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 125,000-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 (signified by four- and five-star ratings) could indicate 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Activision Blizzard, Inc. |
$8.47 |
Software |
|
3110 of 3189 |
The Dow Chemical Company |
$15.94 |
Chemicals |
|
1780 of 1877 |
PROSHARES TR |
$76.84 |
|
241 of 346 |
Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Jan. 6, 2009.
Top-rated software companies:
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TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ:TSYS) : Stock price is 153% higher than last year. -
NAVTEQ Corp
(NYSE:NVT) : Stock price is 72% higher than last year.
Top-rated chemicals companies:
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Sociedad Quimica y Minera (ADR)
(NYSE:SQM) : Stock price is 70% higher than last year. -
Balchem Corp
(NASDAQ:BCPC) : Stock price is 14% higher than last year.
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