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Fastenal

The past year was a good investment year for Fastenal investors

Over the last 12 months (from December 2015 till December 2016), that were profitable period for the investors in Fastenal, the stock gained around 24 percent. Over the past 5 years the stock rose a modest 12,69 percent. Fastenal's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were relatively stable and moved between 3,13 billion dollars and 3,87 billion dollars. During 2011 and 2015 Fastenal's net results were very volatile and fluctuated between 357,93 million dollars and 516,36 million dollars.

Fastenal has located her head office Winona. Fastenal is mostly active in the diversified industrials sector. Fastenal is being led by CEO Willard D. Oberton. The CFO of the company is Daniel L. Florness. The global diversified companies gained over the past 10 years on average 53 percent. Since 2011 the sector is 240 percent higher and over the past year plus 53 percent.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. On average the Fastenal stock yielded a delivered a dividend yield of around 4,31 percent over the past 5 years. Over the past 5 years the company raised it's dividends each year. So because of the yearly raised dividends per share Fastenal is a kind of dividend aristocrat.

Fastenal financed with a quite low debt position

At the end of 2015 the diversified company's balance sheet equaled 2,53 billion dollars. The total debt was around 731,17 million dollars. This is 28,87 percent of the total balance sheet. Last year the diversified company's price/earnings-ratio (PE) was around 27. So the investors valued the stock at 27 times 2015' earnings per share. Based on the classical stock valuation theories the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the diversified company's market capitalization (the number of shares times the market price) equaled around 11,56 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 289,58 million stocks listed.

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