Herbalife Ltd (hlf) Most Bought Vitamins And Nutrition Prod Stock By Number Of Institutions

Feb. 14, 2011 - PRLog -- MFFAIS.com featured their Quarterly Vitamins And Nutrition Prod 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:

* Herbalife Ltd (HLF) leads industry in number of funds buying shares 33.85% of industry buys

* Usana Health Sciences Inc (USNA) had the highest overall confidence score (relation of funds buying versus fund selling)

* Nbty Inc (NTY) had second highest number of funds buying shares 13.54% of industry buys

* Nature S Sunshine Products Inc (NATR) 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) Nbty Inc (NTY) buys were 20.00% of all activity, 40.00% of number of buys and 52.20% of value of buy trades
c) Herbalife Ltd (HLF) buys were 20.00% of all activity, 40.00% of number of buys and 35.04% of value of buy trades

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most bought industry stock was Herbalife Ltd (HLF)

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most sold industry stock was Nbty Inc (NTY)


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

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