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5 Best Up And Coming Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Fastenal Company(FAST)

The Company Is Engaged As A Wholesaler And Retailer Of Industrial And Construction Supplies. The Industrial And Construction Supplies Were Grouped Into Ten Product Lines: Fasteners, Tools And EquipmeNt, Cutting Tools And Abrasives, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Plumbing And Hvac, Material Handling, Storage And Packaging, Janitorial Supplies, Chemicals And Paints, Electrical Supplies, Welding Supplies, Safety Supplies And Metals, Alloys And Materials.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lauren Pollock]

  Fastenal Co.(FAST) said its sales and margins trends continued to weaken in the fourth quarter after it warned of the trend earlier in December. “This weakening was worse than we expected and this created additional drain on our ability to grow earnings,” Fastenal said.

• [By Seth Jayson]

  Fastenal (Nasdaq: FAST  ) is expected to report Q2 earnings around July 10. Here's what Wall Street wants to see:

  The 10-second takeaway
  Comparing the upcoming quarter to the prior-year quarter, average analyst estimates predict Fastenal's revenues will increase 6.5% and EPS will grow 7.9%.

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  Fastenal (NASDAQ: FAST  ) is slated to release its quarterly report on Wednesday. Yet although investors expect Fastenal earnings to improve slightly, the big question is whether any growth will be enough to support the stock's rich valuation. Unless Fastenal can provide a nice surprise on the earnings front, the answer to that question is likely to be no.

• [By CanadianValue]

  We have held shares in Fastenal (FAST), a broad-line industrial distributor with a specialty in industrial fasteners, for 11 years. Fastenals 2011 results provided a worthy encore to its outstanding performance in 2010. Revenue increased by 21.9%, and Fastenals exceptionally energetic and frugal management team leveraged that ! result into a 34.8% increase in net income. At the end of 2011, Fastenal operated 2,585 branch locations, and as the law of large numbers takes hold, the company relies less and less on new store openings to drive its growth. However, the company continues to find creative ways to invest in its store base so that its branches grow faster than GDP for many years after they are opened. In 2009, the company embarked on an effort to automate the sale of certain industrial products by installing vending machines and automated lockers at customer work sites. These machines make the sales process more efficient and save money for Fastenals customers by reducing waste at the point of sale. In the first two years of the program, Fastenal installed 1,925 machines at customer locations. In 2011, it installed 5,528 machines and built the capacity to install 10,000 annually in the future. Though still in its early stages, Fastenals automated solutions initiative shows enormous potential, and Fastenals large branch network enables it to stock and service the machines more efficiently than its competitors. Though Fastenals results will fluctuate with the industrial economy, its prospects for continued rapid growth in 2012 are excellent.

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