Monday, October 10, 2016

North Carolina Companies Average Stock Market Prices Up 502% Since March 6, 2009, a Month and a Half After President Obama Took Office, and Up 142% Since December 31, 2007

Using Stock Market Prices from a combination of three excellent sources ..... Big Charts.com, Historical Stock Price.com and Google Finance ..... below here are the 60 North Carolina Headquartered Companies with Stock Market Caps 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 October 7, 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.






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



Price Price Price to to to
North Carolina Company City HQs
10-7-16 3-6-09 12-31-07 10-7-16 3-6-09 10-7-16


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Salix Pharmaceuticals Raleigh NC     172.81         6.49         7.88 2563% -18% 2093%
LendingTree Charlotte NC       91.02         3.97         7.32 2193% -46% 1143%
RF Micro Devices Greensboro NC       16.59         0.76         5.71 2083% -87% 191%
Polypore  Charlotte NC       60.48         2.93       17.50 1964% -83% 246%
Sonic Automotive Charlotte NC       19.26         0.95       19.36 1927% -95% -1%
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Winston-Salem NC       21.00         1.15         3.16 1726% -64% 565%
Hanesbrands Winston-Salem NC       25.30         1.54         6.79 1548% -77% 272%
Unifi Greensboro NC       29.35         1.83         7.26 1504% -75% 304%
Belk Inc Charlotte NC       73.00         5.30       32.00 1277% -83% 128%
Culp High Point NC       29.60         2.79         6.96 961% -60% 325%
NewBridge Bancorp Greensboro NC       10.93         1.05       10.79 941% -90% 1%
Old Dominion Freight Line Thomasville NC       70.60         8.50       10.27 730% -17% 587%
Ingersoll-Rand Davidson NC       67.45         9.46       37.12 613% -75% 82%
Insteel Industries Inc Mount Airy NC       34.16         4.90       11.73 597% -58% 191%
Carlisle Cos Charlotte NC     105.10       18.11       37.03 480% -51% 184%
Reynolds American Winston-Salem NC       46.64         8.04       16.49 480% -51% 183%
Red Hat Raleigh NC       77.80       13.43       20.84 479% -36% 273%
PowerSecure Intl Wake Forest NC       18.76         3.46       13.50 442% -74% 39%
Lowe's Mooresville NC       71.30       13.39       22.62 432% -41% 215%
Bank of America Charlotte NC       16.13         3.14       41.26 414% -92% -61%
Albemarle Corp Charlotte NC       82.37       16.17       41.25 409% -61% 100%
VF Corp Greensboro NC       54.56       11.91       17.17 358% -31% 218%
Chelsea Therapeutics Charlotte NC         6.52         1.50         7.35 335% -80% -11%
Investors Title Co Chapel Hill NC       98.71       23.00       38.39 329% -40% 157%
BNC Bancorp High Point NC       24.31         5.75       16.91 323% -66% 44%
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Newton NC       20.90         5.00       15.00 318% -67% 39%
Sealed Air Charlotte NC       44.35       10.64       23.14 317% -54% 92%
EnPro Industries Charlotte  NC        56.24       14.63       30.65 284% -52% 83%
First Citizens Bancshares Raleigh NC     293.39       76.95     145.85 281% -47% 101%
Curtiss-Wright Charlotte NC       87.87       23.26       50.02 278% -53% 76%
Lorillard Greensboro NC       71.40       19.23       28.43 271% -32% 151%
Coca-Cola Bottling Charlotte NC     141.47       38.29       58.88 269% -35% 140%
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Durham NC         4.37         1.19         6.18 267% -81% -29%
Triangle Capital Raleigh NC       19.29         5.60       12.40 244% -55% 56%
Ingles Markets Black Mountain NC       38.95       11.62       25.39 235% -54% 53%
Cornerstone Therapeutics Cary NC         9.49         3.21       12.70 196% -75% -25%
Highwoods Properties Raleigh NC       49.05       16.72       29.38 193% -43% 67%
BB&T Corp Winston-Salem NC       38.89       13.73       30.67 183% -55% 27%
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Greensboro NC       36.75       13.20       18.86 179% -30% 95%
First Bancorp Troy NC       20.19         7.39       18.89 173% -61% 7%
Family Dollar Stores Matthews NC       79.39       30.36       19.23 161% 58% 313%
Harris Teeter Supermarkets Matthews NC       49.37       19.51       34.67 153% -44% 42%
Yadkin Financial Elkin NC       26.46       10.47       45.81 153% -77% -42%
Laboratory Corp America Burlington NC     138.87       54.99       75.53 153% -27% 84%
The Pantry Cary NC       36.74       15.01       26.13 145% -43% 41%
Martin Marietta Materials Raleigh NC     170.12       69.96     132.60 143% -47% 28%
The Cato Corp Charlotte NC       29.95       13.46       15.66 123% -14% 91%
VantageSouth Bancshares Raleigh NC         6.04         3.00         9.50 101% -68% -36%
SPX Corp Charlotte NC       20.26       10.45       25.90 94% -60% -22%
Speedway Motorsports Concord NC       17.48       10.74       31.08 63% -65% -44%
Pike Corp Mount Airy NC       12.01         7.57       16.76 59% -55% -28%
Snyder's-Lance Charlotte NC       34.25       21.64       20.42 58% 6% 68%
Nucor Charlotte NC       47.39       32.34       59.22 47% -45% -20%
Cree Durham NC       25.29       18.83       27.47 34% -31% -8%
POZEN Chapel Hill NC         5.94         4.99       12.00 19% -58% -51%
BioDelivery Sciences Raleigh NC         2.39         2.92         2.93 -18% 0% -18%
Hatteras Financial Corp Winston-Salem NC       16.29       22.10       24.68 -26% -10% -34%
Xerium Technologies Inc Youngsville NC         8.10       11.40     104.00 -29% -89% -92%
Alliance One Intl Inc Morrisville NC       18.06       31.60       40.70 -43% -22% -56%
CommunityOne Bancorp Asheboro NC       13.86     175.00   1,216.00 -92% -86% -99%









Average % Change all 60 North Carolina Companies



502% -52% 142%