KPLU: Money Matters Q & A: So Far, So Good for NW Stocks (2009-10-20)

On this week's Money Matters...Financial commentator Greg Heberlein and KPLU's Dave Meyer take a look at Northwest stocks. Companies based in our region took a beating early in the year, but are bouncing back better than the overall market.

	year-to-date		9/30/2008	12/31/2008	3/31/2009	6/30/2009	9/30/2009	Year-
	Symbol	Name	close	close	close	close	close	to-date
	-----	----------------------	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----
	DJIA	Dow Jones industrial avg.	10868.80	8776.39	7608.92	8447.00	9712.28	15.0%
	SPX	Standard & Poor's Index	1188.03	903.25	797.87	919.32	1057.08	15.0%
	$COMPX	Nasdaq Composite	2094.31	1577.03	1528.59	1835.04	2122.42	15.7%

NOTES: These are NW stock results through nine months of 2009. The group is up 24 percent with 30 stocks doubling although 21 are under $10. Prominent stocks in the table are in green financial companies in pink. Note 16 of the bottom 18 are banking companies.

Rank	Symbol	Name		12/31/2008	3/31/2009	6/30/2009	9/30/2009	Change
1	MERX	Merix	1.28	0.28	0.28	0.75	3.01	975.0%
2	CTIC	Cell Therapeutics	0.84	0.14	0.38	1.72	1.23	778.6%
3	ONTY	Oncothyreon	1.18	0.80	1.89	3.74	5.21	554.5%
4	DNDN	Dendreon	5.71	4.58	4.20	25.00	27.99	511.1%
5	ISR	IsoRay	0.60	0.20	0.17	0.25	1.10	450.0%
6	LAD	Lithia Motors	4.31	3.26	2.25	9.24	15.59	378.2%
7	PXLW	Pixelworks	1.35	0.72	0.62	1.65	3.38	369.4%
8	PLNR	Planar Systems	2.54	0.61	0.68	1.21	2.68	339.3%
9	MRNA	MDRNA	0.39	0.34	0.60	1.38	1.40	311.8%
10	CRAY	Cray	5.18	2.08	3.50	7.88	8.33	300.5%
11	TRBN	Trubion Pharmaceuticals	3.32	1.28	1.45	2.61	5.06	295.3%
12	MVIS	Microvision	1.94	1.68	1.29	3.07	5.50	227.4%
13	HOOK	Craft Brewers Alliance	3.63	1.200	1.16	2.04	3.73	210.8%
14	MU	Micron Technology	4.05	2.64	4.06	5.06	8.20	210.6%
15	EXPE	Expedia	15.11	8.24	9.08	15.11	23.95	190.7%
16	CWTR	Coldwater Creek	5.79	2.85	2.51	6.10	8.20	187.7%
17	AVII	AVI BioPharma	1.21	0.66	0.66	1.58	1.72	161.4%
18	CSCD	Cascade Microtech	4.23	1.95	3.23	3.65	5.08	160.5%
19	NILE	Blue Nile	42.87	24.49	30.15	42.99	62.12	153.7%
20	JSDA	Jones Soda	1.42	0.32	0.91	1.09	0.81	153.1%
21	KTCC	Key Tronic	2.28	0.97	0.94	1.60	2.35	142.3%
22	RLH	Red Lion Hotels	8.02	2.38	2.93	4.80	5.75	141.6%
23	CDE	Coeur d'Alene Mines	15.30	8.80	9.40	12.30	20.50	133.0%
24	JWN	Nordstrom	28.82	13.31	16.75	19.89	30.54	129.5%
25	TQNT	TriQuint Semiconductor	4.79	3.44	2.47	5.31	7.72	124.4%
26	ZUMZ	Zumiez Zones	16.48	7.45	9.70	8.01	16.41	120.3%
27	ESC	Emeritus	24.90	10.03	6.56	13.21	21.95	118.8%
28	SBUX	Starbucks	14.87	9.46	11.11	13.89	20.65	118.3%
29	MGN	Mines Management	1.91	1.25	1.91	1.49	2.56	104.8%
30	ZGEN	ZymoGenetics	6.66	3.00	3.99	4.60	6.04	101.3%
31	ESIO	Electro Scientific Ind.	14.22	6.79	5.92	11.22	13.39	97.2%
32	DSCM	Drugstore.com	2.35	1.24	1.17	1.83	2.43	96.0%
33	ISLN	Isilon Systems	4.41	3.29	2.20	4.24	6.10	85.4%
34	MSSR	McCormick & Schmick's	9.74	4.02	3.90	7.61	7.44	85.1%
35	AMZN	Amazon.com	72.76	51.28	73.44	83.66	93.36	82.1%
36	PLCC	Paulson Capital	2.25	1.04	1.00	1.13	1.88	80.8%
37	MENT	Mentor Graphics	11.35	5.17	4.44	5.47	9.31	80.1%
38	MMG	Metalline Mining	0.86	0.24	0.33	0.28	0.43	78.8%
39	ONVI	Onvia	4.54	3.42	3.82	5.89	6.11	78.7%
40	FFIV	F5 Networks	23.38	22.86	20.95	34.61	39.63	73.4%
41	PCP	Precision Castparts	78.78	59.48	59.90	73.03	101.87	71.3%
42	GBX	Greenbrier	19.51	6.87	3.66	7.19	11.71	70.5%
43	EPAX	Ambassadors Group	15.91	9.20	8.12	13.77	15.65	70.1%
44	CSTR	Coinstar	32.00	19.51	32.74	26.70	32.98	69.0%
45	CLWR	ClearWire	11.88	4.93	5.15	5.53	8.13	64.9%
46	RVSB	Riverview Bancorp	5.96	2.25	3.87	3.02	3.70	64.4%
47	DAIO	Data I/O	4.72	2.40	2.77	2.85	3.83	59.8%
48	RSYS	RadiSys	8.60	5.53	6.06	9.04	8.69	57.1%
49	SGEN	Seattle Genetics	10.70	8.94	9.86	9.72	14.03	56.9%
50	HL	Hecla Mining	4.68	2.80	2.00	2.68	4.39	56.8%
51	DMRC	Digimark (new)	11.50	10.02	9.72	12.57	15.19	51.6%
52	RENT	Rentrak	13.83	11.79	9.00	16.43	17.86	51.5%
53	SONO	SonoSite	31.40	19.08	17.88	20.03	28.46	49.2%
54	LSCC	Lattice Semiconductor	2.06	1.51	1.38	1.88	2.25	49.0%
55	NHWK	Nighthawk Radiology	7.22	4.86	2.70	3.70	7.23	48.8%
56	MWIV	MWI Veterinary Supply	39.29	26.96	28.48	34.86	39.95	48.2%
57	TBI	TrueBlue (ex-Labor Ready)	16.16	9.57	8.25	8.40	14.07	47.0%
58	TGEN	Targeted Genetics	0.42	0.22	0.41	0.32	0.32	45.5%
59	SCHN	Schnitzer Steel	39.24	37.65	31.39	52.86	53.25	41.4%
60	WVVI	Willamette Vall. Vineyards	4.75	2.98	2.40	3.65	4.15	39.3%
61	COLB	Columbia Banking System	17.73	11.93	6.40	10.23	16.55	38.7%
62	TOD	Todd Shipyards	13.50	12.00	13.75	16.65	16.44	37.0%
63	MSFT	Microsoft	26.69	19.44	18.37	23.77	25.72	32.3%
64	PCAR	Paccar	38.19	28.60	25.76	32.43	37.71	31.9%
65	FEIC	FEI Co.	23.81	18.86	15.43	22.90	24.65	30.7%
66	JCTCF	Jewett-Cameron Trading	6.66	5.03	4.80	5.18	6.45	28.2%
67	LEDR	MarketLeader	2.65	1.70	1.46	1.85	2.16	27.1%
68	BA	Boeing	57.35	42.67	35.58	42.50	54.15	26.9%
69	NKE	Nike	66.90	51.00	46.89	51.78	64.70	26.9%
70	WMCO	Williams Controls	12.88	7.28	5.00	6.44	8.98	23.4%
71	CNQR	Concur Technologies	38.26	32.82	19.19	31.08	39.76	21.1%
72	POPE	Pope Resources L.P.	28.10	20.00	20.25	22.61	24.00	20.0%
73	WY	Weyerhaeuser	60.58	30.61	27.57	30.43	36.65	19.7%
74	COLM	Columbia Sportswear	41.96	35.37	29.92	30.92	41.16	16.4%
75	WFSL	Washington Federal	18.45	14.96	13.29	13.00	16.86	12.7%
76	HQS	HQ Sustainable Maritime	5.06	7.83	7.65	9.15	8.80	12.4%
77	BSQR	Bsquare	3.65	2.36	1.80	2.97	2.60	10.1%
78	PCH	Potlatch (REIT)	46.39	26.01	23.19	24.29	28.45	9.4%
79	FLOW	Flow International	5.08	2.42	1.62	2.35	2.61	7.9%
80	COST	Costco Wholesale	64.93	52.50	46.32	45.78	56.38	7.4%
81	HFWA	Heritage Financial	12.47	12.25	10.45	11.56	13.15	7.3%
82	HOME	Home Federal Bancorp	12.78	10.72	8.73	10.19	11.42	6.5%
83	WBCO	Washington Banking	9.05	8.70	6.80	9.42	9.26	6.4%
84	IN	Intermec (ex-Unova)	19.64	13.28	10.40	12.90	14.10	6.2%
85	EXPD	Expeditors International	34.84	33.27	28.29	33.34	35.15	5.7%
86	RNWK	RealNetworks	5.08	3.53	2.33	2.99	3.72	5.4%
87	SMIT	Schmitt Industries	5.96	3.90	2.77	4.20	4.07	4.4%
88	AVA	Avista	21.71	19.38	13.78	17.81	20.22	4.3%
89	ESL	Esterline Technologies	39.59	37.89	20.19	27.07	39.21	3.5%
90	CBBO	Columbia Bancorp	6.08	2.01	0.71	1.97	2.06	2.5%
91	INSP	InfoSpace	10.85	7.55	5.20	6.63	7.72	2.3%
92	POR	Portland General Electric	23.66	19.47	17.59	19.48	19.72	1.3%
93	ITRI	Itron	88.53	63.74	47.35	55.07	64.14	0.6%
94	BLT	Blount International	11.13	9.48	4.62	8.61	9.47	-0.1%
95	IDA	Idacorp	29.09	29.45	23.36	26.14	28.79	-2.2%
96	BOOT	LaCrosse Footwear	16.73	12.48	8.03	9.35	12.15	-2.6%
97	SBX	SeaBright Insurance Hldg	13.00	11.74	10.46	10.13	11.42	-2.7%
98	BBSI	Barrett Business Services	12.85	10.90	9.62	10.50	10.58	-2.9%
99	SFG	StanCorp Financial Group	52.00	41.77	22.78	28.68	40.37	-3.4%
100	NWN	Northwest Natural Gas	52.00	44.23	43.42	44.32	41.66	-5.8%
101	CBMX	CombiMatrix	14.92	7.00	7.82	7.00	6.57	-6.1%
102	GRZ	Gold Reserve	1.10	0.94	0.67	0.52	0.87	-7.1%
103	ECOL	American Ecology	27.67	20.23	13.94	17.92	18.70	-7.6%
104	ALK	Alaska Air Group	20.39	29.25	17.57	18.26	26.79	-8.4%
105	FLIR	Flir Systems	38.42	30.68	20.48	22.56	27.97	-8.8%
106	IDN	Intelli-Check Mobilisa	1.70	1.65	1.20	1.75	1.50	-9.1%
107	CASC	Cascade Corp.	43.81	29.86	17.63	15.73	26.74	-10.4%
108	PCL	Plum Creek Timber	49.86	34.74	29.07	29.78	30.64	-11.8%
109	FSCI	Fisher Communications	39.40	20.64	9.76	12.79	18.18	-11.9%
110	MCHX	Marchex	10.29	5.83	3.44	3.39	4.91	-15.8%
111	NWPX	Northwest Pipe	43.62	42.61	28.47	34.76	33.53	-21.3%
112	NLS	Nautilus Group (Dir.Focus)	4.57	2.21	0.63	1.13	1.70	-23.1%
113	DDD	SCOLR	0.81	0.65	0.30	0.34	0.50	-23.1%
114	UMPQ	Umpqua Holdings	14.71	14.47	9.06	7.76	10.60	-26.7%
115	AWBC	AmericanWest Bancorp	1.30	0.75	1.20	0.56	0.53	-29.3%
116	PCBK	Pacific Continental	14.64	14.97	11.64	12.13	10.53	-29.7%
117	RPFG	Rainier Pacific Fincl Group	4.40	1.40	0.57	0.79	0.89	-36.4%
118	FFNW	First Financial Northwest	10.32	9.34	8.34	7.82	5.83	-37.6%
119	TSBK	Timberland Bancorp	7.55	7.45	5.16	4.10	4.64	-37.7%
120	KTEC	Key Technology	23.70	18.89	8.80	9.89	11.25	-40.4%
121	CSCX	Cardiac Science (Quinton)	10.36	7.50	3.01	4.02	4.00	-46.7%
122	CTBK	CityBank	15.60	5.20	3.30	2.36	2.59	-50.2%
123	PRWT	PremierWest Bancorp	8.07	6.69	4.02	3.39	2.71	-59.5%
124	WCBO	West Coast Bancorp	14.66	6.59	2.22	2.04	2.48	-62.4%
125	CASB	Cascade Financial	7.37	5.44	2.50	2.16	1.70	-68.8%
126	BANR	Banner	12.01	9.41	2.91	3.82	2.73	-71.0%
127	FTBK	Frontier Financial	13.43	4.36	1.10	1.18	1.09	-75.0%
128	STSA	Sterling Financial	14.50	8.80	2.07	2.91	2.00	-77.3%
129	CWLZ	Cowlitz Bancorp	6.30	5.86	3.41	2.25	1.18	-79.9%
130	CACB	Cascade Bancorp	8.89	6.75	1.63	1.41	1.21	-82.1%
131	HRZB	Horizon Financial	9.08	4.74	1.79	1.11	0.82	-82.7%
	BZ	Boise				1.72	5.28	#DIV/0!
	CLW	Clearwater Paper			8.03	25.29	41.33	#DIV/0!
	OGXI	OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals			4.57	21.88	36.00	#DIV/0!

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