Monday, October 31, 2016

Detroit Area Companies With Market Caps Above $100 Mil Average Stock Market Prices Up 1,111% Since March 6, 2009, a Month and a Half After President Obama Took Office

The 2016 US Presidential Race is tightening up some.  The State of Michigan is now considered a Leaning Hillary Clinton State with only a 6.2% average of recent polls margin by the excellent Real Clear Politics.  Chelsea Clinton and Tim Kaine both campaigned in Michigan this past weekend and Donald Trump is campaigning there today.

Thus, I think it might be helpful to research how the Michigan Headquartered Companies have performed on the stock market price front during the Obama Administration.

Using Stock Market Prices from a combination of three excellent sources ..... Big Charts.com, GRT Historical Stock Price.com and Google Finance ..... below here are the 33 Detroit Area Headquartered Companies and the 18 Michigan Headquartered Companies outside of the Detroit Area with Stock Market Caps of at least $100 mil and which have had their common stocks trading from December 31, 2007,  through the very recent date of October 28, 2016, 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.

The below Average Stock Market Price Changes weigh each Company equally.






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
Michigan Company HQs
10-28-16 3-6-09 12-31-07 10-28-16 3-6-09 10-28-16



$s $s $s


Detroit Metro Area Companies







TRW Automotive Livonia MI     105.46         1.60       20.90 6491% -92% 405%
American Axle Detroit MI       17.58         0.40       18.62 4295% -98% -6%
La-Z-Boy Monroe MI       23.25         0.60         7.93 3775% -92% 193%
Domino's Pizza Ann Arbor MI     167.92         5.88       13.23 2756% -56% 1169%
Valassis Communications Livonia MI       34.02         1.28       11.69 2558% -89% 191%
Meritor Inc Troy MI       10.35         0.45       11.73 2200% -96% -12%
TriMas Corp Bloomfield Hills  MI        18.03         0.83         8.44 2072% -90% 114%
Saga Communications Grosse Pointe Farms MI       42.85         2.35         5.89 1725% -60% 628%
Gentherm Northville MI       27.95         2.29       21.14 1121% -89% 32%
WABCO Holdings Rochester Hills MI       97.49         8.45       50.09 1054% -83% 95%
Credit Acceptance Corp Southfield MI     183.08       18.19       20.67 906% -12% 786%
Sun Communities Southfield MI       75.77         7.71       21.07 883% -63% 260%
Synthetic Biologics Ann Arbor MI         1.36         0.15         5.12 807% -97% -73%
Masco Taylor MI       30.72         3.43       18.99 796% -82% 62%
Penske Automotive Group Bloomfield Hills MI       44.14         5.03       17.46 778% -71% 153%
Autoliv Inc Auburn Hills MI       96.32       12.33       52.71 681% -77% 83%
Ford Motor Dearborn MI       11.72         1.70         6.73 589% -75% 74%
MBT Financial Monroe MI         9.05         1.40         8.82 546% -84% 3%
Taubman Centers Bloomfield Hills MI       71.43       13.56       49.19 427% -72% 45%
BorgWarner Auburn Hills MI       35.63         7.59       24.21 369% -69% 47%
Agree Realty  Farmington Hills MI       47.14       10.50       30.10 349% -65% 57%
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust Farmington Hills MI       16.96         3.88       21.37 337% -82% -21%
Con-Way Ann Arbor MI       47.55       13.36       41.54 256% -68% 14%
Kelly Services Troy MI       18.28         6.30       18.66 190% -66% -2%
Superior Industries Intl Southfield  MI        25.05         9.48       18.17 164% -48% 38%
Rofin-Sinar Technologies Plymouth MI       32.50       13.05       48.11 149% -73% -32%
Syntel Troy MI       20.19         9.06       19.26 123% -53% 5%
Rockwell Medical Wixom MI         5.67         2.89         7.18 96% -60% -21%
Compuware Detroit MI       10.35         5.56         8.53 86% -35% 21%
United Bancorp Ann Arbor MI       12.10         7.25       17.00 67% -57% -29%
Meadowbrook Insurance Group Southfield MI         8.64         5.46         9.41 58% -42% -8%
Universal Logistics Holdings Warren MI       12.51       11.26       19.16 11% -41% -35%
Flagstar Bancorp Troy MI       27.19       62.00     697.00 -56% -91% -96%









Total all 33 Detroit Area Companies




1111% -71% 125%









Rest of Michigan Companies







Mercantile Bank Grand Rapids MI       27.26         3.17       15.50 760% -80% 76%
Dow Chemical Midland MI       53.92         7.11       39.42 658% -82% 37%
Whirlpool Benton Harbor MI     150.82       20.19       81.63 647% -75% 85%
Neogen Lansing MI       52.10         8.40       11.80 520% -29% 342%
Firstbank Alma MI       21.59         4.50       13.82 380% -67% 56%
Gentex Zeeland MI       16.77         3.61         8.89 365% -59% 89%
Perrigo Allegan MI       87.06       19.34       35.01 350% -45% 149%
Universal Forest Products Grand Rapids MI       86.41       19.82       29.46 336% -33% 193%
Macatawa Bank Holland MI         7.97         1.96         8.59 307% -77% -7%
Stryker Kalamazoo MI     114.27       32.01       74.72 257% -57% 53%
Steelcase Grand Rapids MI       13.45         3.89       15.87 246% -75% -15%
Spartan Motors Charlotte MI         8.35         2.44         7.64 242% -68% 9%
Herman Miller Zeeland MI       27.90         8.29       32.39 237% -74% -14%
Wolverine World Wide Rockford MI       21.39         6.69       12.26 220% -45% 74%
Chemical Financial Midland MI       43.14       15.86       23.79 172% -33% 81%
Kellogg Battle Creek MI       74.63       37.16       52.43 101% -29% 42%
SpartanNash Grand Rapids  MI       27.64       14.12       22.85 96% -38% 21%
Independent Bank Ionia MI       16.81         9.60       95.00 75% -90% -82%









Total all 18 Rest of Michigan Companies



332% -59% 66%









Average % Change all 51 Michigan Companies



836% -66% 104%