Despite the challenges direct sellers faced in the past year, the industry’s publicly held companies concluded 2013 on a very optimistic note. Those U.S.-based, public companies which generate revenue solely through direct sales saw share prices rise an average of 188.25 percent over 2012.
By contrast, the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite shares ended the year up an average of 31.47 percent over 2012. Click on the table below to view each index, as well as a side-by-side comparison of each company’s year-end prices for 2012 and 2013.