3 Stocks Hitting Low Notes

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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
Brush Engineered Material (NYSE: BW)	$20.57	Industrial Metals & Minerals		249 of 267
Circuit City Stores, Inc. (NYSE: CC)	$1.50	Electronics Stores		586 of 1240
BorgWarner, Inc. (NYSE: BWA)	$32.53	Auto Parts		234 of 256

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Sept. 25, 2008.

Top-rated industrial metals & minerals companies:

• International Coal Group, Inc. (NYSE: ICO): Stock price is 63% higher than last year.
• Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI): Stock price is 17% higher than last year.

Top-rated electronics stores companies:

• CONN'S, INC. (Nasdaq: CONN): Stock price is 13% lower than last year.
• GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME): Stock price is 39% lower than last year.

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