First Financial Holdings Inc (ffch) Most Bought S & L And Thrifts-southern Us Stock By Number Of In

June 7, 2011 - PRLog -- MFFAIS.com featured their Quarterly S And L And Thrifts-Southern Us 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:

* First Financial Holdings Inc (FFCH) leads industry in number of funds buying shares 50.58% of industry buys

* First Federal Bancshares Of Arkansas Inc (FFBH) had the highest overall confidence score (relation of funds buying versus fund selling)

* Hopfed Bancorp Inc (HFBC) had second highest number of funds buying shares 12.94% of industry buys

* Louisiana Bancorp Inc Metaire La (LABC) 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) 46.66% buys versus 53.33% sells
b) First Financial Holdings Inc (FFCH) buys were 43.33% of all activity, 92.85% of number of buys and 98.60% of value of buy trades
c) Citizens South Banking Corp (CSBC) buys were 3.33% of all activity, 7.14% of number of buys and 1.39% of value of buy trades

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most bought industry stock was First Financial Holdings Inc (FFCH)

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most sold industry stock was Bankatlantic Bancorp Inc (BBX)


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

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