Saturday, November 1, 2014

Minnesota Company Stock Market Prices Up 557% Since March 6, 2009, an Explosive Increase in Just the Past Two Weeks .....Minnesota State Unemployment Rate Drops Sharply From 7.8% in October 2009 to Only 4.1% in September 2014

Since there is an important upcoming Minnesota US Senate race where perhaps the brightest and funniest US Senator Al Franken is running, and also because there is a Minnesota Governor's race where very effective Democrat Mark Dayton is running, I think it would be helpful to update how Minnesota 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, both Minnesota US Senators, including Al Franken, were Democrats.

I found 61 Minnesota 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.
I also included 1 Minnesota Company which was sold in 2014.  That makes a total of 62 Minnesota 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 62 Minnesota Companies had their average equal-company-weighted stock market prices decline by a huge 51% 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 62 Minnesota Companies have increased by a spectacular 557%.

This 557% increase is a monumental step up in percentage increase from that of just two weeks ago, where the average increase was a much lower 495% from March 6, 2009 to October 17, 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 62 Minnesota Companies have increased by an exceptional 101%...... yeah, these Minnesota Companies have not just recouped the massive amount they lost with the disastrous 2008 financial meltdown, but also added another 101%.     

Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 62 Minnesota 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
Minnesota Company HQs
10-31-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 10-31-14 3-6-09 10-31-14



$s $s $s











Select Comfort Minneapolis MN      25.69        0.20        7.01 12739% -97% 266%
Polaris Industries Medina MN     150.86        7.59      23.89 1889% -68% 532%
ValueVision Media Eden Prairie MN        5.66        0.35        6.29 1517% -94% -10%
Stratasys Ltd Eden Prairie MN     120.36        8.18      25.84 1371% -68% 366%
Arctic Cat Plymouth MN      33.66        2.43      11.94 1285% -80% 182%
Clearfield Plymouth MN      14.68        1.12        1.01 1211% 11% 1353%
Famous Dave's of America Minnetonka MN      26.07        2.00      13.56 1204% -85% 92%
Deluxe Corp Shoreview MN      60.80        6.47      32.89 840% -80% 85%
Winmark Minneapolis MN      82.28        9.02      21.00 812% -57% 292%
Tennant Co Minneapolis MN      73.73        8.23      44.29 796% -81% 66%
Ameriprise Financial Minneapolis MN     126.17      14.20      55.11 789% -74% 129%
Life Time Fitness Chanhassen MN      55.77        7.50      49.68 644% -85% 12%
Toro Bloomington MN      61.73      10.57      27.22 484% -61% 127%
Vascular Solutions Minneapolis MN      29.41        5.40        6.50 445% -17% 352%
Graco Minneapolis MN      78.50      14.48      37.26 442% -61% 111%
UnitedHealth Group Minnetonka MN      95.01      17.90      58.20 431% -69% 63%
Valspar Minneapolis MN      82.16      15.76      22.54 421% -30% 265%
Northern Oil and Gas Wayzata MN      11.30        2.22        6.95 409% -68% 63%
Buffalo Wild Wings Minneapolis MN     149.28      30.05      23.22 397% 29% 543%
Apogee Enterprises Minneapolis MN      43.90        8.89      17.11 394% -48% 157%
Datalink Eden Prairie MN      12.65        2.61        3.69 385% -29% 243%
US Bancorp Minneapolis MN      42.60        8.82      31.74 383% -72% 34%
BioScrip Minnetonka MN        6.46        1.48        7.73 336% -81% -16%
HB Fuller St Paul MN      41.97      10.29      22.45 308% -54% 87%
G&K Services Inc Minnetonka MN      63.07      15.77      37.52 300% -58% 68%
Enventis Mankato MN      19.28        5.10        9.32 278% -45% 107%
Pentair plc Minneapolis  MN       67.05      17.95      34.81 274% -48% 93%
Ecolab St Paul MN     111.23      29.90      51.21 272% -42% 117%
Donaldson Co Minneapolis MN      41.58      11.31      23.19 268% -51% 79%
3M St Paul MN     153.77      41.83      84.32 268% -50% 82%
Cardiovascular Systems St Paul MN      31.00        8.51      31.00 264% -73% 0%
Hormel Foods Austin MN      53.91      15.18      20.24 255% -25% 166%
Fastenal Winona MN      44.04      13.19      20.21 234% -35% 118%
MTS Systems Eden Prairie MN      66.01      21.67      38.62 205% -44% 71%
Hawkins Inc Roseville MN      38.51      12.95      15.00 197% -14% 157%
Piper Jaffray Minneapolis MN      56.46      19.30      46.32 193% -58% 22%
Medtronic Minneapolis MN      68.16      24.92      50.27 174% -50% 36%
Patterson St Paul MN      43.11      16.55      33.95 160% -51% 27%
NVE Corp Eden Prairie MN      71.68      28.98      24.60 147% 18% 191%
Target Minneapolis MN      61.82      25.65      50.00 141% -49% 24%
Lakes Entertainment Minnetonka MN        8.55        3.80      13.24 125% -71% -35%
General Mills Minneapolis MN      51.96      25.48      28.50 104% -11% 82%
St Jude Medical Saint Paul MN      64.17      32.37      40.64 98% -20% 58%
Techne Minneapolis MN      91.05      46.98      66.05 94% -29% 38%
Christopher & Banks Plymouth MN        6.53        3.51      11.45 86% -69% -43%
CH Robinson Worldwide Eden Prairie MN      69.21      38.06      54.12 82% -30% 28%
OneBeacon Group Ltd Minnetonka MN      15.93        9.00      21.50 77% -58% -26%
TCF Financial Wayzata MN      15.45        9.00      17.93 72% -50% -14%
Communications Systems Minnetonka MN      11.83        7.01      11.87 69% -41% 0%
Polymet Mining Hoyt Lakes MN        1.05        0.65        3.24 62% -80% -68%
Regis Corp Minneapolis MN      16.98      11.20      27.96 52% -60% -39%
Capella Education Minneapolis MN      70.74      46.74      65.46 51% -29% 8%
Best Buy Richfield MN      34.14      24.71      52.65 38% -53% -35%
SurModics Eden Prairie MN      21.65      16.87      54.27 28% -69% -60%
Qumu Corp Minneapolis MN      14.96      12.11      25.95 24% -53% -42%
Digi International Minnetonka MN        8.28        6.78      14.19 22% -52% -42%
Two Harbors Investment Minnetonka MN      10.13        8.77        8.38 16% 5% 21%
Mosaic Plymouth MN      44.31      39.16      94.34 13% -58% -53%
Digital River Minnetonka MN      25.57      25.53      33.07 0% -23% -23%
ANI Pharmaceutics Baudette MN      33.96      46.44     136.08 -27% -66% -75%
SUPERVALU Eden Prairie MN        8.63      14.36      37.52 -40% -62% -77%
Imation Oakdale MN        2.93        7.08      21.00 -59% -66% -86%









Average % Change all 62




557% -51% 101%






Detail to come.