Below here are the stock market prices of these 40 Washington State 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 | |||
Washington State Company | HQs | 10-31-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 10-31-14 | 3-6-09 | 10-31-14 | |
$s | $s | $s | ||||||
Nautilis Inc | Vancouver | WA | 13.38 | 0.50 | 4.85 | 2576% | -90% | 176% |
Clearwater Paper | Spokane | WA | 64.35 | 3.25 | 11.25 | 1880% | -71% | 472% |
Cray Inc | Seattle | WA | 34.66 | 2.43 | 5.99 | 1326% | -59% | 479% |
Alaska Air Group | Seattle | WA | 53.23 | 3.77 | 6.25 | 1312% | -40% | 751% |
Expedia | Bellevue | WA | 84.97 | 6.08 | 29.74 | 1296% | -80% | 186% |
Key Tronic | Spokane Valley | WA | 8.22 | 0.90 | 4.18 | 813% | -78% | 97% |
Starbucks | Seattle | WA | 75.56 | 8.36 | 20.47 | 804% | -59% | 269% |
Concur Technologies | Bellevue | WA | 128.32 | 18.52 | 36.21 | 593% | -49% | 254% |
F5 Networks | Seattle | WA | 122.98 | 18.75 | 28.52 | 556% | -34% | 331% |
Nordstrom | Seattle | WA | 72.61 | 12.16 | 36.73 | 497% | -67% | 98% |
Esterline Technologies | Bellevue | WA | 117.11 | 20.89 | 51.75 | 461% | -60% | 126% |
Zumiez | Lynnwood | WA | 33.38 | 6.43 | 24.36 | 419% | -74% | 37% |
Seattle Genetics | Bothell | WA | 36.67 | 7.23 | 11.40 | 407% | -37% | 222% |
Columbia Banking System | Tacoma | WA | 27.78 | 5.55 | 29.73 | 401% | -81% | -7% |
Amazon | Seattle | WA | 305.46 | 61.69 | 92.64 | 395% | -33% | 230% |
Weyerhauser | Federal Way | WA | 33.86 | 6.99 | 26.62 | 384% | -74% | 27% |
Pendrell | Kirkland | WA | 1.67 | 0.39 | 3.18 | 329% | -88% | -47% |
Boeing | Chicago | WA | 124.91 | 30.10 | 87.46 | 315% | -66% | 43% |
Pope Resources | Poulsbo | WA | 66.00 | 16.45 | 42.75 | 301% | -62% | 54% |
TrueBlue | Tacoma | WA | 24.72 | 6.17 | 14.48 | 301% | -57% | 71% |
Costco | Issaquah | WA | 133.37 | 38.98 | 69.76 | 242% | -44% | 91% |
RealNetworks | Seattle | WA | 6.90 | 2.02 | 6.09 | 242% | -67% | 13% |
Blucora | Bellevue | WA | 16.95 | 5.28 | 18.80 | 221% | -72% | -10% |
Banner Corp | Walla Walla | WA | 43.22 | 13.86 | 201.11 | 212% | -93% | -79% |
PACCAR | Bellevue | WA | 65.32 | 21.07 | 54.48 | 210% | -61% | 20% |
Microsoft | Redmond | WA | 46.95 | 15.28 | 35.60 | 207% | -57% | 32% |
Barrett Business Services | Vancouver | WA | 23.51 | 8.14 | 18.01 | 189% | -55% | 31% |
Outerwall Inc | Bellevue | WA | 63.27 | 25.39 | 28.15 | 149% | -10% | 125% |
Washington Federal | Seattle | WA | 21.83 | 10.04 | 21.11 | 117% | -52% | 3% |
Oncothyreon | Seattle | WA | 1.80 | 0.90 | 2.23 | 100% | -60% | -19% |
Heritage Financial | Olympia | WA | 17.55 | 9.59 | 19.90 | 83% | -52% | -12% |
Expeditors Intl Washington | Seattle | WA | 42.66 | 24.60 | 44.68 | 73% | -45% | -5% |
Plum Creek Timber | Seattle | WA | 41.01 | 24.02 | 46.04 | 71% | -48% | -11% |
Blue Nile | Seattle | WA | 35.50 | 21.54 | 68.06 | 65% | -68% | -48% |
First Financial Northwest | Renton | WA | 11.60 | 7.11 | 9.84 | 63% | -28% | 18% |
Northwest Pipe | Vancouver | WA | 35.78 | 24.21 | 39.14 | 48% | -38% | -9% |
CTI Biopharma | Seattle | WA | 2.44 | 1.70 | 564.00 | 44% | -100% | -100% |
Marchex Inc | Seattle | WA | 3.83 | 3.15 | 17.30 | 22% | -82% | -78% |
Itron | Liberty Lake | WA | 38.93 | 41.91 | 51.84 | -7% | -19% | -25% |
Dendreon | Seattle | WA | 0.98 | 2.61 | 6.22 | -62% | -58% | -84% |
Average % Change all 40 Washington Companies | 441% | -59% | 93% |
I for one would love to see Starbuck's CEO Howard Schultz enter the 2016 US Presidential race. He could add an awful lot to the national discussion.