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Fastenal Co. (FAST)At 4:00PM ET: 49.85  Up 1.15 (2.36%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:7.43B
Enterprise Value (16-Apr-08)3:7.19B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):30.32
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-09) 1:23.08
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.36
Price/Sales (ttm):3.40
Price/Book (mrq):6.98
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:3.36
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:16.505
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Mar-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):11.53%
Operating Margin (ttm):18.60%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):21.45%
Return on Equity (ttm):24.89%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):2.14B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):14.255
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):15.80%
Gross Profit (ttm):1.05B
EBITDA (ttm):435.43M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):246.68M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.64
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):26.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):75.42M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.506
Total Debt (mrq):0
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):N/A
Current Ratio (mrq):5.496
Book Value Per Share (mrq):6.977
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):230.18M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):148.26M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.03
52-Week Change3:20.84%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-9.31%
52-Week High (09-Aug-07)3:52.94
52-Week Low (22-Jan-08)3:32.27
50-Day Moving Average3:44.31
200-Day Moving Average3:42.05
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:2,317,620
Average Volume (10 day)3:2,897,030
Shares Outstanding5:149.12M
Float:129.10M
% Held by Insiders1:13.42%
% Held by Institutions1:78.90%
Shares Short (as of 26-Mar-08)3:14.89M
Short Ratio (as of 26-Mar-08)3:6.4
Short % of Float (as of 26-Mar-08)3:11.50%
Shares Short (prior month)3:14.20M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.50
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.00%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.48
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:0.80%
Payout Ratio4:29%
Dividend Date3:29-Feb-08
Ex-Dividend Date4:21-Feb-08
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:14-Nov-05


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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Mar-08)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Mar-08)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 31-Mar-08)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-07)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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3 = Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance;
4 = Data provided by Hemscott Americas;
5 = Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report
and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.