3 Stocks Hitting Low Notes

By Motley Fool Staff
November 13, 2008 | Comments (1)

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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 120,000-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

Forest Oil Corp (NYSE: FST)

$19.16

Independent Oil & Gas

4 Stars

298 of 307

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF)

$20.75

Apparel Stores

2 Stars

798 of 963

Ambassadors Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: EPAX)

$8.01

Education & Training Services

5 Stars

411 of 426

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Nov. 13, 2008.

Top-rated independent oil & gas companies:

  • Apco Argentina, Inc. (Nasdaq: APAGF): Stock price is 2% higher than last year.
  • Contango Oil & Gas Company (AMEX: MCF): Stock price is 2% lower than last year.

Top-rated apparel stores companies:

  • The Dress Barn, Inc. (Nasdaq: DBRN): Stock price is 50% lower than last year.
  • American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO): Stock price is 60% 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, Motley Fool PRO, and Ready Made Millionaire services), 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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  • Report this Comment On November 13, 2008, at 2:57 PM, rbnlaw1 wrote:

    I encouraged my daughter to invest some money she was familiar with, liked the way they operated, and she felt would continue to grow. We did some research on CAPS and chose AEO. So far she's lost 36% on the investment (OK, it was only $100, but it was her $100 to invest). If only the CAPS community had the foresight to see the ruin of the retail garment sector in the upcoming season.

    Analysts are predicting worse for 2009. So much for her C note.

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11/6/2009 4:02 PM
AEO $15.84 Up +0.05 +0.32%
American Eagle Out… CAPS Rating: ***
DBRN $18.32 Up +0.27 +1.50%
The Dress Barn, In… CAPS Rating: **
EPAX $12.39 Down -0.39 -3.05%
Ambassadors Group,… CAPS Rating: ****
MCF $48.05 Down -0.21 -0.44%
Contango Oil & Gas… CAPS Rating: *****
FST $20.30 Down -0.29 -1.41%
Forest Oil Corp CAPS Rating: ***
APAGF $22.66 Down -0.23 -1.00%
Apco Argentina, In… CAPS Rating: ****
ANF $35.01 Down -0.11 -0.31%
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