Thursday, May 21, 2015

Minnesota Companies Stock Market Prices Up 612% Since March 6, 2009 ..... a Very Nice Acceleration From the 536% Growth Only 7 Months Ago

Below here are the 60 Minnesota Headquartered Companies with Stock Market Caps now of at least $100 mil and which have had their common stocks trading from December 31, 2007, or early in 2008 for companies first going public then, through the most recent date May 20, 2015, or the date the Companies were sold, if they were sold since the beginning of 2014, along with the related Stock Market Price Percentage Changes.






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



Price Price Price to to to
Minnesota Company HQs
5-20-15 3-6-09 12-31-07 5-20-15 3-6-09 5-20-15



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Select Comfort Minneapolis MN      31.40        0.20        7.01 15592% -97% 348%
Polaris Industries Medina MN     147.88        7.59      23.89 1850% -68% 519%
ValueVision Media Eden Prairie MN        6.08        0.35        6.29 1637% -94% -3%
Arctic Cat Plymouth MN      33.16        2.43      11.94 1265% -80% 178%
Clearfield Plymouth MN      14.60        1.12        1.01 1204% 11% 1346%
Famous Dave's of America Minnetonka MN      23.70        2.00      13.56 1085% -85% 75%
Deluxe Corp Shoreview MN      66.88        6.47      32.89 934% -80% 103%
Winmark Minneapolis MN      92.28        9.02      21.00 923% -57% 339%
Life Time Fitness Chanhassen MN      71.84        7.50      49.68 858% -85% 45%
Ameriprise Financial Minneapolis MN     128.46      14.20      55.11 805% -74% 133%
Tennant Co Minneapolis MN      65.47        8.23      44.29 696% -81% 48%
UnitedHealth Group Minnetonka MN     121.24      17.90      58.20 577% -69% 108%
Toro Bloomington MN      69.32      10.57 27.22 556% -61% 155%
Vascular Solutions Minneapolis MN      33.30        5.40        6.50 517% -17% 412%
Apogee Enterprises Minneapolis MN      53.96        8.89      17.11 507% -48% 215%
Valspar Minneapolis MN      85.97      15.76      22.54 445% -30% 281%
Buffalo Wild Wings Minneapolis MN     157.52      30.05      23.22 424% 29% 578%
Graco Minneapolis MN      73.82      14.48      37.26 410% -61% 98%
US Bancorp Minneapolis MN      44.09        8.82      31.74 400% -72% 39%
G&K Services Inc Minnetonka MN      71.00      15.77      37.52 350% -58% 89%
Stratasys Ltd Eden Prairie MN      34.97        8.18      25.84 328% -68% 35%
HB Fuller St Paul MN      43.10      10.29      22.45 319% -54% 92%
3M St Paul MN     161.90      41.83      84.32 287% -50% 92%
Ecolab St Paul MN     115.57      29.90      51.21 287% -42% 126%
Hormel Foods Austin MN      58.14      15.18      20.24 283% -25% 187%
Enventis Mankato MN      19.28        5.10        9.32 278% -45% 107%
Datalink Eden Prairie MN        9.71        2.61        3.69 272% -29% 163%
Pentair plc Minneapolis  MN       64.19      17.95      34.81 258% -48% 84%
Cardiovascular Systems St Paul MN      28.42        8.51      31.00 234% -73% -8%
Fastenal Winona MN      42.57      13.19      20.21 223% -35% 111%
Hawkins Inc Roseville MN      41.00      12.95      15.00 217% -14% 173%
Medtronic Minneapolis MN      78.79      24.92      50.27 216% -50% 57%
Donaldson Co Minneapolis MN      35.64      11.31      23.19 215% -51% 54%
MTS Systems Eden Prairie MN      67.60      21.67      38.62 212% -44% 75%
Target Minneapolis MN      78.18      25.65      50.00 205% -49% 56%
Northern Oil and Gas Wayzata MN        6.72        2.22        6.95 203% -68% -3%
Patterson St Paul MN      47.41      16.55      33.95 186% -51% 40%
BioScrip Minnetonka MN        3.74        1.48        7.73 153% -81% -52%
Piper Jaffray Minneapolis MN      48.43      19.30      46.32 151% -58% 5%
NVE Corp Eden Prairie MN      70.26      28.98      24.60 142% 18% 186%
St Jude Medical Saint Paul MN      74.46      32.37      40.64 130% -20% 83%
Lakes Entertainment Minnetonka MN        8.70        3.80      13.24 129% -71% -34%
General Mills Minneapolis MN      56.97      25.48      28.50 124% -11% 100%
Bio-Techne Minneapolis MN     102.75      46.98      66.05 119% -29% 56%
Christopher & Banks Plymouth MN        6.20        3.51      11.45 77% -69% -46%
TCF Financial Wayzata MN      15.89        9.00      17.93 77% -50% -11%
Polymet Mining Hoyt Lakes MN        1.14        0.65        3.24 75% -80% -65%
CH Robinson Worldwide Eden Prairie MN      63.91      38.06      54.12 68% -30% 18%
OneBeacon Group Ltd Minnetonka MN      14.85        9.00      21.50 65% -58% -31%
SurModics Eden Prairie MN      25.94      16.87      54.27 54% -69% -52%
Regis Corp Minneapolis MN      16.49      11.20      27.96 47% -60% -41%
Digi International Minnetonka MN        9.29        6.78      14.19 37% -52% -35%
Best Buy Richfield MN      33.78      24.71      52.65 37% -53% -36%
Two Harbors Investment Minnetonka MN      10.62        8.77        8.38 21% 5% 27%
Mosaic Plymouth MN      47.28      39.16      94.34 21% -58% -50%
Capella Education Minneapolis MN      52.67      46.74      65.46 13% -29% -20%
ANI Pharmaceutics Baudette MN      51.53      46.44     136.08 11% -66% -62%
Digital River Minnetonka MN      25.99      25.53      33.07 2% -23% -21%
Imation Oakdale MN        4.59        7.08      21.00 -35% -66% -78%
SUPERVALU Eden Prairie MN        9.10      14.36      37.52 -37% -62% -76%









Average % Change all 60




612% -51% 105%

With its many outstanding Multi-National Manufacturing Companies, Minnesota Companies will be huge beneficiaries of the upcoming Free and Fair Trade Agreements with both the Pacific Countries and the European Countries.