Saturday, November 1, 2014

Kentucky Company Stock Market Prices Up 311% Since March 6, 2009.....Kentucky State Unemployment Rate Drops Sharply From 10.6% in October 2009 to 6.7% in September 2014 ..... KYNECT and ACA Have Not Just Helped Kentuckians But Also Have Financially Helped Tremendously Both Kentucky Big Hospitals and Big Health Insurance Companies

Since the Kentucky US Senate Race is now so close between Moderate Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes and elderly, far right Republican Mitch McConnell, I think it would be helpful to update how Kentucky Companies have done on the stock market price front since March 6, 2009, which was the very bottom point of the US Stock Market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 financial meltdown.

During this five years and eight months period of time from March 6, 2009 through October 31, 2014, very effective Moderate Democrat Steve Beshear was Kentucky's Governor and the US Senate was under Democratic control.

I found 18 Kentucky 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 31, 2014.
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources....  Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.

These 18 Kentucky Companies had their average equal-company-weighted stock market prices decline by 37% 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 31, 2014, the average stock market prices of these same 18 Kentucky Companies have increased by a very impressive 311%.

All 18 Kentucky Companies had stock market price increases since March 6, 2009. 

Also, 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 18 Kentucky Companies have increased by an impressive 84%...... yeah, these Kentucky Companies have not just recouped the massive amount they lost with the disastrous 2008 financial meltdown, but also added another 84%.

Below here  are the stock market prices of each of these 18 Kentucky Companies on October 31, 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
Kentucky Company HQs
10-31-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 10-31-14 3-6-09 10-31-14



$s $s $s











Ashland Covington KY     108.07        6.08      47.43 1677% -87% 128%
Tempur Sealy Lexington KY      52.64        4.46      25.97 1080% -83% 103%
Humana Louisville KY     138.85      19.54      75.31 611% -74% 84%
Churchill Downs Louisville KY     101.98      23.63      53.97 332% -56% 89%
Papa Johns Intl Louisville  KY       46.76      10.98      11.35 326% -3% 312%
Texas Roadhouse Louisville KY      28.87        7.67      11.06 276% -31% 161%
Brown-Forman Louisville KY      90.89      26.90      29.94 238% -10% 204%
Computer Services Inc Paducah KY      41.00      13.00      16.50 215% -21% 148%
Yum! Brands Louisville KY      71.83      24.50      38.27 193% -36% 88%
Lexmark Lexington KY      43.16      15.65      34.86 176% -55% 24%
PharMerica Corp Louisville KY      28.69      14.83      13.88 93% 7% 107%
Farmers Capital Bank Frankfort KY      22.44      12.76      27.00 76% -53% -17%
Almost Family Louisville KY      29.44      15.84      19.43 86% -18% 52%
Stock Yards Bancorp Louisville KY      33.28      20.12      23.94 65% -16% 39%
Republic Bancorp Louisville KY      24.25      14.89      16.53 63% -10% 47%
Community Trust Bancorp Pikeville KY      35.95      23.97      27.53 50% -13% 31%
Kindred Healthcare Louisville KY      21.75      15.01      22.56 45% -33% -4%
General Cable Highland Heights  KY       14.17      13.65      73.28 4% -81% -81%









Average % Change all 18 Kentucky Companies



311% -37% 84%

On the health care front, there are 5 Kentucky Non-Profit Hospital Systems with annual Total Revenues above $400 mil, with Total Net Assets above $300 mil and with Audited Financial Statements available on EMMA for all years from 2008 through 2013.

The Big 3 Hospital Organizations are now doing extremely well financially, not so much the smaller other two, especially Ashland Hospital.

The Big 3 generated Total 2013 Audited Earnings of $407 mil, a huge $499 mil Earnings Improvement as compared with their 2008 Total Audited Losses of $92 mil.

The Other 2 generated Total 2013 Audited Losses of $74 mil, with Ashland Hospital comprising $63 of the Total $74 mil of Losses.

The chart below shows the Audited Earnings and Losses of these 5 Kentucky Hospital Organizations for each of the following six years.....2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008:




2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008



Audited Audited Audited Audited Audited Audited


Most Net Net Net Net Net Net
Kentucky Non-Profit City Recent Income Income Income Income Income Income
Hospital Organization HQs FYE (Loss) (Loss) (Loss) (Loss) (Loss) (Loss)

mil $s mil $s mil $s mil $s mil $s mil $s
Big 3







Baptist Healthcare System Louisville Aug 13             201               96               85               59             (14)               34
Saint Elizabeth Medical Center Edgewood Dec 13             147             132               64               97               99            (53)
Norton Health Care Louisville Dec 13               59               19               50               64               96            (73)









Total all Big 3

            407             247             199             220             181            (92)









Owensboro Health Owensboro May 14             (13)                 1 22               62               62            (22)
Ashland Hospital Asland Sep 13             (61)               30                 4               12               32                 3









Total all 5

            333             278             225             294             275          (111)

Likewise, the financial strength of the Big 3 is now superb with gargantuan improvement since 2008.  The Big 3 has Total Net Assets (Financial Strength) of $3.422 bil presently, which is more than double that of from 2008 and 2009.

On the other hand, Ashland Hospital has seen its Net Assets decline over the same period, as you can see in the following chart.





FYE Balance Net




Most
Balance Sheet Assets



Most Recent
Sheet Net %



Recent Balance
Date Assets Change



Balance Sheet
Beginning Beginning During
City State Sheet Net
Obama Obama Obama
Hospital Organization HQs HQs Date Assets
Admin Admin Admin




mil $s

mil $s









Baptist Healthcare System Louisville KY May 14        1,653
Aug 09        1,036 60%
Norton Health Care Louisville KY Jun 14           902
Dec 08           399 126%
Saint Elizabeth Medical Center Edgewood KY Jun 14           867
Dec 08           265 227%
Big 3        3,422        1,700 101%
Owensboro Health Owensboro KY May 14           344 May 09           211 63%
Ashland Hospital Ashland KY Jun 14           321
Sep 08           349 -8%









Total all 5


        4,087

        2,260 81%

The Louisville, Kentucky based giant Health Insurance Company Humana has seen its 2008 Audited Earnings in 2008 of $647 mil increase by 90% to $1,231  mil in 2013.

Clearly the ACA and KYNECT have not just greatly helped Kentucky citizens.  They also have helped Kentucky Big Hospitals and Kentucky Big Health Insurance.