Wednesday, February 11, 2015

San Francisco/Silicon Valley Area Companies Stock Market Prices Up 602% Since March 6, 2009 ..... Huge Upward Acceleration From 544% Growth Reported Only Three Months Ago

I found 184 San Francisco/Silicon Valley Area Headquartered Companies in the superb Google Finance website and from SEC filings with current Total Market Capitalizations of at least $100 mil and which also had their common stocks trading on each of the following three dates:

  • 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 February 11, 2015.
I also included 7 San Francisco/Silicon Valley Area Companies which were sold since April 2014.  I also included one Company whose common stock first started trading in March 2008.  That makes a total of 192 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 182 San Francisco/Silicon Valley Area Companies had their equal-company weighted average stock market prices decline by a massive 54% 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 eleven months since March 6, 2009 through the most recent date February 11, 2015, the average stock market prices of these same 192 San Francisco/Silicon Valley Area Companies have increased by a spectacular 602%.

There has been something nearly miraculous happening with the Greater San Francisco/Silicon Valley Area Companies Stock Market Prices in the most recent five years and eleven months, and among others, President Obama, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen, the savvy Jerry Brown, prescient Nancy Pelosi, US Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, all Area Mayors, all Greater San Francisco/Silicon Valley Area California members in the US Congress as well as in the California State Legislature have all undoubtedly helped here. 

Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 192 San Francisco/Silicon Valley Area Companies on February 11, 2015, 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
California Company HQs 2-11-15 3-6-09 12-31-07 2-11-15 3-6-09 2-11-15


$s $s $s


San Francisco/Silicon Valley Area







…..Technology







Seagate Technology Cupertino SF      60.80        3.11      25.50 1855% -88% 138%
PDF Solutions San Jose SF      18.52        0.99        9.01 1771% -89% 106%
Sanmina San Jose SF      22.03        1.20      10.92 1736% -89% 102%
8x8 Inc San Jose SF        7.86        0.46        0.89 1609% -48% 783%
Nanometrics Milpitas SF      18.06        1.11        9.86 1527% -89% 83%
Pixelworks San Jose SF        5.77        0.37        2.28 1459% -84% 153%
iGATE Fremont SF      37.99        2.56        7.95 1384% -68% 378%
Integrated Silicon Solution Milpitas SF      16.72        1.38        6.62 1112% -79% 153%
Netflix Los Gatos SF     454.89      38.18      26.62 1091% 43% 1609%
NetSuite San Mateo SF      95.82        8.15      39.18 1076% -79% 145%
Glu Mobile San Francisco SF        4.97        0.46        5.22 980% -91% -5%
SanDisk Milpitas SF      80.38        7.79      33.17 932% -77% 142%
Cepheid Sunnyvale SF      58.18        5.64        8.50 932% -34% 584%
Apple Cupertino SF     124.88      12.19      28.30 925% -57% 341%
Ultra Clean Holdings Hayward SF        9.91        0.97      12.20 922% -92% -19%
Alliance Fiber Optic Products Sunnyvale SF      16.01        1.58        5.05 915% -69% 217%
Mattson Technology Fremont SF        3.83        0.42        8.56 812% -95% -55%
Finisar Sunnyvale SF      19.74        2.24      11.60 781% -81% 70%
VeriFone Systems San Jose SF      33.68        4.02      23.25 738% -83% 45%
Super Micro Computer San Jose SF      39.19        4.84        7.67 710% -37% 411%
Salesforce.com San Francisco SF      58.80        7.52      15.67 682% -52% 275%
Fair Isaac San Jose SF      78.53      10.09      32.15 678% -69% 144%
eGain Sunnyvale SF        3.81        0.50        0.45 662% 11% 747%
Aruba Networks Sunnyvale SF      17.21        2.76      14.91 524% -81% 15%
Callidus Software Pleasanton SF      15.08        2.43        5.17 521% -53% 192%
Flextronics San Jose SF      11.93        1.94      12.06 515% -84% -1%
Affymetrix Santa Clara SF      11.14        1.89      23.14 489% -92% -52%
Saba Software Redwood Shores SF        8.84        1.51        5.14 485% -71% 72%
Cavium San Jose SF      61.04      10.59      23.02 476% -54% 165%
JDS Uniphase Milpitas SF      13.01        2.28      13.30 471% -83% -2%
Fairchild Semiconductor San Jose SF      16.44        2.89      14.43 469% -80% 14%
SYNNEX Fremont SF      77.67      13.87      19.60 460% -29% 296%
Brocade Communication Syst San Jose SF      11.87        2.16        7.34 450% -71% 62%
eBay Inc San Jose SF      55.14      10.43      33.19 429% -69% 66%
TIBCO Software Palo Alto SF      24.00        4.66        8.00 415% -42% 200%
Equinix Redwood City SF     221.07      42.95     101.07 415% -58% 119%
Integrated Device Technology San Jose SF      20.74        4.21      11.31 393% -63% 83%
Autodesk San Rafael SF      58.30      12.02      49.76 385% -76% 17%
Cadence Design Systems San Jose SF      17.61        3.70      17.01 376% -78% 4%
Electronics for Imaging Fremont SF      38.90        8.20      22.48 374% -64% 73%
Omnicell Mountain View SF      34.59        7.31      26.93 373% -73% 28%
Coherent Santa Clara SF      64.36      14.74      31.57 337% -53% 104%
Agilent Technologies Santa Clara SF      39.33        9.05      26.27 335% -66% 50%
Adobe Systems San Jose SF      73.01      17.16      42.73 325% -60% 71%
Trimble Navigation Sunnyvale SF      26.42        6.22      12.68 325% -51% 108%
LSI Corp San Jose SF      11.14        2.64        9.00 322% -71% 24%
Riverbed Technology San Francisco SF      20.86        4.97      13.37 320% -63% 56%
Lam Research Fremont SF      80.60      19.29      43.23 318% -55% 86%
Move Inc San Jose SF      21.00        5.04        9.80 317% -49% 114%
VMware Palo Alto SF      81.65      19.89      84.99 311% -77% -4%
OmniVision Technologies Santa Clara SF      27.22        6.65      15.65 309% -58% 74%
KLA-Tencor Milpitas SF      63.96      15.63      48.16 309% -68% 33%
Tessera Technologies San Jose SF      41.89      10.70      41.60 291% -74% 1%
Oplink Communications Fremont SF      24.25        6.24      15.35 289% -59% 58%
CEVA Inc Mountain View SF      20.20        5.23      12.21 286% -57% 65%
Monolithic Power Systems San Jose SF      49.51      12.91      11.11 284% 16% 346%
Intuit Mountain View SF      88.79      23.23      31.61 282% -27% 181%
Quantum San Jose SF        1.54        0.41        2.69 276% -85% -43%
Informatica Redwood City SF      43.39      11.64      18.02 273% -35% 141%
Check Point Software Redwood City SF      77.18      21.04      21.10 267% 0% 266%
Electronic Arts Redwood City SF      54.95      15.31      58.41 259% -74% -6%
Synaptics San Jose SF      77.86      21.84      27.44 257% -20% 184%
Google Mountain View SF     535.97     154.44     346.09 247% -55% 55%
Silicon Image Sunnyvale SF        7.26        2.11        4.52 244% -53% 61%
Immersion Corp San Jose SF        8.87        2.62      12.95 239% -80% -32%
Advent Software San Francisco SF      43.85      13.04      27.05 236% -52% 62%
Yahoo! Sunnyvale SF      42.96      13.05      23.26 229% -44% 85%
NetApp Sunnyvale SF      39.79      12.90      24.96 208% -48% 59%
Netgear San Jose SF      30.87      10.11      35.67 205% -72% -13%
Maxim Integrated Products San Jose SF      34.46      11.49      26.48 200% -57% 30%
Oracle Redwood City SF      43.36      14.47      22.58 200% -36% 92%
Infinera Corp Sunnyvale SF      17.72        5.95      14.84 198% -60% 19%
Power Integrations San Jose SF      54.28      18.40      34.43 195% -47% 58%
QuickLogic Sunnyvale SF        2.21        0.75        3.30 195% -77% -33%
Applied Materials Santa Clara SF      24.26        8.70      17.76 179% -51% 37%
PLX Technology Sunnyvale SF        6.50        2.39        9.30 172% -74% -30%
Intel Santa Clara SF      33.55      12.41      26.66 170% -53% 26%
Silicon Graphics Fremont SF        9.23        3.51      10.00 163% -65% -8%
Atmel Corp San Jose SF        8.17        3.11        4.32 163% -28% 89%
DSP Group San Jose SF      11.56        4.42      12.20 162% -64% -5%
Extreme Networks San Jose SF        3.19        1.23        3.54 159% -65% -10%
Synopsys Mountain View SF      44.40      17.53      25.93 153% -32% 71%
Pericom Semiconductor Milpitas SF      14.69        5.86      18.70 151% -69% -21%
GSI Technology Sunnyvale SF        5.59        2.25        2.55 148% -12% 119%
NVIDIA Santa Clara SF      20.81        8.39      24.67 148% -66% -16%
Micrel San Jose SF      14.73        6.49        8.45 127% -23% 74%
Xilinx San Jose SF      39.93      17.82      21.87 124% -19% 83%
Linear Technology Milpitas SF      47.23      21.60      30.32 119% -29% 56%
Actuate San Mateo SF        6.60        3.03        7.77 118% -61% -15%
Altera San Jose SF      34.30      15.77      19.68 118% -20% 74%
Polycom San Jose SF      14.08        6.76      13.89 108% -51% 1%
Marvell Technology Santa Clara SF      16.36        8.06      13.98 103% -42% 17%
Symantec Mountain View SF      25.74      12.93      16.14 99% -20% 59%
Exar Corp Fremont SF      10.61        5.36        7.97 98% -33% 33%
Cisco Systems San Jose SF      26.93      14.18      27.07 90% -48% -1%
IXYS Corp Milpitas SF      12.01        6.52        8.02 84% -19% 50%
Juniper Networks Sunnyvale SF      23.29      12.67      33.20 84% -62% -30%
ShoreTel Sunnyvale SF        7.42        4.15      13.97 79% -70% -47%
Supertex Sunnyvale SF      32.98      18.67      31.29 77% -40% 5%
Ultratech San Jose SF      17.69      10.03      11.34 76% -12% 56%
Intevac Santa Clara SF        6.90        3.97      14.54 74% -73% -53%
PMC-Sierra Sunnyvale SF        9.13        5.35        6.54 71% -18% 40%
Harmonic San Jose SF        7.77        4.59      10.48 69% -56% -26%
Procera Networks Fremont SF        8.94        5.50      14.00 63% -61% -36%
Rovi Corp Santa Clara SF      23.56      15.13      18.33 56% -17% 29%
MoSys Santa Clara SF        2.10        1.36        4.85 54% -72% -57%
Intersil Milpitas SF      15.36        9.99      24.48 54% -59% -37%
Rambus Sunnyvale SF      11.89        7.84      20.94 52% -63% -43%
Applied Micro Circuits Sunnyvale SF        5.13        3.47        8.74 48% -60% -41%
Advanced Micro Devices Sunnyvale SF        3.07        2.14        7.50 43% -71% -59%
Hewlett-Packard Palo Alto SF      38.18      26.98      50.48 42% -47% -24%
Dolby Laboratories San Francisco SF      38.81      29.13      49.72 33% -41% -22%
SunPower Corp San Jose SF      27.42      23.39      37.17 17% -37% -26%
Oclaro San Jose SF        1.70        1.46      11.90 17% -88% -86%
Sigma Designs Milpitas SF        6.62      15.10      55.20 -56% -73% -88%









Average % Change all 115 Technology




401% -56% 90%







…..Health Care






Jazz Pharmaceuticals Palo Alto SF     165.93        0.62      14.70 26663% -96% 1029%
Pharmacyclics Sunnyvale SF     162.68        0.86        1.45 18818% -41% 11119%
Medivation San Francisco SF     103.06        7.64        7.20 1249% 6% 1331%
BioMarin Pharmaceutical San Rafael SF      95.80      10.22      35.40 837% -71% 171%
The Cooper Companies Pleasanton SF     161.96      18.33      38.00 784% -52% 326%
DepoMed Newark SF      18.50        2.12        3.26 773% -35% 467%
Align Technology San Jose SF      55.80        6.41      16.68 771% -62% 235%
BioTime Alameda SF        3.90        0.48        0.48 713% 0% 713%
Cerus Concord SF        5.40        0.71        6.51 661% -89% -17%
SciClone Pharmaceuticals Foster City SF        7.69        1.08        2.06 612% -48% 273%
McKesson San Francisco SF     223.73      39.38      65.51 468% -40% 242%
Natus Medical San Carlos SF      37.02        6.69      19.35 453% -65% 91%
Intermune Brisbane SF      74.00      13.63      13.33 443% 2% 455%
Intuitive Surgical Sunnyvale SF     498.93      95.89     323.00 420% -70% 54%
Sangamo Biosciences Richmond SF      13.93        2.99      13.02 366% -77% 7%
Gilead Sciences Foster City SF      99.98      22.01      23.01 354% -4% 335%
Abaxis Union City SF      58.47      16.14      35.86 262% -55% 63%
Threshold Pharmaceuticals South San Francisco SF        3.62        1.08        3.18 235% -66% 14%
Varian Medical Systems Palo Alto SF      92.32      27.73      52.16 233% -47% 77%
Nektar Therapeutics San Francisco SF      13.69        4.21        6.71 225% -37% 104%
Corcept Therapeutics Menlo Park SF        3.06        1.00        3.09 206% -68% -1%
Dynavax Technologies Berkeley SF      16.20        5.48      51.10 196% -89% -68%
Cutera Brisbane SF      12.34        5.75      15.70 115% -63% -21%
Bio-Rad Laboratories Hercules SF     117.40      54.97     103.62 114% -47% 13%
Thoratec Pleasanton SF      39.39      20.97      18.19 88% 15% 117%
Accuray Sunnyvale SF        7.58        4.09      15.22 85% -73% -50%
Genomic Health Redwood City SF      30.11      19.57      22.64 54% -14% 33%
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals South San Francisco SF        2.23        1.50      11.94 49% -87% -81%
Theravance South San Francisco SF      13.27      12.15      19.50 9% -38% -32%
VIVUS Mountain View SF        2.51        3.10        5.18 -19% -40% -52%
Geron Menlo Park SF        2.97        3.87        5.68 -23% -32% -48%
Rigel Pharmaceuticals South San Francisco SF        2.37        4.40      25.39 -46% -83% -91%
Cytokinetics South San Francisco SF        6.41      12.36      28.38 -48% -56% -77%
Exelixis South San Francisco SF        2.16        4.34        8.63 -50% -50% -75%
XOMA Berkeley SF        3.33        8.55      50.85 -61% -83% -93%
Xenoport Santa Clara SF        6.78      18.09      55.88 -63% -68% -88%
Hansen Medical Mountain View SF        1.08        3.04      29.94 -64% -90% -96%









Average % Change all 37 Health Care




1510% -52% 443%








…..Finance






KKR Financial Holdings San Francisco SF      12.79        0.48      14.05 2565% -97% -9%
SVB Financial Group Santa Clara SF     123.71      12.06      50.40 926% -76% 145%
Wells Fargo San Francisco SF      53.90        8.61      30.19 526% -71% 79%
Visa San Francisco SF     265.99      50.19      56.50 430% -11% 371%
Bridge Capital Holdings San Jose SF      21.65        4.34      21.48 399% -80% 1%
Prologis San Francisco SF      44.41        9.72      57.56 357% -83% -23%
Franklin Resources San Mateo SF      53.40      12.89      38.14 314% -66% 40%
Essex Property Trust Palo Alto SF     223.80      55.19      97.49 306% -43% 130%
BRE Properties San Francisco SF      61.00      18.28      40.53 234% -55% 51%
FNB Bancorp South San Francisco SF      27.00        8.19      17.04 230% -52% 58%
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Beverly Hills SF      26.71        9.44        9.10 183% 4% 194%
Bank of Marin Bancorp Novato SF      49.57      17.80      29.25 178% -39% 69%
Digital Realty Trust San Francisco SF      69.53      26.33      38.37 164% -31% 81%
Charles Schwab San Francisco SF      29.05      11.36      25.55 156% -56% 14%
Heritage Commerce San Jose SF        8.66        3.92      18.39 121% -79% -53%
Exchange Bank Santa Rosa SF      81.00      40.00     112.00 103% -64% -28%
JMP Group San Francisco SF        7.33        4.15        8.48 77% -51% -14%
Redwood Trust Mill Valley SF      19.87      12.45      34.24 60% -64% -42%
Westamerica San Rafael SF      42.38      34.36      44.55 23% -23% -5%
eHealth Mountain View SF      10.99      13.32      32.11 -17% -59% -66%









Average % Change all 20 Financial




367% -55% 50%








…..Services






Williams-Sonoma San Francisco SF      80.57        7.60      25.90 960% -71% 211%
CAI Intl San Francisco SF      25.01        2.63      10.52 851% -75% 138%
Core-Mark Holding South San Francisco SF      67.48        8.45      14.36 699% -41% 370%
Jamba Inc Emeryville SF      15.15        2.00      18.50 658% 0% -18%
Ross Stores Pleasanton SF      94.82      14.73      12.79 544% 15% 642%
Shutterfly Inc Redwood City SF      46.56        7.72      25.62 503% -70% 82%
Robert Half Intl Menlo Park SF      60.49      14.41      27.04 320% -47% 124%
The Gap San Francisco SF      41.24        9.85      21.28 319% -54% 94%
Exponent Menlo Park SF      87.61      24.33      27.04 260% -10% 224%
ARC Document Solutions Walnut Creek SF        9.09        2.86      16.48 218% -83% -45%
Safeway Pleasanton SF      40.00      17.53      34.21 128% -49% 17%
URS Corp San Francisco SF      56.31      33.82      54.33 66% -38% 4%
TiVo Inc Alviso SF      10.72        6.50        8.34 65% -22% 29%
Bebe Stores Brisbane SF        3.80        4.82      12.86 -21% -63% -70%









Average % Change all 14 Services




398% -43% 129%








…..Other Sectors






Landec Menlo Park SF      13.96        4.45      13.40 214% -67% 4%
Simpson Manufacturing Pleasanton SF      34.40      13.92      26.59 147% -48% 29%
Clorox Oakland SF     107.94      46.78      65.17 131% -28% 66%
LeapFrog Enterprises Emeryville SF        2.52        1.26        6.73 100% -81% -63%
Chevron San Ramon SF     109.98      58.27      93.33 89% -38% 18%
Central Garden & Pet Walnut Creek SF        9.10        6.30        5.76 44% 9% 58%









Average % Change all 6 Other Sectors




121% -42% 19%








Average % Change all 192 San Fran Bay & Silicon Valley Calif Areas


602% -54% 155%