3 Stocks Hitting Low Notes

By Motley Fool Staff

October 7, 2008

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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	Fools Saying Outperform
Perini Corp (NYSE: PCR)	$18.38	Heavy Construction	535 of 557
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (NYSE: CBI)	$13.26	General Contractors	1100 of 1131
China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (ADR) (Nasdaq: CSUN)	$5.27	Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits	412 of 465

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Oct. 7, 2008.

Top-rated heavy construction companies:

Preformed Line Products Company (Nasdaq: PLPC): Stock price is 1% higher than last year.
Core Laboratories N.V. (NYSE: CLB): Stock price is 38% lower than last year.

Top-rated general contractors companies:

EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME): Stock price is 33% lower than last year.
Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR): Stock price is 37% lower 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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S&P 500	800.03	+6.32%
DJIA	8,046.42	+6.54%
NASD	1,384.35	+5.18%
Updated: 4:07:36 PM

S&P 500

800.03

+6.32%

DJIA

8,046.42

+6.54%

NASD

1,384.35

+5.18%

Updated: 4:07:36 PM

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On October 27, 2008, at 1:38 PM, javnnf wrote: Report this Comment

Would ypu care to comment on CBI now?
On October 28, 2008, at 1:30 PM, javnnf wrote: Report this Comment

To say the least, this has been a gross miscalculation and sloppy analysis on the part of Motley Fool for CBI.
CBI has been recommended in at least 3 letters, and since July the sticks are down by 80%. MF staff has chosen to ignore my feedback and comment on their misleading recommendations.
Read this alternative report on CBI:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/99788-long-ideas-for-this-vo...
The collective intelligence of CAPS is totally bogus-- 4-star rating for this all made-up PE/growth company?
It seems the recommendation of CBI is a black mark on MF. It was a very irresponsible and misleading-- and I won't be surprised, a flavor of "keep-away" analysts.
How ethical you are as you claim-- this is the time you must prove!

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