Saturday, November 1, 2014

Virginia Company Stock Market Prices Up 402% Since March 6, 2009, an Explosive Jump Up in Just the Past Two Weeks .....Virginia 2013 Audited Earnings of $71 Bil vs. 2008 Audited Loss of $54 Bil.....Virginia State Unemployment Rate Drops to Only 5.5% in September 2014

The 70 Virginia Companies with a current market capitalization of at least $100 mil each generated an average stock market price increase of a very impressive 402% for the five years and eight months since March 6, 2009 through October 31, 2014.

This 402% Virginia Company average stock market price increase is an explosive step up in percentage increase from that of just two weeks ago, where the average increase was a much lower 369% from March 6, 2009 to October 17, 2014.   

Below here are the stock market prices of these 70 Virginia 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.







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Market Market Market 3-6-09 12-31-07 12-31-07



Price Price Price to to to
Virginia HQs
10-31-14 3-6-09 12-31-07 10-31-14 3-6-09 10-31-14



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GTT Communications McLean VA      12.98        0.36        1.05 3506% -66% 1136%
Measurement Specialties Hampton VA      86.00        2.73      22.10 3050% -88% 289%
Bassett Furniture Bassett VA      17.38        0.82        9.34 2025% -91% 86%
Genworth Financial Richmond VA      13.99        0.84      25.45 1565% -97% -45%
Gannett McLean VA      31.50        2.20      39.00 1332% -94% -19%
NewMarket Corp Richmond VA     388.01      29.55      55.69 1213% -47% 597%
Trex Co Winchester VA      43.00        3.48        4.26 1137% -18% 911%
Arlington Asset Investment Corp Arlington VA      27.38        2.60      62.80 953% -96% -56%
Capital One Financial McLean VA      82.77        8.31      47.26 896% -82% 75%
Portfolio Recovery Associates Norfolk VA      63.25        6.73      13.22 839% -49% 378%
Lumber Liquidators Toano VA      53.77        7.71        8.99 597% -14% 498%
CarMax Richmond VA      55.91        8.68      19.75 544% -56% 183%
MeadWestvaco Richmond VA      44.17        6.99      27.88 532% -75% 58%
WidePoint McLean VA        1.56        0.25        1.07 524% -77% 46%
MCG Capital Corp Arlington VA        3.58        0.61      11.59 487% -95% -69%
Freddie Mac McLean VA        2.06        0.36      34.07 472% -99% -94%
Corporate Executive Board Arlington VA      73.70      12.96      60.10 469% -78% 23%
MAXIMUS Reston VA      48.46        8.53        9.65 468% -12% 402%
ePlus Herndon VA      61.07      10.81      13.47 465% -20% 353%
Virginia Commerce Bancorp Arlington VA      16.26        2.96      10.66 449% -72% 52%
comScore Reston VA      42.14        8.23      32.63 412% -75% 29%
MicroStrategy Tysons Corner VA     160.88      33.80      95.10 376% -64% 69%
Dollar Tree Chesapeake VA      60.57      13.19        8.64 359% 53% 601%
Northrop Grumman Falls Church VA     137.96      31.33      71.34 340% -56% 93%
Norfolk Southern Norfolk VA     110.64      27.41      50.44 304% -46% 119%
Advance Auto Parts Roanoke VA     146.96      36.43      37.99 303% -4% 287%
Access National Reston VA      16.85        4.32        6.04 290% -28% 179%
General Dynamics Falls Church VA     139.76      36.49      88.99 283% -59% 57%
NVR Inc Reston VA  1,227.58     320.55     524.00 283% -39% 134%
Cardinal Financial McLean VA      19.20        5.12        9.32 275% -45% 106%
Avalonbay Communities Arlington VA     155.84      42.14      94.14 270% -55% 66%
Altria Group Richmond VA      48.34      15.72      23.31 208% -33% 107%
Markel Glen Allen VA     690.89     225.21     491.10 207% -54% 41%
Monarch Financial Holdings Chesapeake VA      12.70        4.18        7.92 204% -47% 60%
VeriSign Reston VA      59.76      20.06      37.61 198% -47% 59%
American Woodmark Winchester VA      40.91      13.88      18.18 195% -24% 125%
VSE Corp Alexandria VA      60.28      21.42      48.84 181% -56% 23%
Hooker Furniture Martinsville VA      15.29        5.52      20.10 177% -73% -24%
C&F Financial Corp West Point VA      34.34      12.57      30.25 173% -58% 14%
Gladstone Commercial McLean VA      18.10        6.79      17.54 166% -61% 3%
Southern National Bancorp VA McLean VA      11.58        4.41        9.00 163% -51% 29%
Beacon Roofing Supply Herndon VA      27.67      10.84        8.42 155% 29% 229%
FBR & Co Arlington VA      24.14        9.60      38.32 151% -75% -37%
Union Bankshares Richmond VA      22.48      10.41      21.14 116% -51% 6%
Orbital Sciences Dulles VA      26.30      12.18      24.52 116% -50% 7%
Leidos Holdings Reston VA      36.57      17.54      20.12 108% -13% 82%
CACI Intl Arlington VA      82.29      40.98      44.77 101% -8% 84%
First Community Bancshares Bluefield VA      16.37        8.28      31.89 98% -74% -49%
Alliant Techsystems Arlington VA     116.96      63.40     113.76 84% -44% 3%
Computer Sciences Corp Falls Church VA      60.40      32.84      49.47 84% -34% 22%
National Bankshares Blacksburg VA      31.31      18.03      17.10 74% 5% 83%
Universal Corp Richmond VA      44.50      26.15      51.22 70% -49% -13%
NeuStar Sterling VA      26.41      15.63      28.68 69% -46% -8%
Shenandoah Telecommunications Edinburg VA      29.59      17.73      23.98 67% -26% 23%
ICF Intl Fairfax VA      36.34      22.55      25.26 61% -11% 44%
Spok Holdings Springfield VA      16.24      10.32      14.30 57% -28% 14%
Middleburg Financial Middleburg VA      17.79      11.31      21.32 57% -47% -17%
Owens & Minor Mechanicsville VA      33.32      21.31      28.29 56% -25% 18%
American National Bankshares Danville VA      24.20      15.50      19.97 56% -22% 21%
Towne Bank Portsmouth VA      15.16      11.84      15.63 28% -24% -3%
Tredegar Richmond VA      19.02      15.20      16.08 25% -5% 18%
Dynex Capital Glen Allen VA        8.42        6.90        8.87 22% -22% -5%
Brink's Richmond VA      21.00      21.38      59.74 -2% -64% -65%
K12 Inc Herndon VA      12.40      14.75      25.87 -16% -43% -52%
ManTech Intl Fairfax VA      28.16      43.98      43.82 -36% 0% -36%
NTELOS Holdings Waynesboro VA      10.08      17.89      29.69 -44% -40% -66%
Strayer Education Herndon VA      73.19     159.43     170.58 -54% -7% -57%
NCI Inc Reston VA      10.20      26.25      17.11 -61% 53% -40%
Alpha Natural Resources Bristol VA        1.96      10.13      35.75 -81% -72% -95%
Hampton Roads Bankshares Virginia Beach VA        1.74     158.75     314.00 -99% -49% -99%









Average % Change all 70




402% -44% 100%