
obligations compared with its less-leveraged peers. For instance, Fastenal operates with all equity capital and Grainger employs a debt ..... during the last decade, roughly half of Grainger's GWW and Fastenal 's FAST gross margins. We expect electrical business will
MSC has a substantial size advantage over smaller rivals, the company faces staunch competition from large rivals such as Fastenal FAST and Grainger GWW. Although the large distributors specialize in different offerings, we believe they each benefit from
s store footprint is nearly one fifth that of close rival Fastenal FAST, and Grainger employs a smaller army of salespeople ..... for Grainger to meet customers' immediate needs as well as Fastenal can, which could cause customer defections. Moreover, this
Fastenal 's new vending machine product has negative ..... accountability from using the machines. Fastenal is named as a party in legal proceedings ..... exclusive agreement with a supplier. Although Fastenal believes the probability of an incurred
fund's holdings (in 2004). Other top holdings include off-price retailer TJX Companies TJX and fastener-distributor Fastenal FAST at around 6% each. Fund managers Bob Goldfarb and David Poppe, Morningstar's domestic-equity fund managers of the
Berkshire Hathaway at about 10%. Other top holdings include off-price retailer TJX Companies TJX and fastener-distributor Fastenal FAST, at around 6% each. Managers Bob Goldfarb and David Poppe had about one fourth of the $5.7 billion fund's assets
Fastenal FAST reported first-quarter results ..... compared with the prior-year period. Fastenal increased its store base by 1% (or 28 ..... points to 21%. We were surprised by Fastenal 's commentary on gross margins, specifically
Fastenal ( FAST -1.5% ) slips after posting in-line Q1 results on revenue, but missing slightly on a per share basis. Profit actually jumped 26% Y/Y on strong sales of industrial production supplies to manufacturers. Post your comment!
April 12 (Reuters) - Industrial distributor Fastenal Co posted a quarterly profit that narrowly missed expectations as higher fuel prices took the sheen off improving freight utilization rates and higher vendor incentives.
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