Philip Morris International Inc (pm) Most Bought Tobacco Stock By Number Of Institutions

Sept. 21, 2010 - PRLog -- MFFAIS.com featured their Quarterly Tobacco 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:

* Philip Morris International Inc (PM) leads industry in number of funds buying shares 25.90% of industry buys

* Japan Tobacco Inc (2914.T) had the highest overall confidence score (relation of funds buying versus fund selling)

* Altria Group Inc (MO) had second highest number of funds buying shares 20.70% of industry buys

* Star Scientific Inc (CIGX) 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) 50.00% buys versus 50.00% sells
b) Philip Morris International Inc (PM) buys were 30.00% of all activity, 60.00% of number of buys and 64.94% of value of buy trades
c) Imperial Tobacco Group Plc (ITYBY) buys were 10.00% of all activity, 20.00% of number of buys and 20.56% of value of buy trades

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most bought industry stock was Altria Group Inc (MO)

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most sold industry stock was Philip Morris International Inc (PM)


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

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