Valero Energy Corp (vlo) Most Bought Oil Refining And Marketing Stock By Number Of Institutions

July 26, 2011 - PRLog -- MFFAIS.com featured their Quarterly Oil Refining And Marketing 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:

* Valero Energy Corp (VLO) leads industry in number of funds buying shares 20.71% of industry buys

* Arabian American Development Co (ARSD) had the highest overall confidence score (relation of funds buying versus fund selling)

* Tesoro Corp (TSO) had second highest number of funds buying shares 12.46% of industry buys

* Cvr Energy Inc (CVI) 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) Valero Energy Corp (VLO) buys were 20.00% of all activity, 35.29% of number of buys and 42.72% of value of buy trades
c) Tesoro Corp (TSO) buys were 10.00% of all activity, 17.64% of number of buys and 18.29% of value of buy trades

*  When institutions own multiple industry stocks, the most bought industry stock was Valero Energy Corp (VLO)

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


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

# # #

MFFAIS.com is the leading source of unique stock market research dedicated to providing individual investors with information listed on public record as fast as possible in an accessible and useful format