Monsanto Co (mon) Most Bought Agricultural Chemicals Stock By Number Of Institutions

Aug. 27, 2010 - PRLog -- MFFAIS.com featured their Quarterly Agricultural Chemicals Industry Rundown. Mffais.com compiles the statistics from recent SEC filings by mutual funds and institutions to determine the positions taken and confidence in stocks by professional mutual fund managers and institutional investors.

Highlights included:

* Monsanto Co (MON) leads industry in number of funds buying shares 25.47% of industry buys

* Fertilizantes Heringer Sa (FHER3.SA) had the highest overall confidence score (relation of funds buying versus fund selling)

* Cf Industries Holdings Inc (CF) had second highest number of funds buying shares 15.87% of industry buys

* Migao Corp (MGO.TO) had the second highest overall confidence score (relation of funds buying versus fund selling)

* The top 30 moves by funds in the industry by value of trade shows:

a) 56.66% buys versus 43.33% sells
b) Monsanto Co (MON) buys were 23.33% of all activity, 41.17% of number of buys and 55.11% of value of buy trades
c) Potash Corp Of Saskatchewan Inc (POT) buys were 20.00% of all activity, 35.29% of number of buys and 26.73% of value of buy trades

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most bought industry stock was Cf Industries Holdings Inc (CF)

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most sold industry stock was Monsanto Co (MON)


For details of the  "Stock Picks of Institutional Investors!", including purchasing history and buying patterns, please visit http://www.mffais.com

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