3 Stocks Hitting High Notes

When a stock hits a fresh high, it can mean that it’s on its way to greatness -- or that it has run its course. Even with the risk of the latter, searching for these outperformers can reveal companies that are doing something right, much to their investors' delight.

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With that in mind, we'll use the aggregate intelligence of the 110,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS to find stocks hitting 52-week highs today. The community's approval (signified by four- and five-star ratings) could be a sign that further research is in order.

Here are three such stocks:

Company	Today’s High	Industry	CAPS Rating (out of 5)	Fools Saying Outperform
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET  )	$89.97	Resorts & Casinos		192 of 221
NCI, INC. (Nasdaq: NCIT  )	$27.06	Information Technology Services		124 of 125
Qualcomm, Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM  )	$56.28	Communication Equipment		1163 of 1270

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Aug. 14, 2008.

Five-star resorts & casinos companies:

• Wynn Resorts, Limited (Nasdaq: WYNN  ) : Stock price is down some 6% year over year.
• Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN  ) : Stock price is down 15% year over year.

Five-star information technology services companies:

• The Hackett Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HCKT  ) : Stock price is up 95% year over year.
• Stanley, Inc. (NYSE: SXE  ) : Stock price is up 66% year over year.