- On December 31, 2007 before the financial meltdown hit
- On March 6, 2009, 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 December 24, 2014.
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 42 Indiana Companies had their equal-company weighted average stock market prices decline by a massive 56% from December 31, 2007 before the 2008 Financial Meltdown hit to March 6, 2009, 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 ten months since March 6, 2009, the average stock market prices of these same 42 Indiana Companies have increased by a phenomenally off-the-charts 859% through December 24, 2014, led mainly by Patrick Industries' stock market price up a massive 129 times, CNO Financial up 45 times, Remy Intl up 36 times and Escalade up 34 times, all in the most recent five years and ten months.
This 859% Indiana Companies average stock market price increase was the highest of that in all US States.
There has been something nearly miraculous happening with Indiana Companies Stock Market Prices in the most recent five years and ten months, and among others, Indiana Governors Mitch Daniels and Mike Pence as well as the Indiana State Legislature have all undoubtedly helped here.
Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 42 Indiana Companies on December 24, 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 | |||
| Indiana Company | HQs | 12-24-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 12-24-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-24-14 | |
| $s | $s | $s | ||||||
| Patrick Industries | Elkhart | IN | 44.43 | 0.34 | 9.96 | 12891% | -97% | 346% |
| CNO Financial Group | Carmel | IN | 17.31 | 0.38 | 12.56 | 4455% | -97% | 38% |
| Remy Intl | Pendleton | IN | 18.47 | 0.50 | 31.50 | 3594% | -98% | -41% |
| Escalade | Evansville | IN | 14.39 | 0.41 | 9.13 | 3410% | -96% | 58% |
| Wabash National | Lafayette | IN | 12.24 | 0.95 | 7.69 | 1188% | -88% | 59% |
| Supreme Industries | Goshen | IN | 7.40 | 0.73 | 5.06 | 909% | -86% | 46% |
| CTS Corp | Elkhart | IN | 18.34 | 2.26 | 9.93 | 712% | -77% | 85% |
| Cummins | Columbus | IN | 145.82 | 19.34 | 63.69 | 654% | -70% | 129% |
| Simon Property Group | Indianapolis | IN | 185.12 | 26.19 | 86.86 | 607% | -70% | 113% |
| Shoe Carnival | Evansville | IN | 25.37 | 4.31 | 9.41 | 488% | -54% | 170% |
| Interactive Intelligence Group | Indianapolis | IN | 46.94 | 8.33 | 26.35 | 464% | -68% | 78% |
| Thor Industries | Elkhart | IN | 55.88 | 10.47 | 38.01 | 434% | -72% | 47% |
| Horizon Bancorp | Michigan City | IN | 26.24 | 4.98 | 11.40 | 427% | -56% | 130% |
| Mutualfirst Financial | Muncie | IN | 21.54 | 4.10 | 13.94 | 425% | -71% | 55% |
| Finish Line | Indianapolis | IN | 22.79 | 4.51 | 2.42 | 405% | 86% | 842% |
| Tower Financial | Fort Wayne | IN | 23.54 | 4.75 | 13.00 | 396% | -63% | 81% |
| Hill-Rom Holdings | Batesville | IN | 46.04 | 9.34 | 29.96 | 393% | -69% | 54% |
| Celadon Group | Indianapolis | IN | 22.73 | 4.75 | 9.16 | 379% | -48% | 148% |
| Duke Realty | Indianapolis | IN | 20.46 | 4.48 | 26.08 | 357% | -83% | -22% |
| Franklin Electric | Fort Wayne | IN | 37.43 | 9.00 | 19.14 | 316% | -53% | 96% |
| Haynes Intl | Kokomo | IN | 46.60 | 11.35 | 69.50 | 311% | -84% | -33% |
| Anthem | Indianapolis | IN | 126.93 | 31.41 | 87.73 | 304% | -64% | 45% |
| Mainsource Financial Group | Greensburg | IN | 20.38 | 5.42 | 15.56 | 276% | -65% | 31% |
| Hurco Companies | Indianapolis | IN | 34.19 | 9.21 | 43.65 | 271% | -79% | -22% |
| Zimmer Holdings | Warsaw | IN | 114.11 | 32.66 | 66.15 | 249% | -51% | 73% |
| First Merchants | Muncie | IN | 22.96 | 7.76 | 21.84 | 196% | -64% | 5% |
| German American Bancorp | Jasper | IN | 30.22 | 10.51 | 12.74 | 188% | -18% | 137% |
| Lakeland Financial | Warsaw | IN | 42.45 | 15.02 | 20.90 | 183% | -28% | 103% |
| Eli Lilly | Indianapolis | IN | 70.16 | 27.98 | 53.39 | 151% | -48% | 31% |
| Steel Dynamics | Fort Wayne | IN | 19.40 | 7.89 | 29.79 | 146% | -74% | -35% |
| Kite Realty Group Trust | Indianapolis | IN | 28.69 | 11.72 | 61.08 | 145% | -81% | -53% |
| Republic Airways | Indianapolis | IN | 13.23 | 5.45 | 19.59 | 143% | -72% | -32% |
| Calumet Specialty Product Partners LP | Indianapolis | IN | 22.15 | 9.45 | 37.03 | 134% | -74% | -40% |
| 1st Source | South Bend | IN | 34.50 | 15.16 | 17.31 | 128% | -12% | 99% |
| Kimball Intl | Jasper | IN | 9.93 | 4.53 | 10.69 | 119% | -58% | -7% |
| Hillenbrand | Batesville | IN | 34.20 | 16.05 | 18.00 | 113% | -11% | 90% |
| Symmetry Medical | Warsaw | IN | 9.27 | 4.41 | 17.43 | 110% | -75% | -47% |
| Old National Bancorp | Evansville | IN | 14.82 | 9.30 | 14.96 | 59% | -38% | -1% |
| Baldwin & Lyons | Indianapolis | IN | 26.20 | 19.03 | 27.46 | 38% | -31% | -5% |
| First Financial Bancorp | Terre Haute | IN | 35.76 | 31.68 | 28.34 | 13% | 12% | 26% |
| hhgregg | Indianapolis | IN | 7.65 | 10.33 | 13.76 | -26% | -25% | -44% |
| ITT Educational Services | Carmel | IN | 10.18 | 101.37 | 85.27 | -90% | 19% | -88% |
| Average % Change all 42 Indiana Companies | 859% | -56% | 65% | |||||
