Hormel Foods Corp (hrl) Most Bought Food-meat Products Stock By Number Of Institutions

July 14, 2011 - PRLog -- MFFAIS.com featured their Quarterly Food-Meat Products 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:

* Hormel Foods Corp (HRL) leads industry in number of funds buying shares 41.42% of industry buys

* Hormel Foods Corp (HRL) had the highest overall confidence score (relation of funds buying versus fund selling)

* Tyson Foods Inc (TSN) had second highest number of funds buying shares 25.10% of industry buys

* Maple Leaf Foods Inc (MLFNF) 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) 63.33% buys versus 36.66% sells
b) Hormel Foods Corp (HRL) buys were 43.33% of all activity, 68.42% of number of buys and 82.12% of value of buy trades
c) Smithfield Foods Inc (SFD) buys were 10.00% of all activity, 15.78% of number of buys and 9.05% of value of buy trades

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most bought industry stock was Hormel Foods Corp (HRL)

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most sold industry stock was Tyson Foods Inc (TSN)


For details and the full report, including purchasing history and buying patterns, please visit http://www.mffais.com

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