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Profile - Fastenal Company (NasdaqNM:FAST)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
2001 Theurer Boulevard
Winona, MN 55987
Phone: (507) 454-5374
Fax: (507) 454-6542
Email: investor@fastenal.com
Employees (last reported count): 6,477
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 41%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 1,000  shares
 · 5 insider sells; 70.0K shares
  (0.4% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 75% (127% of float)
(330 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 5.17M shares (+15.37%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Fastenal Company and its subsidiaries sell industrial and construction supplies. These supplies are grouped into nine product lines. The construction market includes general, electrical, plumbing, sheet metal and road contractors. The manufacturing market includes both original equipment manufacturers and maintenance and repair operations. Other users of the Company's products include farmers, truckers, railroads, mining companies, municipalities, schools and certain retail trades.
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Financial Summary
Fastenal Company is principally engaged in the sale of industrial supplies, including threaded fasteners and construction supplies, through 991 store sites located in 48 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales rose 11% to $405.9 million. Net income fell 3% to $39.8 million. Revenues benefited from additional store site openings. Earnings were offset by a lower margin sales mix and costs attributable to site openings.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Robert Kierlin, 61
Chairman, CEO
$121K
Willard Oberton, 42
Pres, COO, Director
380K
Daniel Florness, 37
CFO, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer
168K
Nicholas Lundquist, 43
VP of Sales
301K
Stephen Slaggie, 61
Sec., Director
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:FASTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 12-Oct-2000
$45.125
Recent Price$65.75 
52-Week High
on 22-May-2001
$73.00 
Beta0.72 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)258.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)230.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+0.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+35.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.49B
Shares Outstanding37.9M
Float22.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.09 
Dividend Yield0.14%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 30-Mar-1995
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$10.43 
Earnings (ttm)$2.09 
Earnings (mrq)$0.50 
Sales (ttm)$20.74 
Cash (mrq)$1.28 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)6.31 
Price/Earnings (ttm)31.40 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.17 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$786.8M
EBITDA (ttm)$140.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$79.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)10.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)16.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)19.48%
Return on Equity (ttm)22.18%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)7.52 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$48.7M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short5.01M
Percent of Float22.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
5.04M
Short Ratio27.25 
Daily Volume184.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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