Fastenal

Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors, especially when markets face uncertainty. Insiders have been taking advantage of secondary offerings recently. An outgoing CEO picked up some shares, as did a renowned hedge fund manager. Conventional wisdom says that insiders...

Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors when markets face uncertainty. Some insiders were buying shares in the wake of earnings reports last week. A couple of insiders made return trips to the buy window. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10% owners really...

This weekend's Barron's cover story shows why there is no need to panic after last week's market rout. Other featured articles look at who will and will not benefit from rising rates, and why tech stocks are likely to rebound. Also, the prospects for tech earnings and five mutual funds...

John Eade of Argus upgraded shares of Fastenal Company (NASDAQ: FAST) from Hold to Buy with a $54 price target after patiently waiting on the sidelines for a good entry point. Eade commented in a research report Tuesday that Fastenal's first-quarter earnings report and its subsequent 10-percent...

Three leading transportation companies are due to report earnings this week. Expectations for the two rail giants and a big airline are very different. The ongoing Trump rally and anticipation of infrastructure spending marked the quarter. The fourth-quarter earnings reporting season is underway...

Three of the big U.S. banks help to kick off a new earnings season this week Wall Street analysts expect to see earnings declines from all three of them. But consensus forecasts also predict marginal top-line growth from two. The third-quarter earnings reporting season is just getting underway...

Three big banks are among companies kicking off the new earnings season this week. Consensus forecasts from Wall Street analysts call for bottom-line declines from all three of them. However, one is expected to offer some growth in revenue, relative to the year-ago period. The second-quarter...

Alcoa (NYSE: AA), the traditional kickoff to a new earnings season, steps into the earnings spotlight this week, and analysts are looking for mixed results for the second quarter. Will that be a harbinger for reports to come? Things really get started when Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), the first of...

This week brings the first-quarter report from Alcoa (NYSE: AA), the traditional kickoff of a new earnings season. But its relevance may be diminishing, now that the company is no longer part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. With the end-of-the-week earnings reports from J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM...

This weekend in Barron's online: the hype about 3D printer stocks, as well as the prospects for MetLife, Daimler, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, Samsonite and more. Cover Story "Beware 3-D Printing" by Alexander Eule. This new technology may hold great promise to eventually reshape U.S. industry...

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) will kick off the new earnings season this week. Analysts are looking for revenue declines from these three, and only Wells Fargo to post year-over-year earnings growth. Since it has dropped out of the Dow Jones...

The new earnings season kicks off this week with the traditional first report from Alcoa (NYSE: AA) on Monday afternoon. The first of the big banks, J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), close out the week when they step into the earnings spotlight Friday morning. Analysts predict...

The new earnings season gets underway this week, with Alcoa (NYSE: AA) on deck late Monday and J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) scheduled to report first-quarter results Friday morning. By and large, analysts expect to see a year-over-year decline in per-share earnings from the former, but EPS growth,...

The quarterly report from Alcoa (NYSE: AA) traditionally kicks off a new earnings season. Joining Alcoa on the earnings schedule this week are Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Safeway (NYSE: SWY), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM). Here is a look at...