Investopedia: Zhongpin Could Be Hog Heaven For Investors

Although the scandals surrounding small Chinese stocks in 2010 and 2011 never crept as high as the huge companies like Petrochina (NYSE:PTR) or Lenovo (OTCBB:LNVGY.PK), Zhongpin (Nasdaq:HOGS) did come in for closer scrutiny and doubt. Although history suggests investors can never completely trust any company, hog producer Zhongpin may yet be a sound strategy for benefiting from improving standards of living in the PRC.

The Number Four Player in the Protein of Choice  
Zhongpin is the fourth-largest pork processor/packer in China, but holds less than 1% share of the hog slaughter market and the larger players will scarcely familiar to most readers in North America (Shanghui, China Yurun, and People's Food). With the top five producers holding less than 10% share, the Chinese market is a far cry from the highly concentrated U.S. market that is largely dominated by companies like Tyson (NYSE:TSN), Smithfield (Nasdaq:SFD), Seaboard (AMEX:SEB), Swift (owned by Brazil's JBS) and Cargill, where the top four companies have over 60% of the market.

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