Tuesday, November 8, 2016

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

Since North Carolina is a Toss Up State in the 2016 Presidential Election, I think it might be helpful to research how North Carolina 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 59 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 in 2008 for companies first going public then, through the most recent date November 8, 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
11-8-16 3-6-09 12-31-07 11-8-16 3-6-09 11-8-16


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Salix Pharmaceuticals Raleigh NC          172.81              6.49              7.88 2563% -18% 2093%
RF Micro Devices Greensboro NC            16.59              0.76              5.71 2083% -87% 191%
LendingTree Charlotte NC            83.40              3.97              7.32 2001% -46% 1039%
Polypore  Charlotte NC            60.48              2.93            17.50 1964% -83% 246%
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Winston-Salem NC            21.00              1.15              3.16 1726% -64% 565%
Sonic Automotive Charlotte NC            17.10              0.95            19.36 1700% -95% -12%
Hanesbrands Winston-Salem NC            24.26              1.54              6.79 1480% -77% 257%
Unifi Greensboro NC            27.23              1.83              7.26 1388% -75% 275%
Belk Inc Charlotte NC            73.00              5.30            32.00 1277% -83% 128%
NewBridge Bancorp Greensboro NC            10.93              1.05            10.79 941% -90% 1%
Culp High Point NC            28.75              2.79              6.96 930% -60% 313%
Old Dominion Freight Line Thomasville NC            75.25              8.50            10.27 785% -17% 633%
Ingersoll-Rand Davidson NC            71.87              9.46            37.12 660% -75% 94%
Reynolds American Winston-Salem NC            55.41              8.04            16.49 589% -51% 236%
Carlisle Cos Charlotte NC          107.86            18.11            37.03 496% -51% 191%
Insteel Industries Inc Mount Airy NC            28.07              4.90            11.73 473% -58% 139%
Red Hat Raleigh NC            76.67            13.43            20.84 471% -36% 268%
PowerSecure Intl Wake Forest NC            18.76              3.46            13.50 442% -74% 39%
Bank of America Charlotte NC            17.00              3.14            41.26 441% -92% -59%
Albemarle Corp Charlotte NC            82.75            16.17            41.25 412% -61% 101%
Lowe's Mooresville NC            66.81            13.39            22.62 399% -41% 195%
VF Corp Greensboro NC            54.56            11.91            17.17 358% -31% 218%
Investors Title Co Chapel Hill NC          103.59            23.00            38.39 350% -40% 170%
Chelsea Therapeutics Charlotte NC              6.52              1.50              7.35 335% -80% -11%
Sealed Air Charlotte NC            46.19            10.64            23.14 334% -54% 100%
BNC Bancorp High Point NC            24.70              5.75            16.91 330% -66% 46%
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Newton NC            20.25              5.00            15.00 305% -67% 35%
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Durham NC              4.67              1.19              6.18 292% -81% -24%
First Citizens Bancshares Raleigh NC          290.99            76.95          145.85 278% -47% 100%
Curtiss-Wright Charlotte NC            87.84            23.26            50.02 278% -53% 76%
EnPro Industries Charlotte  NC             55.03            14.63            30.65 276% -52% 80%
Lorillard Greensboro NC            71.40            19.23            28.43 271% -32% 151%
Coca-Cola Bottling Charlotte NC          141.27            38.29            58.88 269% -35% 140%
Ingles Markets Black Mountain NC            41.20            11.62            25.39 255% -54% 62%
Triangle Capital Raleigh NC            17.11              5.60            12.40 206% -55% 38%
Cornerstone Therapeutics Cary NC              9.49              3.21            12.70 196% -75% -25%
Highwoods Properties Raleigh NC            48.45            16.72            29.38 190% -43% 65%
Martin Marietta Materials Raleigh NC          202.01            69.96          132.60 189% -47% 52%
BB&T Corp Winston-Salem NC            38.88            13.73            30.67 183% -55% 27%
First Bancorp Troy NC            20.37              7.39            18.89 176% -61% 8%
Yadkin Financial Elkin NC            27.75            10.47            45.81 165% -77% -39%
Family Dollar Stores Matthews NC            79.39            30.36            19.23 161% 58% 313%
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Greensboro NC            34.05            13.20            18.86 158% -30% 81%
Harris Teeter Supermarkets Matthews NC            49.37            19.51            34.67 153% -44% 42%
The Pantry Cary NC            36.74            15.01            26.13 145% -43% 41%
Laboratory Corp America Burlington NC          126.06            54.99            75.53 129% -27% 67%
The Cato Corp Charlotte NC            30.84            13.46            15.66 129% -14% 97%
VantageSouth Bancshares Raleigh NC              6.04              3.00              9.50 101% -68% -36%
SPX Corp Charlotte NC            18.41            10.45            25.90 76% -60% -29%
Speedway Motorsports Concord NC            18.72            10.74            31.08 74% -65% -40%
Snyder's-Lance Charlotte NC            36.31            21.64            20.42 68% 6% 78%
Nucor Charlotte NC            51.37            32.34            59.22 59% -45% -13%
Pike Corp Mount Airy NC            12.01              7.57            16.76 59% -55% -28%
POZEN Chapel Hill NC              5.94              4.99            12.00 19% -58% -51%
Cree Durham NC            21.82            18.83            27.47 16% -31% -21%
Hatteras Financial Corp Winston-Salem NC            16.29            22.10            24.68 -26% -10% -34%
BioDelivery Sciences Raleigh NC              1.95              2.92              2.93 -33% 0% -33%
Alliance One Intl Inc Morrisville NC            15.55            31.60            40.70 -51% -22% -62%
CommunityOne Bancorp Asheboro NC            14.10          175.00        1,216.00 -92% -86% -99%









Average % Change all 59




502% -51% 144%