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3 Stocks Hitting Low Notes

By Dan Dzombak | More Articles
July 21, 2008 | Comments (0)

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 110,000-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 (those with four- and five-star ratings) could be a sign that further research is in order.

Here are three such stocks:

	Today’s Low	Industry	CAPS Rating	Fools Saying Outperform	Research
Aetna, Inc. (NYSE: AET )	$34.00	Health Services	****	471 of 505	Research
ValueClick, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCLK )	$9.68	Media	***	537 of 569	Research
DG FastChannel, Inc. (Nasdaq: DGIT )	$15.86	Diversified Services	****	91 of 97	Research

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of July 21, 2008

Five-Star Media Companies

CTC Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTCM ) – stock price is 22.6% cheaper than last year.
Grupo Televisa, S.A. (ADR) (NYSE: TV ) – stock price is 18.0% cheaper than last year.

Five-Star Diversified Services Companies

SAIC, Inc. (NYSE: SAI ) – up 4.0% in the last year.
Accenture Ltd. (NYSE: ACN ) – stock price is 6.1% cheaper than last year.

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