$42.34 1.13 (+2.74%)
2/9/2010 4:00 PM

Fastenal Company (FAST)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

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

Current Price $42.34 Mkt Cap $6.28B
Open $41.78 P/E Ratio 33.23
Prev. Close $41.21 Div. (Yield) 0.80 (1.90%)
Daily Range $41.56 - $42.60 Volume 1,318,177
52-Wk Range $25.87 - $47.28 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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bftcfp (< 20)
Submitted February 10, 2009

good old midwest business mentality. do something good treat employees and customers well and dont overpay your leaders

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Member Avatar EBStroke (< 20) Submitted: 2/2/2010 2:54:36 PM : Underperform Start Price: $42.81 FAST Score: -1.59

Glassdoor lists FAST as the 24th worst company in terms of employee satisfaction

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Member Avatar Tadpole85 (55.08) Submitted: 1/14/2010 5:51:07 PM : Underperform Start Price: $45.50 FAST Score: +0.40

This stock has had a large recent gain with no apparent reason, insiders are selling, and the P/E ratio is far to high, even on a forward looking basis. This stock is over priced and it will be sold off after it reports earnings next week, if not earlier.

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Member Avatar GlassDoorWorst (< 20) Submitted: 12/16/2009 2:52:15 PM : Underperform Start Price: $39.68 FAST Score: -10.65

http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/glassdoor-reveals-lowest-rated-companies-united-stays-grounded-gibson-guitar-strikes-cord-employees/

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Score Leader

long2term

long2term (74.92) Score: +53.16

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in FAST.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		S&P
Gain 		Score Commentary
dymaxian 96.53 3/6/2007 Outperform 5Y $32.55 +30.09% -18.59% +48.68
tommycai 30.29 3/5/2007 Outperform 1Y $32.39 +30.71% -17.49% +48.20
Josh888 75.78 3/30/2007 Outperform 3Y $33.14 +27.76% -20.31% +48.08
1Nf1DeL < 20 1/17/2008 Outperform 5Y $32.39 +30.71% -17.34% +48.05
FoolASC 65.58 3/28/2007 Outperform 5Y $33.45 +26.56% -20.31% +46.87
fulanito06 98.81 1/14/2008 Outperform 3Y $33.60 +26.03% -20.84% +46.87 1 Comment
MutantKibbles 41.10 1/22/2008 Outperform 3Y $31.47 +34.54% -12.16% +46.70
TerjeJames 59.99 1/23/2008 Outperform 1Y $31.47 +34.54% -12.07% +46.62
dmbeach 90.11 12/22/2006 Outperform 5Y $33.32 +27.08% -19.38% +46.46
lrgk9 83.29 1/11/2008 Outperform NS $33.69 +25.67% -20.67% +46.34
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Wall Street

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Member Name Member
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackFTNEquityCa 65.55 1/21/2009 Underperform NS $31.97 +32.46% +33.17% +0.71
TrackRWBaird 87.00 7/14/2008 Outperform NS $45.22 -6.38% -11.77% +5.39
TrackBBTCapMkts 75.09 7/7/2008 Outperform NS $42.91 -1.33% -12.76% +11.43
TrackRonBaron 59.71 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $43.67 -3.06% -26.38% +23.32 1 Comment
TrackPatDorsey 92.89 6/15/2007 Outperform 5Y $40.40 +4.80% -26.26% +31.06
TrackPiperJaff 85.79 5/2/2007 Outperform NS $41.85 +15.31% -10.65% +25.96 4/14/2008 @ $48.25
TrackRWBaird 87.00 3/8/2007 Outperform NS $35.18 +13.01% +3.71% +9.31 11/13/2007 @ $39.76
TrackJimCramer < 20 4/12/2006 Underperform 3W $43.53 -2.73% -10.95% -8.22

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