Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Iowa Companies Average Stock Market Prices Up 513% Since March 6, 2009, a Month and a Half After President Obama Took Office

Since Iowa is a Toss Up State in the 2016 Presidential Election, I think it might be helpful to research how Iowa 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 ..... GRT Historical Stock Price.com, Big Charts.com and Google Finance ..... below here are the 17 Iowa Headquartered Companies with Stock Market Caps of at least $100 mil and which have had their common stocks trading from December 31, 2007 through the most recent date November 8, 2016, 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
Iowa Company HQs
11-8-16 3-6-09 12-31-07 11-8-16 3-6-09 11-8-16



$ $ $ $ $ $









FBL Financial Group West Des Moines IA            68.00              2.55            34.53 2567% -93% 97%
Lee Enterprises Davenport IA              2.60              0.29            14.65 797% -98% -82%
Principal Financial Group Des Moines IA            54.49              6.08            68.84 796% -91% -21%
Winnebago Industries Forest City IA            27.70              3.23            21.02 758% -85% 32%
Flexsteel Dubuque IA            42.88              5.17            12.00 729% -57% 257%
Casey's General Stores Ankeny IA          116.20            18.81            29.61 518% -36% 292%
American Equity Investment Life West Des Moines IA            16.77              3.19              8.29 426% -62% 102%
HNI Corp Muscatine IA            41.61              8.16            35.06 410% -77% 19%
Heartland Financial USA Dubuque IA            36.80              8.84            18.57 316% -52% 98%
MidWest One Financial Group Iowa City IA            28.92              7.00            16.99 313% -59% 70%
Meredith Corp Des Moines IA            45.80            11.28            54.98 306% -79% -17%
West Bancorporation West Des Moines IA            19.35              5.64            13.04 243% -57% 48%
Rockwell Collins Cedar Rapids IA            83.05            28.35            71.97 193% -61% 15%
United Fire Group Cedar Rapids IA            39.08            17.54            29.09 123% -40% 34%
EMC Insurance Group Des Moines IA            25.07            12.69            15.78 98% -20% 59%
Ames National Corp Ames IA            26.90            15.71            19.50 71% -19% 38%
Heartland Express North Liberty IA            19.54            12.19            14.18 60% -14% 38%









Average % Change all 17




513% -59% 64%