Minnesota Company Stock Prices On Fire in the Most Recent Month

I found 62 Minnesota Headquartered Companies in Yahoo's or Google's superb Finance websites or from SEC filings with Total Market Capitalizations on May 14, 2014 of at least $100 mil and which also had their common stocks trading on each of the following three dates:

• On December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second term
• On March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the lowest point for the US stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the 2008 financial meltdown, and 
• also on the most recent date June 23, 2014

The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources....  Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.

These 62 Minnesota Companies had their average stock market prices decline by a huge 51% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, to March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the very lowest point for the overall stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.

But in the slightly more than five years and three months since March 6, 2009, the equal-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 62 Minnesota Companies have increased by a spectacular 500% through June 23, 2014, led by Select Comfort's stock market price increasing by a massive 99 times in the most recent slightly more than 5 years and three months.

Seven of these 62 Minnesota Companies..... Select Comfort, Polaris Industries, Clearfield, Arctic Cat, Famous Dave's of America, ValueVision Media, and Stratasys Ltd.... had their stock market prices increase by more than 10 times in the most recent slightly more than 5 years and three months.

The stock market prices of these Minnesota Companies were on fire in the most recent month.  To illustrate this point, the average stock market prices of these 62 Minnesota Companies had increased by a lower 464% in the five years and two months from March 6, 2009 through May 14, 2014, as compared with a substantially higher 500% increase in the slightly more than five years and three months from March 6, 2009 through June 23, 2014. 

To illustrate the overall excellent operational performance of these 62 Minnesota Companies, only 5 of them experienced stock market price declines in the most recent slightly more than five years and three months.

Minnesota citizens should be extremely pleased with the outstanding performance of nearly all of their Minnesota Companies during the Obama Administration. 

In similar fashion on the employment front, from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US unemployment rate doubled from 5.0% in December 2007 to 10.0% in October 2009, early in President Obama's first term which was the very lowest point for the US Labor Market due to the lagging spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.

And then with the US economic stimulating actions of the Obama Administration, supported by both a Democratic controlled US Senate and US House (at the time), taking full effect, coupled with the Quantitative Easing by the US Fed, the US unemployment rate declined sharply from 10.0% in October 2009 to 6.3% in the most recently reported May 2014.

In like manner, Minnesota's unemployment rate increased sharply, going from 4.8% in December 2007 to 7.8% in October 2009.  And then with the US economic stimulating actions of the Obama Administration, supported by both a Democratic controlled US Senate and US House (at the time), going full throttle, coupled with the Quantitative Easing by the US Fed, the Minnesota State unemployment rate declined sharply, going from 7.8% in October 2009 to 4.6% in the most recently reported May 2014.

Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 62 Minnesota Companies on June 23, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, along with the related Stock Market Price Percentage Changes:

						Market	Market
						Price	Price
						%	%
						Change	Change
			Market	Market	Market	3-6-09	12-31-07
			Price	Price	Price	to	to
Minnesota Company	HQs		6-23-14	3-6-09	12-31-07	6-23-14	3-6-09
			$s	$s	$s
Select Comfort	Minneapolis	MN	19.92	0.20	7.01	9855%	-97%
Polaris Industries	Medina	MN	130.05	7.59	23.89	1615%	-68%
Clearfield	Plymouth	MN	18.97	1.12	1.01	1594%	11%
Arctic Cat	Plymouth	MN	38.55	2.43	11.94	1486%	-80%
Famous Dave's of America	Minnetonka	MN	29.80	2.00	13.56	1390%	-85%
ValueVision Media	Eden Prairie	MN	5.14	0.35	6.29	1369%	-94%
Stratasys Ltd	Eden Prairie	MN	108.66	8.18	25.84	1228%	-68%
Deluxe Corp	Shoreview	MN	57.16	6.47	32.89	783%	-80%
Ameriprise Financial	Minneapolis	MN	119.38	14.20	55.11	741%	-74%
Tennant Co	Minneapolis	MN	68.00	8.23	44.29	726%	-81%
Northern Oil and Gas	Wayzata	MN	17.07	2.22	6.95	669%	-68%
Winmark	Minneapolis	MN	66.75	9.02	21.00	640%	-57%
Life Time Fitness	Chanhassen	MN	48.65	7.50	49.68	549%	-85%
Toro	Bloomington	MN	63.94	10.57	27.22	505%	-61%
BioScrip	Minnetonka	MN	8.21	1.48	7.73	455%	-81%
Buffalo Wild Wings	Minneapolis	MN	166.25	30.05	23.22	453%	29%
Graco	Minneapolis	MN	76.49	14.48	37.26	428%	-61%
US Bancorp	Minneapolis	MN	43.82	8.82	31.74	397%	-72%
HB Fuller	St Paul	MN	50.73	10.29	22.45	393%	-54%
Valspar	Minneapolis	MN	76.70	15.76	22.54	387%	-30%
UnitedHealth Group	Minnetonka	MN	81.49	17.90	58.20	355%	-69%
Pentair Ltd	Minneapolis	MN	75.42	17.95	34.81	320%	-48%
Vascular Solutions	Minneapolis	MN	21.26	5.40	6.50	294%	-17%
Fastenal	Winona	MN	49.83	13.19	20.21	278%	-35%
Donaldson Co	Minneapolis	MN	41.97	11.31	23.19	271%	-51%
Datalink	Eden Prairie	MN	9.55	2.61	3.69	266%	-29%
Cardiovascular Systems	St Paul	MN	30.95	8.51	31.00	264%	-73%
Ecolab	St Paul	MN	108.32	29.90	51.21	262%	-42%
Apogee Enterprises	Minneapolis	MN	31.05	8.89	17.11	249%	-48%
3M	St Paul	MN	144.09	41.83	84.32	244%	-50%
G&K Services Inc	Minnetonka	MN	51.47	15.77	37.52	226%	-58%
Hormel Foods	Austin	MN	49.19	15.18	20.24	224%	-25%
MTS Systems	Eden Prairie	MN	67.88	21.67	38.62	213%	-44%
Hawkins Inc	Roseville	MN	37.29	12.95	15.00	188%	-14%
Enventis	Mankato	MN	13.70	5.10	9.32	169%	-45%
Piper Jaffray	Minneapolis	MN	50.67	19.30	46.32	163%	-58%
Medtronic	Minneapolis	MN	64.14	24.92	50.27	157%	-50%
Lakes Entertainment	Minnetonka	MN	4.73	1.90	6.62	149%	-71%
Patterson	St Paul	MN	39.84	16.55	33.95	141%	-51%
Christopher & Banks	Plymouth	MN	8.16	3.51	11.45	132%	-69%
Target	Minneapolis	MN	58.42	25.65	50.00	128%	-49%
St Jude Medical	Saint Paul	MN	69.24	32.37	40.64	114%	-20%
General Mills	Minneapolis	MN	54.27	25.48	28.50	113%	-11%
Techne	Minneapolis	MN	91.78	46.98	66.05	95%	-29%
NVE Corp	Eden Prairie	MN	54.08	28.98	24.60	87%	18%
TCF Financial	Wayzata	MN	16.38	9.00	17.93	82%	-50%
Polymet Mining	Hoyt Lakes	MN	1.11	0.65	3.24	71%	-80%
OneBeacon Group Ltd	Minnetonka	MN	15.19	9.00	21.50	69%	-58%
CH Robinson Worldwide	Eden Prairie	MN	63.81	38.06	54.12	68%	-30%
Digi International	Minnetonka	MN	9.08	6.78	14.19	34%	-52%
Mosaic	Plymouth	MN	50.79	39.16	94.34	30%	-58%
SurModics	Eden Prairie	MN	21.48	16.87	54.27	27%	-69%
Regis Corp	Minneapolis	MN	13.85	11.20	27.96	24%	-60%
Two Harbors Investment	Minnetonka	MN	10.50	8.77	8.38	20%	5%
Qumu Corp	Minneapolis	MN	14.31	12.11	25.95	18%	-53%
Capella Education	Minneapolis	MN	54.80	46.74	65.46	17%	-29%
Best Buy	Richfield	MN	28.57	24.71	52.65	16%	-53%
ANI Pharmaceutics	Baudette	MN	36.55	46.44	136.08	-21%	-66%
Digital River	Minnetonka	MN	15.57	25.53	33.07	-39%	-23%
SUPERVALU	Eden Prairie	MN	7.91	14.36	37.52	-45%	-62%
Imation	Oakdale	MN	3.34	7.08	21.00	-53%	-66%
EnteroMedics	St Paul	MN	1.78	7.80	48.30	-77%	-84%
Average % Change all 62						500%	-51%

49 Largest US REIT IPOs in 2009 Through 2013 Stock Prices Up 17% From IPO Closing Price

With the superb Initial Public Offering (IPO) data available from IPO Scoop, there were 49 US Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Company IPOs in the post financial meltdown five years of 2009 through 2013, where the Company has its common stock still trading now and it also has a Market Capitalization of more than $100 mil presently.

The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources....  Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.  The superb Yahoo Finance website was also utilized heavily.

There were 8 or 9 REIT IPOs in each of the four years 2009 through 2012.  Then in 2013, the number of REIT IPOs roughly doubled to 16.

These 49 REIT IPOs had an average stock price increase of 17% since their first day of IPO Closing Market Price through the most recent date June 23, 2014.  The 2010 and 2011 REIT IPOs have done the best with both experiencing average stock market price appreciation of 27%.

The REIT Office Sub-Sector had the highest average stock price appreciation of a very robust 52% for the 4 Office REITs, followed by the 5 Hotel/Motel REITs, the 4 Retail REITs and the 3 Industrial REITs all three of them experiencing an average stock market price increase of a very impressive 44%.

All 5 Mortgage Investment REITs experienced stock market price declines, which averaged a very steep 18%.  The 6 Residential REITs had an average stock market price increase of a very modest 2%.  

It should be pointed out that a US REIT must distribute at least 90% of its taxable income each year in order to avoid a substantial amount of US Federal income taxes at the REIT level.  Thus it only makes sense that the stock price appreciation of REITs in a very robust stock market will be significantly below that of the average common stock.

Below here are the stock market prices of each of these 49 REITs on both June 23, 2014 and on the close of the first day's IPO, with these IPOs broken down by year:

						1st Day
						IPO
					6-23-14	Closing
IPO					Market	Market	%
Date	Company	HQs		REIT Industry	Price	Price	Change
					$	$
	2009 REIT IPOs
12/9/09	Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	Bethesda	MD	Hotel/Motel	36.77	20.45	80%
6/2/09	Government Properties Income Trust	Newton	MA	Office	25.55	19.47	31%
8/11/09	Starwood Property Trust	Greenwich	CT	Diversified	24.19	20.00	21%
9/24/09	Colony Financial	Santa Monica	CA	Diversified	22.99	19.66	17%
7/30/09	PennyMac Investment Trust	Moorpark	CA	Residential	21.85	19.10	14%
6/26/09	Invesco Mortgage Capital	Atlanta	GA	Mortgage Investment	17.74	19.42	-9%
9/24/09	Apollo Commerical Real Estate	New York	NY	Diversified	16.65	18.50	-10%
6/12/09	CYS Investments	Waltham	MA	Mortgage Investment	8.83	11.55	-24%
	Average % Change all 8						15%
	2010 REIT IPOs
9/23/10	CoreSite Realty	Denver	CO	Office	33.04	16.01	106%
1/22/10	Chesapeake Lodging Trust	Annapolis	MD	Hotel/Motel	30.24	19.00	59%
6/24/10	Hudson Pacific Properties	Los Angeles	CA	Office	25.70	17.40	48%
8/26/10	Whitestone REIT	Houston	TX	Diversified	14.80	11.50	29%
2/10/10	Piedmont Office Trust Realty	Johns Creek	GA	Office	18.88	15.60	21%
4/16/10	Chatham Lodging Trust	Palm Beach	FL	Hotel/Motel	22.72	20.50	11%
2/10/10	Terreno Realty	San Francisco	CA	Industrial	19.36	18.65	4%
4/23/10	Excel Trust	San Diego	CA	Diversified	13.22	13.30	-1%
10/14/10	Campus Crest Communities	Charlotte	NC	Diversified	8.67	12.51	-31%
	Average % Change all 9 REITs						27%
	2011 REIT IPOs
4/15/11	STAG Industrial	Boston	MA	Industrial	23.93	12.50	91%
1/13/11	American Assets Trust	San Diego	CA	Retail	34.52	21.25	62%
5/11/11	RLJ Lodging Trust	Bethesda	MD	Hotel/Motel	28.54	17.68	61%
8/4/11	American Capital Mortgage Investment	Bethesda	MD	Diversified	20.40	18.41	11%
2/9/11	Summit Hotel Properties	Sioux Falls	SD	Hotel/Motel	10.57	9.69	9%
6/30/11	AG Mortgage Investment Trust	New York	NY	Mortgage Investment	18.78	19.64	-4%
4/1/11	Preferred Apartment Communities	Atlanta	GA	Apartments	9.00	9.85	-9%
7/22/11	Apollo Residential Mortgage	New York	NY	Residential	16.98	18.65	-9%
	Average % Change all 8 REITs						27%
	2012 REIT IPOs
4/5/12	Retail Properties of America	Oak Brook	IL	Retail	15.43	8.75	76%
9/20/12	Spirit Realty Capital	Scottsdale	AZ	Diversified	11.46	7.87	46%
3/7/12	Select Income REIT	Newton	MA	Diversified	29.16	21.74	34%
7/27/12	AmREIT	Houston	TX	Retail	18.02	14.02	29%
12/14/12	Silver Bay Realty Trust	Minnetonka	MN	Residential	16.59	18.24	-9%
5/10/12	Western Asset Management Capital	Pasadena	CA	Mortgage Investment	15.01	18.80	-20%
4/26/12	Ares Commercial Real Estate	Chicago	IL	Diversified	12.77	18.00	-29%
10/3/12	JAVELIN Mortgage Investment	Vero Beach	FL	Mortgage Investment	13.56	19.60	-31%
	Average % Change all 8 REITs						12%
	2013 REIT IPOs
10/9/13	QTS Realty Trust	Overland Park	KS	Industrial	28.42	21.00	35%
8/1/13	American Homes 4 Rent	Malibu	CA	Residential	17.88	13.50	32%
3/21/13	Aviv REIT	Chicago	IL	Diversified	28.99	22.55	29%
10/2/13	Empire State Realty Trust	New York	NY	Diversified	16.77	13.10	28%
4/18/13	Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	Annapolis	MD	Diversified	14.40	11.40	26%
7/19/13	Physicians Realty Trust	Milwaukee	WI	Healthcare Facilities	14.20	11.67	22%
1/18/13	CyrusOne	Carrollton	TX	Diversified	24.65	21.20	16%
10/30/13	Brixmor Property Group	New York	NY	Retail	22.32	20.40	9%
10/3/13	Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment	Moorestown	NJ	Residential	19.98	18.48	8%
7/19/13	Rexford Industrial Realty	Los Angeles	CA	Diversified	14.30	14.04	2%
12/12/13	CatchMark Timber Trust	Norcross	GA	Timber	13.34	13.50	-1%
5/9/13	American Residential Properties	Scottsdale	AZ	Diversified	19.07	21.00	-9%
5/1/13	Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT	Old Greenwich	CT	Diversified	17.24	19.21	-10%
5/8/13	Armada Hoffler Properties	Virginia Beach	VA	Diversified	9.75	11.50	-15%
2/8/13	ZAIS Financial	Red Bank	NJ	Diversified	16.64	19.95	-17%
3/22/13	Five Oaks Investment	New York	NY	Residential	11.31	14.50	-22%
	Average % Change all 16 REITs						8%
	Average % Change all 49 REITs						17%

And below here are these 49 REIT IPOs of 2009 through 2013 sorted by REIT SubSector:

				1st Day
				IPO
			6-23-14	Closing
IPO			Market	Market	%
Date	Company	REIT Industry	Price	Price	Change
			$	$
8/11/09	Starwood Property Trust	Diversified	24.19	20.00	21%
9/24/09	Colony Financial	Diversified	22.99	19.66	17%
9/24/09	Apollo Commerical Real Estate	Diversified	16.65	18.50	-10%
8/26/10	Whitestone REIT	Diversified	14.80	11.50	29%
4/23/10	Excel Trust	Diversified	13.22	13.30	-1%
10/14/10	Campus Crest Communities	Diversified	8.67	12.51	-31%
8/4/11	American Capital Mortgage Investment	Diversified	20.40	18.41	11%
9/20/12	Spirit Realty Capital	Diversified	11.46	7.87	46%
3/7/12	Select Income REIT	Diversified	29.16	21.74	34%
4/26/12	Ares Commercial Real Estate	Diversified	12.77	18.00	-29%
3/21/13	Aviv REIT	Diversified	28.99	22.55	29%
10/2/13	Empire State Realty Trust	Diversified	16.77	13.10	28%
4/18/13	Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	Diversified	14.40	11.40	26%
1/18/13	CyrusOne	Diversified	24.65	21.20	16%
7/19/13	Rexford Industrial Realty	Diversified	14.30	14.04	2%
5/9/13	American Residential Properties	Diversified	19.07	21.00	-9%
5/1/13	Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT	Diversified	17.24	19.21	-10%
5/8/13	Armada Hoffler Properties	Diversified	9.75	11.50	-15%
2/8/13	ZAIS Financial	Diversified	16.64	19.95	-17%
	Average % Change all 19 Diversified REITs				7%
12/9/09	Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	Hotel/Motel	36.77	20.45	80%
1/22/10	Chesapeake Lodging Trust	Hotel/Motel	30.24	19.00	59%
4/16/10	Chatham Lodging Trust	Hotel/Motel	22.72	20.50	11%
5/11/11	RLJ Lodging Trust	Hotel/Motel	28.54	17.68	61%
2/9/11	Summit Hotel Properties	Hotel/Motel	10.57	9.69	9%
	Average % Change all 5 Hotel/Motel REITs				44%
2/10/10	Terreno Realty	Industrial	19.36	18.65	4%
4/15/11	STAG Industrial	Industrial	23.93	12.50	91%
10/9/13	QTS Realty Trust	Industrial	28.42	21.00	35%
	Average % Change all 3 Industrial REITs				44%
6/30/11	AG Mortgage Investment Trust	Mortgage Investment	18.78	19.64	-4%
5/10/12	Western Asset Management Capital	Mortgage Investment	15.01	18.80	-20%
10/3/12	JAVELIN Mortgage Investment	Mortgage Investment	13.56	19.60	-31%
6/26/09	Invesco Mortgage Capital	Mortgage Investment	17.74	19.42	-9%
6/12/09	CYS Investments	Mortgage Investment	8.83	11.55	-24%
	Average % Change all 5 Mortgage Investment REITs				-18%
6/2/09	Government Properties Income Trust	Office	25.55	19.47	31%
9/23/10	CoreSite Realty	Office	33.04	16.01	106%
6/24/10	Hudson Pacific Properties	Office	25.70	17.40	48%
2/10/10	Piedmont Office Trust Realty	Office	18.88	15.60	21%
	Average % Change all 4 Office REITs				52%
7/30/09	PennyMac Investment Trust	Residential	21.85	19.10	14%
7/22/11	Apollo Residential Mortgage	Residential	16.98	18.65	-9%
12/14/12	Silver Bay Realty Trust	Residential	16.59	18.24	-9%
8/1/13	American Homes 4 Rent	Residential	17.88	13.50	32%
10/3/13	Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment	Residential	19.98	18.48	8%
3/22/13	Five Oaks Investment	Residential	11.31	14.50	-22%
	Average % Change all 6 Residential REITs				2%
1/13/11	American Assets Trust	Retail	34.52	21.25	62%
4/5/12	Retail Properties of America	Retail	15.43	8.75	76%
7/27/12	AmREIT	Retail	18.02	14.02	29%
10/30/13	Brixmor Property Group	Retail	22.32	20.40	9%
	Average % Change all 4 Retail REITs				44%
7/19/13	Physicians Realty Trust	Healthcare Facilities	14.20	11.67	22%
12/12/13	CatchMark Timber Trust	Timber	13.34	13.50	-1%
4/1/11	Preferred Apartment Communities	Apartments	9.00	9.85	-9%
	Average % Change all 49 REITs				17%