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2/9/2010 4:00 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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Fastenal Company At A Glance

Current Price: $42.34
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:00 PM
Open: $41.78
Previous Close: $41.21
Daily Range: $41.56 - $42.60
52-Week Range: $25.87 - $47.28
Volume: 1,318,177
Market Cap: $6.28B
P/E Ratio: 33.23
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Avatar bftcfp (< 20) Submitted: 2/09/09 11:15 PM

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

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Avatar EBStroke (< 20) Submitted: 2/02/10 2:54 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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Avatar Tadpole85 (55.08) Submitted: 1/14/10 5:51 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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Avatar IRABound (57.63) Submitted: 10/19/09 10:07 PM : Underperform Start Price: $38.63 FAST Score: -12.09

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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Avatar BoringTortoise (68.31) Submitted: 10/18/09 4:50 PM : Outperform Start Price: $39.02 FAST Score: 10.20

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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