Welcome back to another Foolish review of the coldest stocks as ranked by Motley Fool CAPS. We're looking at the three worst-performing industries over the past 30 days and your favorite short and long candidates in each.
Last week, homebuilders and residential construction led the laggards. This time, they're the first and third of the worst, with homebuilders down 16.8% since early June and residential construction companies down 13.3% over the same period.
And in second, it's more home lowliness. Subprime lenders are down 13.5% as a group over the last 30 days.
According to you, our Foolish readers, the worst stocks in these industries to own now -- i.e., those rated one or two out of a maximum five stars in the CAPS database of more than 59,000 players -- are:
|
Company |
CAPS Stars |
No. of CAPS Ratings |
Bearish CAPS Ratings |
Bear Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Beazer Homes |
* |
199 |
146 |
73.4% |
|
Brookfield Homes |
* |
99 |
69 |
69.7% |
|
WCI Communities |
* |
141 |
90 |
63.8% |
|
Centex |
* |
247 |
156 |
63.2% |
|
NVR |
* |
162 |
91 |
56.2% |
|
Hovnanian Enterprises |
* |
228 |
126 |
55.3% |
|
Lennar |
* |
323 |
176 |
54.5% |
|
Toll Brothers |
* |
569 |
307 |
53.9% |
|
Countrywide Financial |
* |
457 |
243 |
53.2% |
|
KB Home |
* |
365 |
185 |
50.7% |
And your favorite long candidates -- i.e., those rated four or five stars in CAPS -- are:
|
Company |
CAPS Stars |
No. of CAPS Ratings |
Bullish CAPS Ratings |
Bull Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Walter Industries |
***** |
856 |
834 |
97.4% |
|
CompuCredit |
**** |
471 |
455 |
96.6% |
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Fool contributor Tim Beyers, who is ranked 2,725 out of more than 59,000 participants in CAPS, is a sucker for growth stocks and a regular contributor to David Gardner's Motley Fool Rule Breakers service. Tim didn't own shares of any of the companies mentioned in this story at the time of publication. Learn more about Tim, the investor, by clicking here.
Walter Industries is a Motley Fool Hidden Gems recommendation. CompuCredit is a Stock Advisor selection. The Motley Fool's disclosure policy freezes out Wall Street's worst.
