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 115,000-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 (as 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 Low	Industry	CAPS Rating	Fools Saying Outperform
ONEOK (NYSE: OKE  )	$42.20	Utilities	*****	271 of 277
Zoltek Companies (Nasdaq: ZOLT  )	$17.75	Industrial	***	638 of 686
Guangshen Railway (NYSE: GSH  )	$20.75	Transportation	*****	441 of 456

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Aug. 11, 2008.

Other five-star utility companies:

• Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK  ) -- stock price is 6.8% cheaper than a year ago.
• FPL Group (NYSE: FPL  ) -- down 0.2% in the past year.

Other five-star transportation companies:

• Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI  ) -- up 25.9% in the past year.
• Canadian National Railway (NYSE: CNI  ) -- down 1% in the past year.

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