Welcome back to another Foolish review of the coldest stocks as ranked by Motley Fool CAPS. We're looking at the three worst-performing industries over the past 30 days, and your favorite short and long candidates in each.
This time, residential construction, down 6.1%, led the laggards, while homebuilders, down 4.4%, were once again third-worst. In between were firms whose primary business is recreation, such as speed circuit promoter International Speedway
According to you, our Foolish readers, the worst stocks in these industries to own now -- i.e., those rated one or two out of a maximum five stars in CAPS -- are:
|
Company |
CAPS Stars (5 Max) |
No. of CAPS Ratings |
Bearish CAPS Ratings |
Bear Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Dreams Inc. |
* |
37 |
37 |
100.0% |
|
Int'l Fight League |
* |
118 |
118 |
100.0% |
|
Beazer Homes |
* |
158 |
113 |
71.5% |
|
Brookfield Homes |
* |
55 |
37 |
67.3% |
|
WCI Communities |
* |
124 |
73 |
58.9% |
|
Centex |
* |
195 |
111 |
56.9% |
|
Lennar |
* |
253 |
129 |
50.9% |
And your favorite long candidates -- i.e., those rated four or five stars in CAPS -- are:
|
Company |
CAPS Stars |
No. of CAPS Ratings |
Bullish CAPS Ratings |
Bull Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Lafarge ADS |
***** |
32 |
31 |
96.9% |
|
Town Sports Int'l Hldgs. |
***** |
34 |
32 |
94.1% |
|
Walter Industries |
**** |
817 |
793 |
97.1% |
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Fool contributor Tim Beyers, who is ranked 1,556 out of more than 26,600 in CAPS, is a sucker for growth stocks and a regular contributor to David Gardner's Motley Fool Rule Breakers service. Tim didn't own shares of any of the companies mentioned in this story at the time of publication. All of his portfolio holdings can be found at Tim's Fool profile. His thoughts on growth stocks, Foolishness, and investing in general may be found in his blog. The Motley Fool's disclosure policy freezes out Wall Street's worst.
