Saturday, November 1, 2014

Oregon Company Stock Market Prices Up 683% Since March 6, 2009, an Explosive Increase in Just the Past Two Weeks.....Oregon State Unemployment Rate Drops Sharply From 11.0% in October 2009 to 7.1% in September 2014

The 20 Oregon Companies with a current market capitalization of at least $100 mil each generated an average stock market price increase of a phenomenal 683% for the five years and eight months since March 6, 2009 through October 31, 2014.

This 683% Oregon Company average stock market price increase is a very nice step up in percentage increase from that of just two weeks ago, where the average increase was a much lower 633% from March 6, 2009 to October 17, 2014.   

Below here are the stock market prices of these 20 Oregon Companies with current stock market capitalizations of at least $100 mil each on three dates:

  • October 31, 2014, which is the most recent date
  • 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.







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
Oregon Company HQs
10-31-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 10-31-14 3-6-09 10-31-14



$s $s $s











Lithia Motors Medford OR      77.62        1.98      13.73 3820% -86% 465%
The Greenbrier Companies Lake Oswego OR      62.54        1.93      22.26 3140% -91% 181%
Craft Brew Alliance Portland OR      13.88        0.95        6.65 1361% -86% 109%
TriQuint Semiconductor Hillsboro OR      21.63        2.05        6.63 955% -69% 226%
Rentrak Corp Portland OR      76.87        9.49      14.46 710% -34% 432%
FEI Company Hillsboro OR      84.28      11.82      24.83 613% -52% 239%
Mentor Graphics Wilsonville OR      21.19        3.44      10.78 516% -68% 97%
Lattice Semiconductor Hillsboro OR        6.71        1.13        3.25 494% -65% 106%
StanCorp Financial Group Portland OR      69.56      14.73      50.38 372% -71% 38%
Nike Beaverton OR      92.97      19.97      32.12 366% -38% 189%
Precision Castparts Portland  OR      220.70      49.05     138.70 350% -65% 59%
Cascade Microtech Beaverton OR      10.74        2.75      10.19 291% -73% 5%
Blount Intl Portland OR      15.31        4.72      12.31 224% -62% 24%
Columbia Sportswear Portland OR      38.54      12.87      22.05 200% -42% 75%
Umpqua Holdings Portland OR      17.60        6.91      15.34 155% -55% 15%
FLIR Systems Wilsonville OR      33.53      19.59      31.30 71% -37% 7%
Electro Scientific Industries Portland OR        7.10        5.11      19.85 39% -74% -64%
Pacific Continental Eugene OR      14.42      10.44      12.52 38% -17% 15%
Schnitzer Steel Industries Portland OR      23.55      25.57      69.13 -8% -63% -66%
Cascade Bancorp Bend OR        5.11        8.40     139.20 -39% -94% -96%









Average % Change all 20 Oregon Companies



683% -62% 103%