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 130,000-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

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIVO)

$16.76

Health-Care Equipment and Supplies

4 Stars

445 of 457

Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU)

$13.00

Road and Rail

4 Stars

324 of 332

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of March 25, 2009.

Top-rated health-care equipment and supplies companies:

  • ATS Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATSI): Stock price is 66% higher than last year.
  • Orthovita, Inc. (Nasdaq: VITA): Stock price is 20% higher than last year.

Top-rated road and rail companies:

  • Canadian National Railway (USA) (NYSE: CNI): Stock price is 27% lower than last year.
  • Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd (ADR) (NYSE: GSH): Stock price is 34% 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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12/4/2009 4:00 PM
VIVO $21.34 Up +0.67 +3.24%
Meridian Bioscienc… CAPS Rating: *****
VITA $3.76 Up +0.05 +1.35%
Orthovita, Inc. CAPS Rating: *****
KSU $29.56 Up +0.52 +1.79%
Kansas City Southe… CAPS Rating: ****
ATSI $2.90 Up +0.04 +1.40%
ATS Medical, Inc. CAPS Rating: ****
GSH $20.44 Down -0.36 -1.73%
Guangshen Railway… CAPS Rating: *****
CNI $54.15 Up +1.30 +2.46%
Canadian National… CAPS Rating: *****

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