During this five years and seven months period of time from March 6, 2009 through October 17, 2014, Pat Quinn was the Illinois Governor.
I found 106 Illinois 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 17, 2014.
I also included seven Illinois Companies which were sold in 2014 and two Illinois Companies whose common stock first started trading in 2008. That makes a total of 115 Illinois Companies shown below.
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 115 Illinois Companies had their average equal-company-weighted 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 five years and seven months since March 6, 2009 through October 17, 2014, the average stock market prices of these same 115 Illinois Companies have increased by a clearly spectacular 501%. And this happened despite the US stock market collapsing in the past month. Yeah, these Illinois Companies overall have held up pretty well during the past month's devastation of US stocks.
Thus in the six years and ten months from December 31, 2007 before the 2008 financial meltdown to the most recent date October 17, 2014, the equally-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 115 Illinois Companies have increased by an impressive 59%...... yeah, these Illinois Companies have not just recouped the massive amount they lost with the disastrous 2008 financial meltdown, but also added another 59%.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 115 Illinois Companies, overwhelmingly Chicago Metro Area Companies, on October 17, 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 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | to | |||
| Illinois Company | HQs | 10-17-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 10-17-14 | 3-6-09 | 10-17-14 | |
| $s | $s | $s | ||||||
| General Growth Properties | Chicago | IL | 24.15 | 0.33 | 41.18 | 7218% | -99% | -41% |
| Tenneco | Lake Forest | IL | 51.85 | 0.86 | 26.07 | 5929% | -97% | 99% |
| KapStone Paper & Packaging | Northbrook | IL | 25.81 | 0.75 | 3.50 | 3341% | -79% | 637% |
| Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrances | Bolingbrook | IL | 116.57 | 4.40 | 17.15 | 2549% | -74% | 580% |
| Akorn | Lake Forest | IL | 37.24 | 1.53 | 7.34 | 2334% | -79% | 407% |
| Manitex Intl | Bridgeview | IL | 10.38 | 0.46 | 6.07 | 2157% | -92% | 71% |
| Century Aluminum | Chicago | IL | 24.30 | 1.10 | 53.94 | 2109% | -98% | -55% |
| Brunswick | Lake Forest | IL | 41.26 | 2.18 | 17.05 | 1793% | -87% | 142% |
| Coleman Cable | Waukegan | IL | 26.25 | 1.44 | 9.45 | 1723% | -85% | 178% |
| Sparton Corp | Schaumburg | IL | 24.66 | 1.50 | 4.94 | 1544% | -70% | 399% |
| Strategic Hotels & Resorts | Chicago | IL | 11.60 | 0.77 | 16.73 | 1406% | -95% | -31% |
| Material Sciences Corp | Elk Grove Village | IL | 12.74 | 1.00 | 7.43 | 1174% | -87% | 71% |
| Discover Financial Services | Riverwoods | IL | 62.45 | 4.95 | 15.08 | 1162% | -67% | 314% |
| United Continental | Chicago | IL | 44.68 | 3.94 | 35.66 | 1034% | -89% | 25% |
| Methode Electronics | Chicago | IL | 35.21 | 3.37 | 16.44 | 945% | -80% | 114% |
| Middleby | Elgin | IL | 82.52 | 7.99 | 25.54 | 933% | -69% | 223% |
| Hillshire Brands | Chicago | IL | 62.96 | 7.08 | 16.06 | 789% | -56% | 292% |
| Littelfuse | Chicago | IL | 81.05 | 9.54 | 32.96 | 750% | -71% | 146% |
| Catamaran | Lisle | IL | 39.97 | 5.01 | 3.63 | 699% | 38% | 1003% |
| Jones Lang LaSalle | Chicago | IL | 123.62 | 16.99 | 71.16 | 628% | -76% | 74% |
| First Industrial Realty Trust | Chicago | IL | 17.85 | 2.51 | 34.60 | 611% | -93% | -48% |
| Taylor Capital Group | Rosemont | IL | 21.05 | 3.10 | 20.40 | 579% | -85% | 3% |
| Packaging Corp America | Lake Forest | IL | 62.35 | 9.92 | 28.20 | 529% | -65% | 121% |
| John B Sanfilippo | Elgin | IL | 34.93 | 5.58 | 8.42 | 526% | -34% | 315% |
| ACCO Brands | Lake Zurich | IL | 6.86 | 1.10 | 16.04 | 524% | -93% | -57% |
| USG Corp | Chicago | IL | 26.68 | 4.29 | 35.79 | 522% | -88% | -25% |
| CNA Financial | Chicago | IL | 36.99 | 6.98 | 33.72 | 430% | -79% | 10% |
| Motorola Solutions | Schaumburg | IL | 60.79 | 12.70 | 16.04 | 379% | -21% | 279% |
| Horace Mann Educators Corp | Springfield | IL | 29.22 | 6.46 | 18.94 | 352% | -66% | 54% |
| VASCO Data Security | Oakbrook Terrace | IL | 18.31 | 4.09 | 27.92 | 348% | -85% | -34% |
| Beam Suntory Inc | Deerfield | IL | 83.47 | 19.07 | 72.36 | 338% | -74% | 15% |
| Wintrust Financial | Rosemont | IL | 43.82 | 10.05 | 33.13 | 336% | -70% | 32% |
| LKQ Corp | Chicago | IL | 26.25 | 6.10 | 10.51 | 330% | -42% | 150% |
| United Stationers | Deerfield | IL | 39.11 | 9.25 | 23.11 | 323% | -60% | 69% |
| Allstate | Northbrook | IL | 60.64 | 14.55 | 52.23 | 317% | -72% | 16% |
| Boeing | Chicago | IL | 123.24 | 30.10 | 87.46 | 309% | -66% | 41% |
| Caterpillar | Peoria | IL | 95.05 | 23.23 | 72.56 | 309% | -68% | 31% |
| CF Industries | Deerfield | IL | 244.96 | 60.59 | 110.06 | 304% | -45% | 123% |
| Kemper Corp | Chicago | IL | 33.71 | 8.34 | 47.99 | 304% | -83% | -30% |
| IDEX Corp | Lake Forest | IL | 69.81 | 17.53 | 36.13 | 298% | -51% | 93% |
| Zebra Technologies | Lincolnshire | IL | 66.00 | 16.69 | 34.70 | 295% | -52% | 90% |
| AMCOL Intl | Hoffman Estates | IL | 45.74 | 11.59 | 36.03 | 295% | -68% | 27% |
| Ingredion Inc | Westchester | IL | 72.05 | 18.46 | 36.75 | 290% | -50% | 96% |
| Equity Residential | Chicago | IL | 65.90 | 17.09 | 36.47 | 286% | -53% | 81% |
| GATX | Chicago | IL | 55.97 | 14.70 | 36.68 | 281% | -60% | 53% |
| WW Grainger | Lake Forest | IL | 231.90 | 61.45 | 87.52 | 277% | -30% | 165% |
| Calamos Asset Management | Naperville | IL | 11.32 | 3.05 | 29.78 | 271% | -90% | -62% |
| Stepan Company | Northfield | IL | 45.30 | 12.90 | 16.27 | 251% | -21% | 179% |
| Orbitz Worldwide | Chicago | IL | 7.59 | 2.17 | 8.50 | 250% | -74% | -11% |
| Great Lakes Dredge & Dock | Oak Brook | IL | 6.49 | 1.92 | 8.72 | 238% | -78% | -26% |
| Dover | Downers Grove | IL | 74.51 | 22.32 | 46.09 | 234% | -52% | 62% |
| Deere | Moline | IL | 83.29 | 25.51 | 93.12 | 226% | -73% | -11% |
| Federal Signal | Oak Brook | IL | 13.01 | 3.99 | 11.22 | 226% | -64% | 16% |
| Ventas | Chicago | IL | 66.41 | 20.41 | 45.25 | 225% | -55% | 47% |
| InnerWorkings | Chicago | IL | 8.32 | 2.62 | 17.26 | 218% | -85% | -52% |
| Consolidated Communications | Mattoon | IL | 26.46 | 8.38 | 19.90 | 216% | -58% | 33% |
| Richardson Electronics | Lafox | IL | 10.01 | 3.17 | 7.01 | 216% | -55% | 43% |
| John Bean Technologies | Chicago | IL | 27.91 | 8.85 | 14.00 | 215% | -37% | 99% |
| Illinois Tool Works | Glenview | IL | 83.39 | 26.80 | 53.54 | 211% | -50% | 56% |
| Anixter Intl | Glenview | IL | 79.18 | 25.90 | 62.27 | 206% | -58% | 27% |
| PrivateBancorp | Chicago | IL | 29.00 | 9.57 | 32.65 | 203% | -71% | -11% |
| Schawk | Des Plaines | IL | 20.80 | 6.94 | 15.52 | 200% | -55% | 34% |
| Treehouse Foods | Oak Brook | IL | 79.05 | 26.56 | 22.99 | 198% | 16% | 244% |
| Equity LifeStyle Properties | Chicago | IL | 44.62 | 15.29 | 22.84 | 192% | -33% | 95% |
| Arthur J Gallagher | Itasca | IL | 44.62 | 15.68 | 24.19 | 185% | -35% | 84% |
| Titan Intl | Quincy | IL | 9.36 | 3.33 | 25.01 | 181% | -87% | -63% |
| Accenture | Chicago | IL | 76.62 | 28.00 | 36.03 | 174% | -22% | 113% |
| Walgreen Co | Deerfield | IL | 60.27 | 22.09 | 38.08 | 173% | -42% | 58% |
| MB Financial | Chicago | IL | 27.66 | 10.17 | 30.83 | 172% | -67% | -10% |
| RR Donnelley & Sons | Chicago | IL | 15.71 | 5.87 | 37.74 | 168% | -84% | -58% |
| First Midwest Bancorp | Itasca | IL | 15.86 | 6.28 | 30.60 | 153% | -79% | -48% |
| Stericycle | Lake Forest | IL | 118.33 | 47.74 | 59.40 | 148% | -20% | 99% |
| Hub Group | Downers Grove | IL | 37.04 | 15.87 | 26.58 | 133% | -40% | 39% |
| Mondelez | Deerfield | IL | 32.62 | 14.15 | 21.35 | 131% | -34% | 53% |
| Aptar Group | Crystal Lake | IL | 58.70 | 25.55 | 40.91 | 130% | -38% | 43% |
| Hospira | Lake Forest | IL | 50.07 | 22.21 | 42.64 | 125% | -48% | 17% |
| Cabot Microelectronics | Aurora | IL | 42.40 | 19.06 | 35.91 | 122% | -47% | 18% |
| Lifeway Foods | Morton Grove | IL | 15.16 | 6.82 | 11.83 | 122% | -42% | 28% |
| FreightCar America | Chicago | IL | 31.93 | 14.52 | 35.00 | 120% | -59% | -9% |
| AAR Corp | Wood Dale | IL | 24.09 | 10.99 | 38.03 | 119% | -71% | -37% |
| Morningstar | Chicago | IL | 62.86 | 28.79 | 77.75 | 118% | -63% | -19% |
| Oil-Dri Corp America | Chicago | IL | 28.54 | 13.11 | 21.94 | 118% | -40% | 30% |
| CME Group | Chicago | IL | 78.26 | 36.49 | 137.20 | 114% | -73% | -43% |
| RLI Corp | Peoria | IL | 45.29 | 21.88 | 28.40 | 107% | -23% | 59% |
| Old Republic Intl | Chicago | IL | 14.09 | 7.66 | 15.41 | 84% | -50% | -9% |
| Abbott Laboratories | Abbott Park | IL | 40.86 | 22.44 | 26.87 | 82% | -16% | 52% |
| Heritage-Crystal Clean | Elgin | IL | 16.00 | 8.84 | 14.19 | 81% | -38% | 13% |
| McDonald's | Oak Brook | IL | 91.04 | 52.12 | 58.91 | 75% | -12% | 55% |
| Archer Daniels Midland | Decatur | IL | 44.50 | 25.96 | 46.43 | 71% | -44% | -4% |
| PCTEL | Bloomingdale | IL | 7.24 | 4.31 | 6.86 | 68% | -37% | 6% |
| Merge Healthcare | Chicago | IL | 2.20 | 1.31 | 1.19 | 68% | 10% | 85% |
| Inland Real Estate | Oak Brook | IL | 10.25 | 6.12 | 14.16 | 67% | -57% | -28% |
| Tootsie Rolls Industries | Chicago | IL | 28.36 | 17.33 | 22.96 | 64% | -25% | 23% |
| Allscripts Healthcare Solutions | Chicago | IL | 12.87 | 7.93 | 19.42 | 62% | -59% | -34% |
| Huron Consulting Group | Chicago | IL | 61.51 | 40.75 | 80.63 | 51% | -49% | -24% |
| Heidrick & Struggles Intl | Chicago | IL | 20.97 | 14.00 | 37.11 | 50% | -62% | -43% |
| Lawson Products | Chicago | IL | 20.94 | 14.25 | 37.92 | 47% | -62% | -45% |
| The Female Health Co | Chicago | IL | 4.33 | 2.95 | 2.61 | 47% | 13% | 66% |
| BankFinancial Corp | Burr Ridge | IL | 11.01 | 7.54 | 15.82 | 46% | -52% | -30% |
| Northern Trust | Chicago | IL | 63.30 | 47.38 | 76.58 | 34% | -38% | -17% |
| Baxter Intl | Deerfield | IL | 67.24 | 51.92 | 58.05 | 30% | -11% | 16% |
| Navigant Consulting | Chicago | IL | 14.07 | 11.07 | 13.67 | 27% | -19% | 3% |
| Terra Nitrogen Co. LP | Deerfield | IL | 139.00 | 118.97 | 149.53 | 17% | -20% | -7% |
| AM Castle | Oak Brook | IL | 6.65 | 5.89 | 27.19 | 13% | -78% | -76% |
| United States Cellular | Chicago | IL | 33.61 | 30.34 | 84.10 | 11% | -64% | -60% |
| Rubicon Technology | Bensenville | IL | 4.22 | 3.93 | 23.75 | 7% | -83% | -82% |
| First Mid-Illinois Bancshares | Mattoon | IL | 21.10 | 19.90 | 26.05 | 6% | -24% | -19% |
| DeVry Education Group | Downers Group | IL | 44.86 | 44.19 | 51.96 | 2% | -15% | -14% |
| Telephone & Data Systems | Chicago | IL | 23.40 | 23.08 | 57.59 | 1% | -60% | -59% |
| First Busey | Champaign | IL | 5.81 | 6.15 | 19.86 | -6% | -69% | -71% |
| Sears Holdings | Hoffman Estates | IL | 28.41 | 33.01 | 94.81 | -14% | -65% | -70% |
| Coeur Mining Inc | Chicago | IL | 4.78 | 6.30 | 49.40 | -24% | -87% | -90% |
| Inteliquent | Chicago | IL | 12.98 | 18.99 | 19.02 | -32% | 0% | -32% |
| Landauer | Glenwood | IL | 33.13 | 50.65 | 51.85 | -35% | -2% | -36% |
| Career Education | Schaumburg | IL | 5.30 | 20.80 | 25.14 | -75% | -17% | -79% |
| Average % Change all 115 | 501% | -55% | 59% |
