FAST Fastenal Company

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Raw steel, diesel and lumber prices have all fallen recently with wallboard expected to join the decline soon. These low material costs have lowered the producer price index of finished buildings to a negative value, in other words buildings are proving cheaper to construct than they were a year ago. However, the reluctance of banks to finance construction projects remains an obstacle for growth in the building materials industry.

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Stimulus packages have been helpful in maintaining employment levels and keeping construction afloat but, the industry fears that stimulus will expire before demand recovers in the private, state and local areas. Thus the building materials and construction industries are lobbying for federal investment into infrastructure programs like roads, transit and water. Register now at https://stockcall.com/development/stockcall/page.php?name=register.html to have free access to our reports on the general building materials industry.

The general building materials industry hopes to have seen a rebound in July spurred by lower raw material prices increasing construction projects. Companies are also looking to diversify the applications of their products to help deal with the effects of the recession. Visit www.stockcall.com/ to see how companies in this industry have grown over the past years and how they are expected to perform in the future.

Taking a quick look at earnings posted so far, Fastenal Co. took the Wall Street by surprise a few weeks back by beating estimates with profits at $69.2 million. Conversely, MDU Resources Group Inc. saw a 11.4% drop in its second-quarter earnings as compared to the same quarter last year, a decline pinned on the underperformance its construction materials and contracting business segment. Investors looking for complimentary research on Fastenal Co. and MDU Resources Group Inc. are welcome to sign up at www.stockcall.com/FAST040810.pdf or www.stockcall.com/MDU040810.pdf for our new report.

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