Investopedia: Zhongpin Takes Investors To The Abattoir

Zhongpin (Nasdaq:HOGS) is proving to be a tough company to love. While I still like the opportunity offered by China's fourth largest pork processor, this quarter shows once again that commodity markets are unpredictable and sometimes irrationally competitive. Though Zhongpin continues to offer solid long-term prospects to patient investors, more conservative investors may want to take their chances instead with company's looking to exploit China's protein demand through the export markets.

A Disappointing End to 2011  
Zhongpin doesn't necessarily make analysis easy on investors, as they did not print quarterly numbers for the fourth quarter results. Luckily, backing out the results isn't all that difficult.

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