3 Stocks Hitting Low Notes

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 (indicated by four- and five-star ratings) could suggest that further research is in order.

Here are three such stocks:

Company	Today’s Low	Industry	CAPS Rating	Fools Saying Outperform
Crocs (Nasdaq: CROX  )	$4.72	Consumer Non-durables	**	1756 of 2376
Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL  )	$25.33	Electronics	**	830 of 1002
Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD  )	$4.27	Electronics	**	2358 of 2944

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of July 25, 2008.

While those two-star stocks are all hitting lows, others in their respective industries earned top ratings.

Four- and five-star consumer nondurables companies:

• Potlatch (NYSE: PCH  ) -- stock price is up 6.7% over the last year.
• Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG  ) -- stock price is up 3.1% over the last year.

Five-star electronics companies:

• Lam Research (Nasdaq: LRCX  ) – stock price is 44.8% cheaper than last year.
• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM  ) -- stock price is 9.4% cheaper than last year.

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