Fastenal Company (FAST)
The Company sells industrial and construction supplies in a wholesale and retail fashion.
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IRABound
(66.72)
Submitted: 10/19/2009 10:07:44 PM :
Start Price:
$38.63
FAST Score:
+3.55
FAST's management didn't appropriately manage this company for an event like we had. I'm a bit skeptical of management that doesn't CYA when the going gets rough with the economy.
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BoringTortoise
(27.44)
Submitted: 10/18/2009 4:50:19 PM :
Start Price:
$39.02
FAST Score:
-5.35
This account tracks the less exciting stocks from my watch list - companies that are easy to understand with clean balance sheets and good track records in relatively straight-forward industries.
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00100
(96.44)
Submitted: 10/9/2009 12:41:57 PM :
Start Price:
$38.74
FAST Score:
-6.89
Upthumb. Good cash flow. Good payout. Company recently stated that it will continue paying it. 14% 5 year sales growth rate. Flush with cash. No debt. Twice the margins of peers. Very good balance sheet and cash flow.
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jashay14
(< 20)
Submitted: 9/28/2009 12:54:54 PM :
Start Price:
$39.24
FAST Score:
-8.45
i choice this stock because it name just stand out to me and i think this will be a great stock to invest IN.
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sandvig
(99.67)
Submitted: 9/25/2009 10:37:16 AM :
Start Price:
$38.82
FAST Score:
-8.82
Nuts, bolts and screws are not likely to go out of style soon. Things will always have to be held together. Over the next 5 years, I think it is likely the economy will improve. More things will be built- somewhere.
In 2008, their sales went up 13.5%. I would think that 2008 would have been a challenging year. If the economy turns around, FAST may enjoy a nice ride up.
They have a very solid capital structure with little debt and a very nice return on invested capital (over 20%).
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2cins
(40.89)
Submitted: 9/21/2009 4:28:15 PM :
Start Price:
$39.55
FAST Score:
-8.58
Sector is beaten down. Comeback candidate!
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SequoiaStocks
(< 20)
Submitted: 9/18/2009 10:18:01 AM :
Start Price:
$39.23
FAST Score:
-8.20
This account tracks the performance of the investment firm Ruane, Cunniff, and Goldfarb - the investment manager of Sequoia Fund.
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TMFmrquakeroats
(87.01)
Submitted: 9/8/2009 12:40:29 PM :
Start Price:
$37.57
FAST Score:
-10.85
FAST is an awesome growth story in the making. In a recent interview on CNBC (in 2008), Warren Buffett had positive things to say about Fastenal's CEO.
Fastenal is mid-cap stock that operates in a $100 plus industry. Generates good returns on capital and has a long runway for growth. Their growing store network gives them a competitive advantage by giving customers better access to products, unlike competitor MSC Industrial Direct (ticker: MSM), although I do think MSM is a good outperform call as well. Also, the legendary Sequoia Fund has held a top 5 position in FAST since 2001 or 2002.
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valuegal
(29.86)
Submitted: 9/1/2009 1:16:09 PM :
Start Price:
$35.25
FAST Score:
-4.46
Thrifty management, supplying fasteners over and over to business. Recurring profits, from supplying needed good with great attention to customer service. Plain hard work day in and day out encouraged by the compensation system. I wanted to own it for years but the multiple was too high.
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addedupon
(96.81)
Submitted: 5/29/2009 3:39:06 PM :
Start Price:
$32.33
FAST Score:
-6.19
when a well managed industrial staple sees its stock price cut in half, i like to buy it
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dan36god
(78.00)
Submitted: 4/7/2009 2:27:17 PM :
Start Price:
$35.28
FAST Score:
-30.78
Great balance sheet / fundamentals, stimulus package should help them too.
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brasscityfool
(56.27)
Submitted: 4/7/2009 1:38:44 PM :
Start Price:
$35.26
FAST Score:
-30.62
Great balance sheet, insider ownership, improved earnings over the last 5 years
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strawberrysam
(< 20)
Submitted: 4/7/2009 1:03:00 PM :
Start Price:
$35.89
FAST Score:
-31.94
Their earnings record and their business model is outstanding.
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Quietman58
(64.85)
Submitted: 3/21/2009 10:28:28 AM :
Start Price:
$29.50
FAST Score:
-14.93
construction projects planed will help this company
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chk999longonly
(99.25)
Submitted: 3/2/2009 12:56:48 PM :
Start Price:
$28.14
FAST Score:
-24.78
This hit a 52 week low today and looks cheap.
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bftcfp
(< 20)
Submitted: 2/9/2009 11:15:22 PM :
Start Price:
$36.78
FAST Score:
-28.71
good old midwest business mentality. do something good treat employees and customers well and dont overpay your leaders
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mrbill8000
(68.95)
Submitted: 1/31/2009 7:24:01 PM :
Start Price:
$33.06
FAST Score:
-24.85
With an impeccable balance sheet, this stock will all out of the recession.
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valari25
(< 20)
Submitted: 1/2/2009 6:46:43 PM :
Start Price:
$52.28
FAST Score:
-20.55
This is a "meh" pick I made when it joined the S&P 500. It has a dividend, well covered, it does increase it. Will continue getting nice share price bumps as it gets added to all the various indexes and ETF's that the SP spawns. In the very long run, it will beat the S&P through the compounding dividend.
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keith134
(36.02)
Submitted: 1/2/2009 12:45:54 PM :
Start Price:
$34.50
FAST Score:
-13.71
A great long term holding. Conseratively run with ZERO debt. Insiders hold a significant portion of the stock. This ia a great core holding.
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BSHumphreyII
(89.48)
Submitted: 1/1/2009 8:06:04 PM :
Start Price:
$34.41
FAST Score:
-15.58
Fastenal has no debt to speak of, and big cash flow. EPS has continued to grow every quarter this year over 2007, no mean feat for a construction supplies company in this environment.
Looking cheap near their 52-week low, and, while the 18.5 P/E looks expensive, it seems a reasonable price to pay for these fundamentals.
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