Like hot stocks? Me, too. Problem is, great growth can be hard to find. Chumps are more abundant than champs in most markets. But which stocks should you really avoid? Let's find out.
Using the Motley Fool CAPS community intelligence database, which organizes stocks into "tags" that identify common industries, we're looking for the three worst-performing sectors over the past 30 days and your favorite short and long candidates in each. Here's this week's list:
- Printed circuit boards, which includes firms that connect electronic components without wires. Stocks in this sector have declined 9.7% over the last 30 days.
- Air delivery and freight services, which includes firms that move packages around the globe. Stocks in this sector have declined 9.1% over the last 30 days.
- Brokerage, which includes firms that help investors buy and sell stocks, options, funds, and bonds. Stocks in this sector have declined 8.8% over the last 30 days.
According to you, our Foolish readers, the worst stocks in these industries to own now (i.e., those with 1 or 2 stars in CAPS) are:
|
Company |
CAPS Star |
No. of CAPS |
Bearish CAPS |
Bear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Merix Corp. |
1 |
14 |
5 |
35.7% |
|
Solectron |
2 |
57 |
14 |
24.6% |
|
C.H. Robinson |
2 |
41 |
7 |
17.1% |
And your favorite long candidates (i.e., those with 3 or more stars in CAPS) are:
|
Company |
CAPS Star |
No. of CAPS |
Bullish CAPS |
Bull |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
optionsXpress |
5 |
382 |
376 |
98.4% |
|
Celadon Group |
5 |
85 |
83 |
97.6% |
|
Raven Industries |
5 |
201 |
194 |
96.5% |
|
ABX Air |
5 |
43 |
40 |
93% |
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Fool contributor Tim Beyers ranked 1,364 out of 18,452 in CAPS . He didn't own shares in any of the companies mentioned in this story at the time of publication. Get the skinny on all the stocks he owns by checking Tim's Fool profile . optionsXpress is a Stock Advisor pick. The Motley Fool's disclosure policy freezes out Wall Street's worst.
