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$42.91 0.68 (1.61%)
7/3/2008 1:00 PM

Fastenal Company (FAST)

CAPS Rating:
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The Company sells industrial and construction supplies in a wholesale and retail fashion.

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622 Outperforms
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Ticker Tags

Nasdaq 100 (99), It's an Adjective! (19), Industrial Equipment Wholesale (18), Home Improvement (13), General Building Materials (32), Mid Cap (670)
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Fastenal Company At A Glance

Current Price: $42.91
Last Trade Time: 7/3/2008 1:00 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $42.23
Daily Range: $41.81 - $43.50
52-Week Range: $32.35 - $52.94
Volume: 1,419,039
Market Cap: $6.30B
P/E Ratio: 25.59
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Fastenal Company (FAST)

Avatar grmind (75.05) Submitted: 6/10/08 11:02 AM

wide moat company because of quality and market penetration will beat the S&P over the years. A five star Morningstar (value) pick and a strong buy (earnings momentum) Zacks pick. Pretty rare combination.

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Fastenal Company (FAST)

Avatar tbell2 (74.85) Submitted: 4/13/07 2:06 AM

When you need a specialty bolt, it would be nice not to be forced into buying a bag full when you only need one. I think this company has benefited from filling a much needed niche being ignored by the competition. However, I don't see a very big moat that would prevent a motivated competitor from...More

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Avatar ongkaili (54.55) Submitted: 7/02/08 12:56 PM : Outperform Start Price: $43.03 FAST Score: 0.93

will be slapped senseless up to earnings, but it will do a RBN/APOL.

the success of its supposedly superb business model will be seen next earnings.

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Avatar MightyMan1974 (35.08) Submitted: 6/28/08 7:45 PM : Outperform Start Price: $44.38 FAST Score: -2.05

Solid Long-term Business model, wide-moat

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Avatar tsunamied (69.09) Submitted: 6/25/08 2:49 AM : Outperform Start Price: $47.77 FAST Score: -6.06

Seems like some pretty smart guys are touting this one.

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Avatar grmind (75.05) Submitted: 6/10/08 11:02 AM : Outperform Start Price: $48.18 FAST Score: -3.87

wide moat company because of quality and market penetration will beat the S&P over the years. A five star Morningstar (value) pick and a strong buy (earnings momentum) Zacks pick. Pretty rare combination.

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Avatar richardrogers4 (44.79) Submitted: 6/08/08 11:48 AM : Outperform Start Price: $48.95 FAST Score: -4.50

- Large / efficient store network
- International opportunities
- Great ROE / no debt

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TrackRonBaron < 20 09/30/07 Outperform NS $45.15-4.96%-17.22%+12.26 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackPatDorsey 76.30 06/15/07 Outperform 5Y $41.77+2.74%-17.48%+20.22
TrackJimCramer 83.36 04/12/06 Underperform 3W $45.00-4.64%-2.03%+2.61

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