4-Star Stocks on the Upswing

By Motley Fool Staff
June 15, 2009 | Comments (2)

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Sadly, there's no such thing as an ultimate buy signal when it comes to investing in stocks. Identifying companies with the wind at their backs takes time, patience, and a good dose of due diligence.

There is, however, an easy way to increase your odds of finding the stocks that will beat the market. At Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's investing community of more than 135,000 members, we've found that our "five-star portfolio" is up 15.31% between January 2007 and April 2009, compared to a loss of 40.6% for the S&P 500.

To fully capture the upside potential of those highly rated stocks, it makes sense to identify them just as soon as they are upgraded to four- and five-star status. Fortunately, our CAPS screener now makes it possible to do this. Below, for example, is a list of companies that have been upgraded to four-star status from three stars just yesterday. These stock ideas are only a starting point, of course. Be sure to join us on CAPS to dig in even further.

Company

All-Stars Saying Outperform

Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-B)

239 of 253

iGATE Corp (Nasdaq: IGTE)

127 of 133

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp (Nasdaq: GLDD)

92 of 102

Sycamore Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMR)

115 of 129

New York & Company, Inc. (NYSE: NWY)

307 of 350

National Fuel Gas Co. (NYSE: NFG)

171 of 181

Data from Motley Fool CAPS, June 15, 2009.

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  • Report this Comment On November 11, 2009, at 3:56 AM, DAVIDNASDAQ wrote:

    business just picked up at sycamore networks share count reduction, proxy is out scmr going to $15-30 depending on the board 5 for 1 or 7 for 1 or 10 for 1 reverse split, unlike most reverse splits scmr is backed by nearly $1 billion cash the stock should rip north as it is below cash of $3.27 share = $32.27 share on the split,

    i was buying today stock was down the wallst crooks didnt know what was going on neither did i, i beat the crooks again at their own game, should be a big short squeeze with less shares available. SCMR is a strong buy, goverment contacts likely for sycamore networks with the french ownership of alcatel-lucent, u.s. govt doesnt want to let the enemy have dod secrets. its time to buy scmr eom

  • Report this Comment On November 19, 2009, at 12:48 PM, DAVIDNASDAQ wrote:

    scmr paying out a whopping 33 percent 1.00 one dollar per share to shareholders of record nov 30 2009 on dec 15 2009 great day for scmr shareholders 1/10 split dec21 stock should do well with only 25 mil shares eom

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11/23/2009 11:07 AM
NFG $47.88 Up +0.91 +1.94%
National Fuel Gas… CAPS Rating: ***
NWY $4.37 Down -0.04 -0.91%
New York & Company… CAPS Rating: ****
RDS-B $60.46 Up +1.44 +2.44%
Royal Dutch Shell CAPS Rating: ****
GLDD $6.47 Up +0.11 +1.73%
Great Lakes Dredge… CAPS Rating: ***
IGTE $9.89 Up +0.17 +1.75%
iGATE Corp CAPS Rating: ***
SCMR $2.98 Up +0.08 +2.76%
Sycamore Networks,… CAPS Rating: ****

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