Sixteen of the 102 had their stock market prices increase more than 10 times since March 6, 2009. And eight of the 102 had their stock market prices increase more than 20 times since March 6, 2009.
Chicago Area Businesses have to be very pleased with their Companies' stock market price appreciation under President Obama and a very friendly US Fed, led by Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 102 Chicago Area Companies with current stock market capitalizations of at least $100 mil on three dates:
- on November 24, 2014, or when the Company was sold in 2014
- on March 6, 2009, which was the stock market low after the aftershocks of the 2008 financial meltdown
- and on December 31, 2007, which was before the 2008 financial meltdown, or for stocks first trading in 2008 at the first day's closing price.
| 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 | |||
| Chicago Metro Area Company | HQs | 11-24-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 11-24-14 | 3-6-09 | 11-24-14 | |
| $s | $s | $s | ||||||
| General Growth Properties | Chicago | IL | 26.47 | 0.33 | 41.18 | 7921% | -99% | -36% |
| Tenneco | Lake Forest | IL | 56.66 | 0.86 | 26.07 | 6488% | -97% | 117% |
| KapStone Paper & Packaging | Northbrook | IL | 29.78 | 0.75 | 3.50 | 3871% | -79% | 751% |
| Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrances | Bolingbrook | IL | 126.77 | 4.40 | 17.15 | 2781% | -74% | 639% |
| Manitex Intl | Bridgeview | IL | 11.89 | 0.46 | 6.07 | 2485% | -92% | 96% |
| Century Aluminum | Chicago | IL | 27.80 | 1.10 | 53.94 | 2427% | -98% | -48% |
| Akorn | Lake Forest | IL | 37.55 | 1.53 | 7.34 | 2354% | -79% | 412% |
| Brunswick | Lake Forest | IL | 48.82 | 2.18 | 17.05 | 2139% | -87% | 186% |
| Coleman Cable | Waukegan | IL | 26.25 | 1.44 | 9.45 | 1723% | -85% | 178% |
| Strategic Hotels & Resorts | Chicago | IL | 13.01 | 0.77 | 16.73 | 1590% | -95% | -22% |
| Sparton Corp | Schaumburg | IL | 24.94 | 1.50 | 4.94 | 1563% | -70% | 405% |
| United Continental | Chicago | IL | 55.91 | 3.94 | 35.66 | 1319% | -89% | 57% |
| Discover Financial Services | Riverwoods | IL | 65.16 | 4.95 | 15.08 | 1216% | -67% | 332% |
| Material Sciences Corp | Elk Grove Village | IL | 12.74 | 1.00 | 7.43 | 1174% | -87% | 71% |
| Methode Electronics | Chicago | IL | 39.58 | 3.37 | 16.44 | 1074% | -80% | 141% |
| Middleby | Elgin | IL | 93.69 | 7.99 | 25.54 | 1073% | -69% | 267% |
| Littelfuse | Chicago | IL | 97.72 | 9.54 | 32.96 | 924% | -71% | 196% |
| Catamaran | Lisle | IL | 49.50 | 5.01 | 3.63 | 889% | 38% | 1266% |
| Hillshire Brands | Chicago | IL | 62.96 | 7.08 | 16.06 | 789% | -56% | 292% |
| Jones Lang LaSalle | Chicago | IL | 144.00 | 16.99 | 71.16 | 748% | -76% | 102% |
| ACCO Brands | Lake Zurich | IL | 9.01 | 1.10 | 16.04 | 719% | -93% | -44% |
| First Industrial Realty Trust | Chicago | IL | 19.51 | 2.51 | 34.60 | 677% | -93% | -44% |
| Packaging Corp America | Lake Forest | IL | 73.86 | 9.92 | 28.20 | 645% | -65% | 162% |
| John B Sanfilippo | Elgin | IL | 39.41 | 5.58 | 8.42 | 606% | -34% | 368% |
| USG Corp | Chicago | IL | 29.65 | 4.29 | 35.79 | 591% | -88% | -17% |
| VASCO Data Security | Oakbrook Terrace | IL | 28.22 | 4.09 | 27.92 | 590% | -85% | 1% |
| Taylor Capital Group | Rosemont | IL | 21.05 | 3.10 | 20.40 | 579% | -85% | 3% |
| CNA Financial | Chicago | IL | 39.15 | 6.98 | 33.72 | 461% | -79% | 16% |
| Motorola Solutions | Schaumburg | IL | 65.81 | 12.70 | 16.04 | 418% | -21% | 310% |
| LKQ Corp | Chicago | IL | 29.00 | 6.10 | 10.51 | 375% | -42% | 176% |
| Allstate | Northbrook | IL | 67.92 | 14.55 | 52.23 | 367% | -72% | 30% |
| CF Industries | Deerfield | IL | 277.13 | 60.59 | 110.06 | 357% | -45% | 152% |
| United Stationers | Deerfield | IL | 41.99 | 9.25 | 23.11 | 354% | -60% | 82% |
| Wintrust Financial | Rosemont | IL | 45.38 | 10.05 | 33.13 | 352% | -70% | 37% |
| Calamos Asset Management | Naperville | IL | 13.65 | 3.05 | 29.78 | 348% | -90% | -54% |
| Ingredion Inc | Westchester | IL | 82.56 | 18.46 | 36.75 | 347% | -50% | 125% |
| Boeing | Chicago | IL | 134.61 | 30.10 | 87.46 | 347% | -66% | 54% |
| IDEX Corp | Lake Forest | IL | 77.69 | 17.53 | 36.13 | 343% | -51% | 115% |
| GATX | Chicago | IL | 64.78 | 14.70 | 36.68 | 341% | -60% | 77% |
| Beam Suntory Inc | Deerfield | IL | 83.47 | 19.07 | 72.36 | 338% | -74% | 15% |
| Zebra Technologies | Lincolnshire | IL | 72.43 | 16.69 | 34.70 | 334% | -52% | 109% |
| Kemper Corp | Chicago | IL | 35.80 | 8.34 | 47.99 | 329% | -83% | -25% |
| Equity Residential | Chicago | IL | 70.06 | 17.09 | 36.47 | 310% | -53% | 92% |
| WW Grainger | Lake Forest | IL | 250.85 | 61.45 | 87.52 | 308% | -30% | 187% |
| Great Lakes Dredge & Dock | Oak Brook | IL | 7.67 | 1.92 | 8.72 | 299% | -78% | -12% |
| AMCOL Intl | Hoffman Estates | IL | 45.74 | 11.59 | 36.03 | 295% | -68% | 27% |
| Federal Signal | Oak Brook | IL | 15.42 | 3.99 | 11.22 | 286% | -64% | 37% |
| Dover | Downers Grove | IL | 83.12 | 22.32 | 46.09 | 272% | -52% | 80% |
| Illinois Tool Works | Glenview | IL | 96.09 | 26.80 | 53.54 | 259% | -50% | 79% |
| John Bean Technologies | Chicago | IL | 31.55 | 8.85 | 14.00 | 256% | -37% | 125% |
| Orbitz Worldwide | Chicago | IL | 7.57 | 2.17 | 8.50 | 249% | -74% | -11% |
| Ventas | Chicago | IL | 69.73 | 20.41 | 45.25 | 242% | -55% | 54% |
| Anixter Intl | Glenview | IL | 87.53 | 25.90 | 62.27 | 238% | -58% | 41% |
| Stepan Company | Northfield | IL | 43.31 | 12.90 | 16.27 | 236% | -21% | 166% |
| PrivateBancorp | Chicago | IL | 32.03 | 9.57 | 32.65 | 235% | -71% | -2% |
| Equity LifeStyle Properties | Chicago | IL | 48.39 | 15.29 | 22.84 | 217% | -33% | 112% |
| MB Financial | Chicago | IL | 31.32 | 10.17 | 30.83 | 208% | -67% | 2% |
| Walgreen Co | Deerfield | IL | 67.73 | 22.09 | 38.08 | 207% | -42% | 78% |
| Arthur J Gallagher | Itasca | IL | 47.97 | 15.68 | 24.19 | 206% | -35% | 98% |
| Treehouse Foods | Oak Brook | IL | 80.26 | 26.56 | 22.99 | 202% | 16% | 249% |
| Schawk | Des Plaines | IL | 20.80 | 6.94 | 15.52 | 200% | -55% | 34% |
| InnerWorkings | Chicago | IL | 7.59 | 2.62 | 17.26 | 190% | -85% | -56% |
| RR Donnelley & Sons | Chicago | IL | 16.72 | 5.87 | 37.74 | 185% | -84% | -56% |
| Mondelez | Deerfield | IL | 38.99 | 14.15 | 21.35 | 176% | -34% | 83% |
| First Midwest Bancorp | Itasca | IL | 17.11 | 6.28 | 30.60 | 172% | -79% | -44% |
| Hospira | Lake Forest | IL | 60.30 | 22.21 | 42.64 | 171% | -48% | 41% |
| Lifeway Foods | Morton Grove | IL | 18.24 | 6.82 | 11.83 | 167% | -42% | 54% |
| Stericycle | Lake Forest | IL | 127.43 | 47.74 | 59.40 | 167% | -20% | 115% |
| Merge Healthcare | Chicago | IL | 3.28 | 1.31 | 1.19 | 150% | 10% | 176% |
| Cabot Microelectronics | Aurora | IL | 47.57 | 19.06 | 35.91 | 150% | -47% | 32% |
| Hub Group | Downers Grove | IL | 37.88 | 15.87 | 26.58 | 139% | -40% | 43% |
| AAR Corp | Wood Dale | IL | 26.07 | 10.99 | 38.03 | 137% | -71% | -31% |
| Morningstar | Chicago | IL | 67.10 | 28.79 | 77.75 | 133% | -63% | -14% |
| CME Group | Chicago | IL | 83.36 | 36.49 | 137.20 | 128% | -73% | -39% |
| FreightCar America | Chicago | IL | 30.84 | 14.52 | 35.00 | 112% | -59% | -12% |
| Oil-Dri Corp America | Chicago | IL | 27.59 | 13.11 | 21.94 | 110% | -40% | 26% |
| Old Republic Intl | Chicago | IL | 15.23 | 7.66 | 15.41 | 99% | -50% | -1% |
| Heritage-Crystal Clean | Elgin | IL | 17.57 | 8.84 | 14.19 | 99% | -38% | 24% |
| Abbott Laboratories | Abbott Park | IL | 44.32 | 22.44 | 26.87 | 98% | -16% | 65% |
| PCTEL | Bloomingdale | IL | 8.13 | 4.31 | 6.86 | 89% | -37% | 19% |
| McDonald's | Oak Brook | IL | 97.17 | 52.12 | 58.91 | 86% | -12% | 65% |
| Inland Real Estate | Oak Brook | IL | 10.69 | 6.12 | 14.16 | 75% | -57% | -25% |
| Huron Consulting Group | Chicago | IL | 68.85 | 40.75 | 80.63 | 69% | -49% | -15% |
| Tootsie Rolls Industries | Chicago | IL | 29.05 | 17.33 | 22.96 | 68% | -25% | 27% |
| Lawson Products | Chicago | IL | 22.62 | 14.25 | 37.92 | 59% | -62% | -40% |
| BankFinancial Corp | Burr Ridge | IL | 11.75 | 7.54 | 15.82 | 56% | -52% | -26% |
| Allscripts Healthcare Solutions | Chicago | IL | 12.21 | 7.93 | 19.42 | 54% | -59% | -37% |
| The Female Health Co | Chicago | IL | 4.43 | 2.95 | 2.61 | 50% | 13% | 70% |
| Heidrick & Struggles Intl | Chicago | IL | 20.37 | 14.00 | 37.11 | 46% | -62% | -45% |
| Northern Trust | Chicago | IL | 67.74 | 47.38 | 76.58 | 43% | -38% | -12% |
| Baxter Intl | Deerfield | IL | 72.44 | 51.92 | 58.05 | 40% | -11% | 25% |
| AM Castle | Oak Brook | IL | 7.81 | 5.89 | 27.19 | 33% | -78% | -71% |
| Rubicon Technology | Bensenville | IL | 5.13 | 3.93 | 23.75 | 31% | -83% | -78% |
| Navigant Consulting | Chicago | IL | 14.35 | 11.07 | 13.67 | 30% | -19% | 5% |
| Sears Holdings | Hoffman Estates | IL | 38.36 | 33.01 | 94.81 | 16% | -65% | -60% |
| DeVry Education Group | Downers Group | IL | 48.91 | 44.19 | 51.96 | 11% | -15% | -6% |
| Telephone & Data Systems | Chicago | IL | 25.21 | 23.08 | 57.59 | 9% | -60% | -56% |
| Terra Nitrogen Co. LP | Deerfield | IL | 127.99 | 118.97 | 149.53 | 8% | -20% | -14% |
| Inteliquent | Chicago | IL | 17.71 | 18.99 | 19.02 | -7% | 0% | -7% |
| Coeur Mining Inc | Chicago | IL | 4.39 | 6.30 | 49.40 | -30% | -87% | -91% |
| Landauer | Glenwood | IL | 33.55 | 50.65 | 51.85 | -34% | -2% | -35% |
| Career Education | Schaumburg | IL | 5.79 | 20.80 | 25.14 | -72% | -17% | -77% |
| Average % Change all 102 | 612% | -56% | 82% |
