Apollo Group Inc (apol) Most Bought Schools Stock By Number Of Institutions

Aug. 3, 2011 - PRLog -- MFFAIS.com featured their Quarterly Schools 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:

* Apollo Group Inc (APOL) leads industry in number of funds buying shares 13.03% of industry buys

* Anhanguera Educacional Participacoes Sa (AEDU11.SA) had the highest overall confidence score (relation of funds buying versus fund selling)

* Devry Inc (DV) had second highest number of funds buying shares 12.86% of industry buys

* K12 Inc (LRN) 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) 43.33% buys versus 56.66% sells
b) Apollo Group Inc (APOL) buys were 23.33% of all activity, 53.84% of number of buys and 69.49% of value of buy trades
c) Strayer Education Inc (STRA) buys were 10.00% of all activity, 23.07% of number of buys and 18.24% of value of buy trades

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

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


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

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