FAST: Key Statistics for FASTENAL CO

Market Cap (intraday):	4.17B
Enterprise Value (20-Jun-04)³:	4.10B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	44.76
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:	28.80
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	1.76
Price/Sales (ttm):	3.98
Price/Book (mrq):	7.00
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	3.93
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	23.91

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	31-Mar-04

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	8.94%
Operating Margin (ttm):	14.40%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	14.67%
Return on Equity (ttm):	16.69%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	1.04B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	13.743
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	9.90%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	489.07M
EBITDA (ttm):	171.42M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	93.23M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	1.229
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	11.40%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	75.69M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	1
Total Debt (mrq)²:	0
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0
Current Ratio (mrq):	5.838
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	7.815

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	110.01M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	64.68M

View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online):
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Cash Flow

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	0.458
52-Week Change:	56.06%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	36.90%
52-Week High (28-Apr-04):	56.97
52-Week Low (1-Jul-03):	32.90
50-Day Moving Average:	53.27
200-Day Moving Average:	48.45

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	493,818
Average Volume (10 day):	354,000
Shares Outstanding:	75.88M
Float:	61.00M
% Held by Insiders:	19.61%
% Held by Institutions:	74.95%
Shares Short (as of 10-May-04):	4.07M
Daily Volume (as of 10-May-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 10-May-04):	7.821
Short % of Float (as of 10-May-04):	6.67%
Shares Short (prior month):	4.44M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	0.30
Dividend Yield:	0.55%
Dividend Date:	5-Mar-04
Ex-Dividend Date:	19-Feb-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	2:1
Last Split Date:	13-May-02

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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Mar-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Mar-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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