- 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 yesterday February 26, 2014
The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 15 Arkansas Companies had their equally-company-weighted average stock market prices decline by a huge 38% 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 less than five years since March 6, 2009, the equally-company-weighted average stock market prices of these same 15 Arkansas Companies have increased by a very impressive 413% through yesterday February 26, 2014.
The main driver of this overall average stock market price growth of 413% for the most recent 5 years was Dillard's, whose stock market price increased by a massive 28 times.
Wal-Mart's seemingly modest 53% stock market price growth in the most recent 5 years is misleading since it was one of the few Companies whose common stock price did not substantially decline with the 2008 financial meltdown.....in fact, its stock market price actually increased by 3% from December 31, 2007 to March 6, 2009. And this 53% stock market price growth excludes cash dividends investors received.
To illustrate the exceptional consistency of these Arkansas Companies, all 15 of them had stock market price increases in the most recent 5 years.
Arkansas citizens should be extremely pleased with the outstanding performance of their Arkansas Companies during the Obama Administration.
I think more than anyone in office, this across-the-board outstanding operating performance of these Arkansas Companies is due to US Senator Mark Pryor, who works exhaustively and very effectively on behalf of Arkansas businesses of all sizes.
And I cannot think of anyone in either the US Senate or in the US House who is more middle-of-the-road in his political philosophy than Pryor, which is spot on with how so many Arkansas citizens also believe politically.
Below here are the stock market prices of these 15 Arkansas Companies on February 26, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, along with the related % Changes for these two periods of time:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Arkansas Company | HQs | 2-26-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 2-26-14 | 3-6-09 | |
| Dillard's | Little Rock | AR | 92.76 | 3.19 | 18.78 | 2808% | -83% |
| Bank of the Ozarks | Little Rock | AR | 60.84 | 8.53 | 13.10 | 614% | -35% |
| P.A.M. Transportation Services | Tontitown | AR | 18.42 | 2.97 | 15.54 | 520% | -81% |
| Acxiom | Little Rock | AR | 37.58 | 7.20 | 11.73 | 422% | -39% |
| Home Bancshares | Conway | AR | 33.95 | 6.82 | 8.83 | 398% | -23% |
| Tyson Foods | Springdale | AR | 39.11 | 7.98 | 15.33 | 390% | -48% |
| JB Hunt Transport Services | Lowell | AR | 71.11 | 18.63 | 27.55 | 282% | -32% |
| America's Car-Market | Bentonville | AR | 35.84 | 11.57 | 12.55 | 210% | -8% |
| Deltic Timber | El Dorado | AR | 65.23 | 28.78 | 51.49 | 127% | -44% |
| First Federal Bancshares Arkansas | Harrison | AR | 8.73 | 3.86 | 14.10 | 126% | -73% |
| Arkansas Best | Fort Smith | AR | 33.69 | 17.19 | 21.94 | 96% | -22% |
| Murphy Oil | El Dorado | AR | 59.25 | 34.59 | 73.22 | 71% | -53% |
| Simmons First National | Pine Bluff | AR | 34.75 | 21.67 | 26.50 | 60% | -18% |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Bentonville | AR | 74.78 | 48.91 | 47.53 | 53% | 3% |
| USA Truck | Van Buren | AR | 14.85 | 12.62 | 15.40 | 18% | -18% |
| Average % Change all 15 | 413% | -38% |
