3 Stocks Hitting Low Notes

By Motley Fool Staff
September 8, 2008 | Comments (0)

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When a stock hits a fresh low, it can either signal a dirt cheap dream stock or a dreadful stock to avoid. Separating the wheat from the chaff is difficult, but finding well-run companies at bargain-basement prices is a great way to accumulate a fortune over the long run.

With that in mind, we'll use the aggregate intelligence of the 115,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS to see what the community is saying about stocks hitting 52-week lows today. The community's approval (signified by four- and five-star ratings) could indicate that further research is in order.

Here are three such stocks:

Company

Today's Intraday Price

Industry

CAPS Rating (out of 5)

Fools Saying Outperform

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTI)

$6.84

Semiconductor - Specialized

3 Stars

423 of 457

Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Nasdaq: FWLT)

$38.57

Heavy Construction

5 Stars

1267 of 1292

Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ATI)

$41.68

Industrial Metals & Minerals

4 Stars

976 of 1023

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Sept. 8, 2008.

Top-rated semiconductor - specialized company:

  • IXYS Corp (Nasdaq: IXYS): Stock price is 11% higher than last year.

Top-rated heavy construction companies:

  • Matrix Service Company (Nasdaq: MTRX): Stock price is 22% higher than last year.
  • Preformed Line Products Company (Nasdaq: PLPC): Stock price is 15% higher than last year.

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Disclosure is important to us here at The Motley Fool. The stocks mentioned in this article received their CAPS ratings from participants in The Motley Fool's CAPS service and have hit 52-week lows during today's trading. No individual person selected the stocks in this article, so there is no author to disclose an interest in them. Annual performance is measured over a 365-day period. Since this article was automatically generated by identifying the stocks rated by the CAPS community and by buyers in today’s market, it is possible that Motley Fool personnel (and even The Motley Fool itself, through our Million Dollar Portfolio), have positions in these stocks. We thought you'd like to know that. You can learn more about The Motley Fool’s disclosure policy here.

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ASTI $3.26 Down -0.20 -5.65%
Ascent Solar Techn… CAPS Rating: ***
ATI $51.17 Up +0.29 +0.57%
Allegheny Technolo… CAPS Rating: ***
PLPC $39.11 Up +0.21 +0.54%
Preformed Line Pro… CAPS Rating: *****
CEVA $12.47 Down -0.30 -2.35%
CEVA, Inc. CAPS Rating: ***
IXYS $8.74 Down -0.18 -2.02%
IXYS Corp CAPS Rating: ****
FWLT $26.92 Up +0.10 +0.37%
Foster Wheeler Ltd… CAPS Rating: *****
MTRX $11.00 Down -0.83 -7.02%
Matrix Service Com… CAPS Rating: *****

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