | Colorado Springs | CO | 5.03 | 1.42 | 6.44 | 254% | -78% | -22% |
| Einstein Noah Restaurant Group | Lakewood | CO | 20.22 | 5.77 | 18.15 | 250% | -68% | 11% |
| IHS Inc | Englewood | CO | 129.53 | 37.00 | 60.56 | 250% | -39% | 114% |
| Arrow Electronics | Englewood | CO | 52.94 | 15.59 | 39.28 | 240% | -60% | 35% |
| DaVita HealthCare Partners | Denver | CO | 76.73 | 22.86 | 28.18 | 236% | -19% | 172% |
| Janus Capital Group | Denver | CO | 14.40 | 4.34 | 32.85 | 232% | -87% | -56% |
| StarTek | Denver | CO | 7.52 | 2.30 | 9.31 | 227% | -75% | -19% |
| Dynamic Materials | Boulder | CO | 16.83 | 5.23 | 58.90 | 222% | -91% | -71% |
| EchoStar | Englewood | CO | 46.32 | 14.69 | 18.83 | 215% | -22% | 146% |
| Advanced Energy Industries | Ft Collins | CO | 17.83 | 5.66 | 13.08 | 215% | -57% | 36% |
| DCT Industrial Trust | Denver | CO | 8.29 | 2.64 | 9.31 | 214% | -72% | -11% |
| Gaiam Inc | Louisville | CO | 7.67 | 2.57 | 29.68 | 198% | -91% | -74% |
| TeleTech Holdings | Englewood Cliffs | CO | 24.00 | 8.66 | 21.27 | 177% | -59% | 13% |
| CoBiz Financial | Denver | CO | 11.40 | 4.23 | 14.87 | 170% | -72% | -23% |
| Transmontaigne Partners LP | Denver | CO | 40.70 | 15.11 | 28.39 | 169% | -47% | 43% |
| Ascent Capital Group | Greenwood Village | CO | 62.54 | 23.76 | 33.95 | 163% | -30% | 84% |
| Molson Coors Brewing | Denver | CO | 73.23 | 34.10 | 51.62 | 115% | -34% | 42% |
| Guaranty Bancorp | Denver | CO | 15.00 | 7.75 | 28.90 | 94% | -73% | -48% |
| CSG Systems | Englewood | CO | 25.42 | 13.32 | 14.72 | 91% | -10% | 73% |
| Royal Gold Inc | Denver | CO | 66.26 | 40.15 | 30.52 | 65% | 32% | 117% |
| Western Union | Englewood | CO | 16.47 | 10.43 | 24.28 | 58% | -57% | -32% |
| Ciber | Greenwood Village | CO | 3.11 | 2.20 | 6.11 | 41% | -64% | -49% |
| Array BioPharma | Boulder | CO | 3.60 | 2.60 | 8.42 | 38% | -69% | -57% |
| National CineMedia | Centennial | CO | 15.38 | 12.00 | 25.21 | 28% | -52% | -39% |
| Emerald Oil Inc | Denver | CO | 3.31 | 2.66 | 11.97 | 24% | -78% | -72% |
| MDC Holdings | Denver | CO | 26.33 | 23.47 | 37.13 | 12% | -37% | -29% |
| Intrepid Potash | Denver | CO | 14.32 | 14.49 | 50.40 | -1% | -71% | -72% |
| Bill Barrett Corp | Denver | CO | 14.85 | 17.74 | 41.87 | -16% | -58% | -65% |
| Thompson Creek Metals | Denver | CO | 1.90 | 2.92 | 17.11 | -35% | -83% | -89% |
| Newmont Mining | Greenwood Village | CO | 21.95 | 38.90 | 48.83 | -44% | -20% | -55% |
| Resolute Energy Corp | Denver | CO | 3.75 | 9.37 | 9.19 | -60% | 2% | -59% |
| Forest Oil Corp | Denver | CO | 1.06 | 8.10 | 36.57 | -87% | -78% | -97% |
| Average % Change all 61 | 436% | -62% | 50% |
Colorado is an entrepreneurial State. In addition to the above 61 Colorado Companies, below here are the 14 Colorado Companies filing Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) since 2009 which have experienced an average stock market price appreciation of a very robust 67% above their initial offering price for the short period of time their common stocks have been trading:
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| Market | ||||||||
| Price | ||||||||
| 10-24-14 | Change | |||||||
| Stock | From | |||||||
| IPO | City | State | Market | Offering | Offering | |||
| Date | Colorado Company IPO | HQs | Sector | Industry | Price | Price | Price | |
| $ | $ | |||||||
| 11/16/11 | Clovis Oncology | Boulder | CO | Healthcare | Biotechnology | 55.58 | 13.00 | 328% |
| 12/15/11 | Bonanza Creek Energy | Denver | CO | Basic Materials | Independent Oil & Gas | 42.28 | 17.00 | 149% |
| 9/23/10 | CoreSite Realty | Denver | CO | Financial | REIT-Office | 35.28 | 16.00 | 121% |
| 10/26/12 | WhiteWave Foods (The) | Denver | CO | Consumer Goods | Food-Major Diversified | 36.15 | 17.00 | 113% |
| 5/14/09 | DigitalGlobal | Longmont | CO | Industrial Goods | Aerospace/Defense | 29.28 | 19.00 | 54% |
| 8/14/13 | Envision Healthcare Holdings | Greenwood Village | CO | Health Care | Long-Term Care Facilities | 35.01 | 23.00 | 52% |
| 10/2/13 | RE/MAX Holdings | Denver | CO | Financial | Property Management | 31.79 | 22.00 | 45% |
| 7/27/11 | American Midstream Partners, LP | Denver | CO | Utilities | Gas Utilities | 27.78 | 21.00 | 32% |
| 6/28/13 | Noodles & Company | Broomfield | CO | Services | Restaurants | 21.75 | 18.00 | 21% |
| 7/25/12 | Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage | Lakewood | CO | Services | Grocery Stores | 16.86 | 15.00 | 12% |
| 10/10/13 | Antero Resources | Denver | CO | Basic Materials | Oil&Gas Drilling&Exploration | 48.91 | 44.00 | 11% |
| 1/31/14 | Intrawest Resorts Holdings | Denver | CO | Services | General Entertainment | 9.96 | 12.00 | -17% |
| 6/18/14 | Century Communities | Greenwood Village | CO | Consumer Goods | Homebuilding | 18.22 | 23.00 | -21% |
| 4/12/13 | Rally Software Development | Boulder | CO | Technology | Application Software | 9.82 | 14.00 | -30% |
| Average % Change all 14 | 67% |
In the below link is a recent post I made on how Colorado Company profits have exploded upwardly since the 2008 financial meltdown.
http://wuerthwhilewilywakenings.blogspot.com/2014/10/colorado-company-audited-profits-for.html
And on the employment front, Colorado has made exceptional progress with its State Unemployment rate dropping precipitously from 8.3% in October 2009 to only 4.7% in the most recently reported September 2014.
More Details to come.
