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2 Stocks Hitting Low Notes

By Motley Fool Staff
December 19, 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 two such stocks:

Company	Today’s Intraday Price	Industry	CAPS Rating (out of 5)	Fools Saying Outperform
GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY)	$14.90	Commercial Services and Supplies		365 of 379
Bank of Ireland (ADR) (NYSE: IRE)	$4.08	Commercial Banks		433 of 455

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Dec. 19, 2008.

Top-rated commercial services and supplies companies:

Clean Harbors, Inc. (NYSE: CLH): Stock price is 12% higher than last year.
Tetra Tech, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTEK): Stock price is 8% higher than last year.

Top-rated commercial banks companies:

International Bancshares Corp (Nasdaq: IBOC): Stock price is 4% higher than last year.
Umpqua Holdings Corp (Nasdaq: UMPQ): Stock price is 6% 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 December 19, 2008, at 5:08 PM, brewbrew wrote:

I've been buying IRE up lately. They might have to cut dividends for a few quarters but I've got high hopes for Bank of Ireland.
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