When a stock hits a fresh low, that can be a signal 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 (indicated by 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) |
$44.6 |
Financial services |
***** |
2,146 of 2,217 | |
|
Valero Energy Corp (NYSE:VLO) |
$35.05 |
Energy |
**** |
3,625 of 3,787 | |
|
Lloyds TSB Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:LYG) |
$22.60 |
Banking |
**** |
523 of 548 |
Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of July 8, 2008.
Other Five-Star Financial Services Companies
Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE:PBT): Up 91.1% in past year.
Provident Energy Trust (NYSE:PVX): Stock price is 13.4% cheaper than last year.
Other Five-Star Energy Companies
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP): Up 13.8% in the last year.
BP plc (NYSE:BP): Stock price is 9.6% cheaper than last year.
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