Three Dirt-Cheap Dirt Stocks

Updated from 11:16 a.m. EDT

By Guest Columnist Ranjit Thomas

In the depressed market these days, dirt-cheap stocks don't seem hard to find. Finding dirt-cheap stocks of companies that deal with dirt -- now that may seem like a challenge.

I went looking for fundamentally sound companies in industries that have something to do with Mother Earth and whose stocks have been unfairly beaten down. I found five: earth-moving (and other) equipment renter United Rentals(URI Quote), fertilizer companies CF Industries(CF Quote) and Terra Industries(TRA Quote), mining equipment maker Joy Global(JOYG Quote) and copper miner Freeport-McMoRan(FCX Quote).

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