Why are rules in Mail so troublesome?

Here is my question. In Mail v.7.3 (1878.6), in the top left of the email in bold letters it says a one-word company name for example "XYZ".
So I did the following:
In Preferences/Rules the rule is set to
If: any of the following conditions are met
From contains "XYZ"
Perform the following actions Set Color of background green.
When I get emails from "XYZ" or "XYZ Pharmacy" or "[email protected]" the background is green in the email from "XYZ" but not the others.
Am I setting the rule incorrectly? Thanks for any suggestions.

The XYZ you're seeing in the upper left hand corner is the first letter of each word in the company's name. What's in the From field may not be the same. For instance for emails from my web hosting service, Host Excellence this is what shows up:
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