3 Stocks Hitting High Notes

By Motley Fool Staff
November 16, 2009 | Comments (3)

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When a stock hits a fresh high, it can mean that it’s on its way to greatness -- or that it has run its course. Even with the risk of the latter, searching for these outperformers can reveal companies that are doing something right, much to their investors' delight.

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With that in mind, we'll use the aggregate intelligence of the 140,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS to find stocks hitting 52-week highs today. The community's approval (signified by four- and five-star ratings) could be a sign 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

CSX Corp (NYSE: CSX)

$49.64

Road and Rail

4 Stars

1581 of 1648

Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO)

$19.39

Tobacco

4 Stars

7934 of 8221

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ)

$50.72

Computers and Peripherals

3 Stars

2653 of 2866

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of November 16, 2009

Top-rated road and rail companies:

  • Canadian National Railway (USA) (NYSE: CNI): Stock price is 51% higher than last year.
  • Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd (ADR) (NYSE: GSH): Stock price is 51% higher than last year.

Top-rated tobacco companies:

  • Alliance One International, Inc. (NYSE: AOI): Stock price is 64% higher than last year.
  • Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (ADR) (OTC: ITYBY): Stock price is 42% 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 highs during today's trading.

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  • Report this Comment On November 16, 2009, at 3:14 PM, gesturt wrote:

    War with Chambers. It is on… Stock price is over-valued. Mark Hurd has used up his chips. No more to use. People are angry and down right angry.

    Caught for not paying people properly in the WSJ.

    So where do they go from here? Well Hurd can buy more revenue streams using former employees hard earned monies to bolster his sagging biz but the real truth will be “HP winds up like Nortel” where their “eyes were too big for their stomach”…

    Watch it happen…

  • Report this Comment On November 16, 2009, at 3:14 PM, gesturt wrote:

    War with Chambers. It is on… Stock price is over-valued. Mark Hurd has used up his chips. No more to use. People are angry and down right angry.

    Caught for not paying people properly in the WSJ.

    So where do they go from here? Well Hurd can buy more revenue streams using former employees hard earned monies to bolster his sagging biz but the real truth will be “HP winds up like Nortel” where their “eyes were too big for their stomach”…

    Watch it happen…

  • Report this Comment On November 16, 2009, at 3:15 PM, gesturt wrote:

    War with Chambers. It is on… Stock price is over-valued. Mark Hurd has used up his chips. No more to use. People are angry and down right angry.

    Caught for not paying people properly in the WSJ.

    So where do they go from here? Well Hurd can buy more revenue streams using former employees hard earned monies to bolster his sagging biz but the real truth will be “HP winds up like Nortel” where their “eyes were too big for their stomach”…

    Watch it happen…

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2/10/2010 11:04 AM
HPQ $47.81 Down -0.31 -0.64%
Hewlett-Packard Co… CAPS Rating: ***
AOI $4.51 Down -0.13 -2.80%
Alliance One Inter… CAPS Rating: ****
GSH $20.63 Up +0.10 +0.49%
Guangshen Railway… CAPS Rating: *****
MO $19.28 Down -0.18 -0.93%
Altria Group, Inc. CAPS Rating: ****
CSX $42.84 Down -0.24 -0.56%
CSX Corp CAPS Rating: ****
CNI $50.43 Up +0.04 +0.08%
Canadian National… CAPS Rating: *****

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