When a stock hits a fresh low, it can mean that it’s a dirt cheap dream stock -- or that it’s 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 (out of 5) |
Fools Saying Outperform |
Research | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) |
$20.56 |
Computer Hardware |
**** |
7,030 of 7,406 | |
|
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (NYSE:CBI) |
$27.50 |
Materials & Construction |
***** |
1,049 of 1,072 | |
|
O2Micro International Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:OIIM) |
$4.87 |
Computer Hardware |
***** |
156 of 164 |
Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of July 16, 2008.
Other Four- and Five-Star Computer Hardware Companies
Seagate Technology (NYSE:STX): Stock price is 22.7% cheaper than last year.
EMC Corp (NYSE:EMC): Stock price is 34.7% cheaper than last year.
Other Five-Star Materials & Construction Companies
Foster Wheeler Ltd. (NASDAQ:FWLT): Up 1.9% in the past year.
Fluor Corp (NYSE:FLR): Up 43.3% in the past year.
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