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 (represented by four- and five-star ratings) could signal that further research is in order.
Here are three such stocks:
| Company |
Today's Low |
Industry |
CAPS Rating |
Fools Saying Outperform |
Research |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DuPont |
$40.43 |
Chemicals |
***** |
994 of 1058 |
|
|
AT&T |
$31.51 |
Telecommunications |
**** |
3431 of 3645 |
|
|
MetLife |
$47.73 |
Insurance |
**** |
468 of 490 |
Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of July 15, 2008.
Other five-star chemicals companies:
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Agrium
(NYSE:AGU) -- up 128% in the past year -
Praxair
(NYSE:PX) -- up 22% in the past year
Five-star telecommunications companies:
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America Movil
(NYSE:AMX) -- stock price is 23.2% cheaper than last year -
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC
(NYSE:MBT) -- up 9.6% in the past year
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