Saturday, November 1, 2014

Massachusetts Technology and Health Care Company Stock Market Prices Up 392% Since March 6, 2009, a Very Nice Uptick From Just a Week Ago

Since there is an important upcoming Massachusetts US Senate Race as well as a Massachusetts Governor's Race, I think it would be helpful to update how what Massachusetts is known for.....its many Health Care & Technology 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.

I found 40 Massachusetts Health Care and 38 Massachusetts Technology 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 78 Massachusetts Health Care & Technology Companies had their average equal-company-weighted stock market prices decline by a huge 53% 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 78 Massachusetts Health Care & Technology Companies have increased by a very impressive 392%.

This 392% Massachusetts Technology and Health Care Company average stock market price increase is a very nice step up in percentage increase from that of just a week ago, where the average increase was a lower 371% from March 6, 2009 to October 24, 2014.    

Also, in the six years and ten months from December 31, 2007 before the 2008 financial meltdown to the most recent date October 31, 2014, the equally-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 78 Massachusetts Health Care & Technology Companies have increased by an impressive 90%...... yeah, these Massachusetts Companies have not just recouped the massive amount they lost with the disastrous 2008 financial meltdown, but also added another 90%.

Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 78 Massachusetts 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
Massachusetts Company HQs
10-31-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 10-31-14 3-6-09 10-31-14



$s $s $s


Technology







Entegris Billerica MA      13.58        0.64        8.63 2022% -93% 57%
Xcerra Norwood MA        8.49        0.57        9.54 1389% -94% -11%
Monotype Imaging Holdings Woburn MA      28.61        2.43      15.17 1077% -84% 89%
Axcelis Technologies Beverly MA        2.18        0.20        4.60 990% -96% -53%
Datawatch Chelmsford MA      11.05        1.07        5.92 933% -82% 87%
IPG Photonics Oxford MA      73.41        7.36      19.99 897% -63% 267%
Skyworks Solutions Wobum MA      58.24        6.94        8.50 739% -18% 585%
Cognex Natick MA      39.56        4.98      11.91 695% -58% 232%
GSI Group Bedford MA      12.85        1.65      27.72 679% -94% -54%
M/A-Com Technology Solutions Lowell MA      21.99        2.85      13.21 672% -78% 66%
Virtusa Westborough MA      40.98        5.75      17.33 613% -67% 136%
Bruker Billerica MA      20.73        3.82        7.51 443% -49% 176%
Teradyne North Reading MA      18.40        3.50      10.34 426% -66% 78%
PTC Inc Needham MA      38.15        7.40      17.85 416% -59% 114%
Sapient Boston MA      17.32        3.45        8.81 402% -61% 97%
iRobot Bedford MA      35.72        7.21      18.08 395% -60% 98%
athenahealth Watertown MA     122.50      26.66      36.00 359% -26% 240%
Atlantic Tele-Network Beverly MA      67.19      15.43      33.78 335% -54% 99%
Aspen Technology Burlington MA      36.93        9.72      16.22 280% -40% 128%
Akamai Technologies Cambridge MA      60.30      16.36      34.60 269% -53% 74%
TechTarget Newton MA        9.54        2.65      14.78 260% -82% -35%
Brooks Automation Chelmsford MA      12.33        3.44      13.21 258% -74% -7%
Waters Corp Milford MA     110.80      33.24      48.97 233% -32% 126%
Vicor Andover MA      13.61        4.13      15.59 230% -74% -13%
NetScout Systems Westford MA      36.86      11.42      12.77 223% -11% 189%
Pegasystems Cambridge MA      21.67        7.04        5.97 208% 18% 263%
MKS Instruments Andover MA      36.40      12.14      22.58 200% -46% 61%
Sonus Networks Westford MA        3.47        1.19        5.83 192% -80% -40%
EMC Corp Hopkinton MA      28.73        9.93      18.53 189% -46% 55%
Mercury Systems Chelmsford MA      13.98        5.05      16.11 177% -69% -13%
Hittite Microwave Chelmsford MA      78.00      28.70      47.76 172% -40% 63%
Analogic Corp Peabody MA      72.94      27.00      56.14 170% -52% 30%
Analog Devices Norwood  MA      49.62      18.48      31.70 169% -42% 57%
Progress Software Bedford MA      25.90      10.03      22.45 158% -55% 15%
Kopin Westboro MA        3.80        1.57        3.16 142% -50% 20%
Nuance Communications Burlington MA      15.43        7.99      18.68 93% -57% -17%
SeaChange Intl Acton MA        6.76        4.32        7.23 56% -40% -7%
Avid Technology Burlington MA      10.05        8.67      28.34 16% -69% -65%









Average % Change all 38 Massachusetts Technology



452% -58% 84%









Health Care







Insulet Bedford MA      43.17        3.36      23.48 1185% -86% 84%
Anika Therapeutics Bedford MA      40.14        3.55      14.55 1031% -76% 176%
Synageva BioPharma Lexington MA      75.74        6.70      34.90 1030% -81% 117%
Idenix Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA      24.50        2.67        2.70 818% -1% 807%
Biogen Idec Cambridge MA     321.08      44.23      56.92 626% -22% 464%
PAREXEL Intl Waltham MA      54.31        7.95      24.15 583% -67% 125%
Repligen Waltham MA      25.22        3.73        6.55 576% -43% 285%
Nxstage Medical Lawrence MA      15.16        2.30      15.17 559% -85% 0%
ABIOMED Danvers MA      32.78        4.99      15.54 557% -68% 111%
pSivida Watertown MA        3.94        0.64        3.16 516% -80% 25%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA      92.74      15.79      29.08 487% -46% 219%
Dyax Burlington MA      12.37        2.17        3.66 470% -41% 238%
Cynosure Westford MA      25.29        4.93      26.46 413% -81% -4%
Ariad Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA        5.96        1.20        4.25 397% -72% 40%
Cubist Pharmaceuticals Lexington MA      72.29      14.67      20.51 393% -28% 252%
ZIOPHARM Oncology Boston MA        3.32        0.70        3.54 374% -80% -6%
Sarepta Therapeutics Cambridge MA      16.17        3.78        8.46 328% -55% 91%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA     112.64      27.77      23.23 306% 20% 385%
PerkinElmer Waltham MA      43.42      11.52      26.02 277% -56% 67%
LeMaitre Vascular Burlington MA        7.32        1.96        6.20 273% -68% 18%
Covidien plc Mansfield MA      92.44      25.48      40.29 263% -37% 129%
Five Star Quality Care Newton MA        4.13        1.14        8.30 262% -86% -50%
Psychemedics Acton MA      14.38        4.04      16.05 256% -75% -10%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Waltham MA     117.57      34.16      57.68 244% -41% 104%
Celldex Therapeutics Needham MA      16.75        5.35        6.00 213% -11% 179%
Hologic Bedford MA      26.19        9.70      34.32 170% -72% -24%
Charles River Laboratories Wilmington MA      63.16      25.12      65.80 151% -62% -4%
Harvard Bioscience Holliston MA        4.80        1.95        3.47 147% -44% 38%
Boston Scientific Natick MA      13.28        6.33      11.63 110% -46% 14%
ImmunoGen Waltham MA        9.26        4.91        4.15 89% 18% 123%
Alere Waltham MA      39.97      21.97      56.18 82% -61% -29%
Infinity Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA      13.62        8.00        9.55 70% -16% 43%
Agenus Lexington MA        2.98        1.80      12.24 66% -85% -76%
Momenta Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA      10.91        7.44        7.14 47% 4% 53%
Haemonetics Braintree MA      37.72      26.69      31.51 41% -15% 20%
AMAG Pharmaceuticals Lexington MA      33.01      24.62      60.13 34% -59% -45%
Synta Pharmaceuticals Lexington MA        2.96        2.38        6.70 24% -64% -56%
Curis Lexington MA        1.31        1.18        0.98 11% 20% 34%
Advanced Cell Technology Marlborough MA        6.93      11.00      17.00 -37% -35% -59%
Idera Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA        2.55        5.16      13.10 -51% -61% -81%









Average % Change all 40 Massachusetts Health Care



335% -49% 95%









Average % Change all 78 Massachusetts Technology & Health Care

392% -53% 90%





Detail to come.