4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Fastenal
Fool.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Market-trouncing returns could be written in this 4-star.
Fastenal
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Mad About Options: CAT on Fertile Ground?
The Street (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
The Mad About Options crew reviews Jim Cramer's recent bullish comments about Caterpillar and offers options strategies for traders and investors. Also hear options ideas for McGraw-Hill and Fastenal.
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Fastenal Insider Sells $22.4 Million Worth
The Street (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
Jonathan Moreland, author of InsiderInsights, gives you the lowdown on top stock purchases and sales.
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Fastenal Company Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha China (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
Fastenal Company (FAST) Q3 2008 Earnings Call Complete Story »
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Fastenal's net income shows 17% increase in 3rd quarter
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
The Winona company, which specializes in industrial and construction power tools and equipment, reported net income of $72.9 million, or 49 cents a share, compared with $62.1 million, or 41 cents, a year ago. Results for the latest quarter included a $10 million charge related to a preliminary lawsuit settlement regarding overtime for general managers.
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Fastenal earnings, sales rise in Q3, despite suit settlement
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (Free subscription) | 13/10/2008
Revenue and earnings at The Fastenal Co. rose 17 percent in the third quarter, the company said Monday. (FAST)
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Fastenal earnings per share up 19.5% in quarter
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 13/10/2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The Fastenal Co. said Monday that its third-quarter earnings were $73 million, or 49 cents a share, compared to $62 million, or 41 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. Sales rose to $625 million, compared to $534 million a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet Research estimated, on average, earnings per share of 51 cents on sales of $625 million. Fastenal shares...
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Fastenal Company Reports 2008 Third Quarter Earnings
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 13/10/2008
WINONA, Minn., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Fastenal Company of Winona, MN (Nasdaq: ) reported the results of the quarter ended September 30, 2008. Except as otherwise noted below, dollar amounts are in thousands. Net sales for the three-month period ended September 30, 2008 totaled $625,037, an increase of 17.1% over net sales of $533,750 in the third quarter of 2007. The third quarter...
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America's Next Top Model (Corporation)
The Street (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Failed CEOs and investors ought to feast their eyes on Fastenal, a company that doesn't need the credit markets.
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Fastenal to Improve Customer Service, Expand Globally with ActiveVOS
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Active Endpoints, Inc. (
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Fastenal Company Announces Conference Call to Review 2008 Third Quarter Earnings
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
WINONA, Minn., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fastenal Company (Nasdaq: ) announced today that the Company's conference call to review third quarter 2008 results, as well as current operations, will be broadcast live over the Internet on Monday, October 13, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time. To access the call, please visit the following Web address: An online archive of the broadcast will be...
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Fastenal Company Releases Comments on September 2008 Trends
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
WINONA, Minn., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Fastenal Company of Winona, MN (Nasdaq: ) released comments on September 2008 trends. We plan to release our third quarter earnings on Monday, October 13, 2008. We typically remain silent on information about the final month of the quarter until the earnings release; however, given the sharp drop in share price experienced by a number of industrial...
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Nasdaq OMX 100 makes eight changes
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The Nasdaq OMX 100, an index composed of stocks listed on the Nasdaq's U.S. and Scandinavian exchanges, announced eight changes. New entrants include the CME Group , CA Inc. , Fastenal , Joy Global , Linear Technology , Xilinx , Sigma-Aldrich and Altera . Exiting are Expedia , Hologic , Kaupthing, KLA-Tencor , Metso , Neste Oil , Skanska and Verisign . Market Pulse Stories...
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S&P 500: Musical Chairs
Teresa Lo | InVivoAnalytics.com (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) have been replaced by Salesforce.com, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) and Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:FAST) as constituents of the S&P 500 Index: Salesforce.com, Fastenal to Replace Fannie, Freddie in S&P 500 Salesforce.com Inc. and Fastenal Co. will replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index after shares of [...]
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Salesforce.com Reaches Heady Heights of S&P 500
CRM Buyer (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
When one company is ousted from the S&P 500 index, another one is added to keep the number at 500. The most recent losers in this game of musical chairs are, for obvious reasons, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Effective Sept. 12, these mortgage giants will be replaced by Fastenal and Salesforce.com, respectively.
