3 Stocks Hitting Low Notes

By Motley Fool Staff
February 5, 2009 | 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 125,000-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

The Corporate Executive Board Company (Nasdaq: EXBD)

$14.76

Professional Services

4 Stars

388 of 409

Advantage Energy, Inc.me Fund (USA) (NYSE: AAV)

$3.77

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels

5 Stars

469 of 486

Precision Drilling Trust (USA) (NYSE: PDS)

$3.72

Energy Equipment and Services

5 Stars

1222 of 1254

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Feb. 5, 2009.

Top-rated professional services companies:

  • VSE Corp (Nasdaq: VSEC): Stock price is 23% higher than last year.
  • ICF International, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICFI): Stock price is 11% lower than last year.

Top-rated oil, gas and consumable fuels companies:

  • VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY): Stock price is 90% higher than last year.
  • Concho Resources, Inc. (NYSE: CXO): Stock price is 25% 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, 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 February 16, 2009, at 10:49 PM, esymoni wrote:

    What a bunch of motley fools. The fools community has been pumping AAV all the way from 15. the dividend is dead and won't be back for years. % caps rating, I guess it will have to go back up sooner or later. But a company that has expanded at the peak of energy will have a hard time with energy selling at 75% off the highs,

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12/2/2009 4:00 PM
AAV $5.86 Down -0.12 -2.01%
Advantage Energy,… CAPS Rating: ****
ICFI $24.83 Down -0.63 -2.47%
ICF International,… CAPS Rating: *****
EGY $4.28 Down -0.02 -0.47%
VAALCO Energy, Inc… CAPS Rating: *****
EXBD $21.77 Up +0.38 +1.78%
The Corporate Exec… CAPS Rating: ****
VSEC $46.78 Down -0.65 -1.37%
VSE Corp CAPS Rating: *****
CXO $41.67 Down -0.87 -2.05%
Concho Resources,… CAPS Rating: ***
PDS $6.88 Up +0.08 +1.18%
Precision Drilling… CAPS Rating: *****

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