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STOCK TO STUDY: Fastenal Co. - Tightening Up Its Growth Strategy? (P. 19)
STOCK TO STUDY: Fastenal Co. - Tightening Up Its Growth Strategy? (P. 19)
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36 | BetterInvesting | April 2018 * Advanced five positions or more in rank since last year. ■ Combines Class A and C shareownership.
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Shown on these two pages are the most popular and widely held stocks among
investment clubs and their members nationwide as of late 2017.
Number Rank by Number of Rank by Total Value of
Rank by # of Clubs Total Shares Total Value Shares Held
Companies of Clubs Holding Shares Held by of Shares by Members
Ticker Holding Stock Held Members Held on 12-31-17
Abbott Laboratories ABT 51 215 47 103,854 64 $6,134,685
* Celgene Corporation CELG 52 206 52 83,650 48 8,508,869
3M Company MMM 53 204 83 43,661 39 10,736,695
Fastenal Company FAST 54 201 35 145,894 55 7,774,705
Chevron Corporation CVX 55 198 65 63,925 49 8,411,919
Nike Inc. NKE 56 191 49 93,651 66 6,003,935
TJX Companies Inc. TJX 57 188 66 63,198 76 4,882,034
Kraft Heinz Company, The KHC 58 181 81 46,603 88 3,694,206
Altria Group MO 59 179 36 138,395 41 9,691,818
Medtronic, Inc. MDT 60 173 78 49,632 83 4,330,865
Qualcomm Incorporated QCOM 61 170 59 72,320 74 4,921,365
* United Parcel Service, Inc. UPS 62 170 92 34,413 80 4,597,263
* UnitedHealth Group Incorporated UNH 63 168 76 50,802 33 12,352,943
DowDuPont Inc. ★ DWDP 64 167 23 218,887 26 16,641,964
* Ulta Beauty, Inc. ULTA 65 167 97 24,272 68 5,901,730
YUM! Brands, Inc. YUM 66 164 61 68,138 69 5,662,248
JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM 67 163 70 58,248 60 6,597,164
Mondelez International, Inc. MDLZ 68 161 53 80,589 91 3,520,111
Target Corporation TGT 69 158 87 40,868 97 3,183,648
* FedEx Corporation FDX 70 156 95 31,715 47 8,632,126
* Dollar General Corporation DG 71 153 80 48,471 75 4,896,990
Merck & Co., Inc. MRK 72 148 50 90,332 71 5,521,965
* United Technologies Corporation UTX 73 147 86 41,895 70 5,639,507
CSX Corporation CSX 74 147 57 74,035 84 4,297,705
FactSet Research Systems Inc. FDS 75 141 90 37,485 57 7,468,810
Danaher Corporation DHR 76 137 62 67,020 59 6,684,599
Express Scripts, Inc. ESRX 77 137 73 57,465 81 4,597,183
Corning Incorporated GLW 78 137 48 94,070 94 3,278,332
Philip Morris International, Inc. PM 79 136 51 85,758 45 9,010,627
Union Pacific Corporation UNP 80 134 71 58,205 53 8,173,738
Yum China Holdings, Inc. YUMC 81 131 72 57,778 98 2,608,098
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. DLTR 82 130 82 44,359 73 5,008,131
** Tractor Supply Company TSCO 83 127 56 77,408 62 6,262,280
** Raytheon Company RTN 84 127 98 24,229 77 4,741,797
Comcast Corporation CMCSA 85 127 54 80,354 92 3,362,828
** Applied Materials Inc. AMAT 86 126 63 66,537 86 3,819,203
Schlumberger Limited SLB 87 126 85 42,551 95 3,249,633
ConocoPhillips COP 88 124 75 53,921 96 3,222,329
IPG Photonics Corporation IPGP 89 123 89 37,594 40 9,802,579
** Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT 90 123 100 14,024 79 4,670,010
Cerner Corporation CERN 91 123 64 65,690 82 4,564,793
Waste Management, Inc. WM 92 122 88 40,818 89 3,590,356
ResMed Inc. RMD 93 120 84 43,268 85 3,841,742
Constellation Brands, Inc. STZ 94 119 96 28,728 63 6,242,199
BP p.l.c. BP 95 116 55 77,853 93 3,339,879
** Mastercard Incorporated MA 96 112 91 35,954 67 5,949,612
Phillips 66 PSX 97 106 93 33,934 90 3,572,932
** Citigroup Inc. C 98 106 94 32,473 99 2,513,091
Kroger Co., The KR 99 105 30 180,023 72 5,231,467
Paychex, Inc. PAYX 100 105 74 55,053 87 3,793,672
** New to the Top 100. ★ Merger of Dow and DuPont April 2018 | BetterInvesting | 37
FEATURE | Cover Story BetterInvesting’s 2nd 100
Co
Companies for 2017
BetterInvesting Magazine continues its expanded the Second 100, companies that are among the 200
coverage of the most widely held stocks among most popular holdings by active club investors in
investment club members nationwide by presenting today’s equity market.
* Advanced 5 positions or more in rank since last year. ◀ Spun off from Biogen. ✦ Formerly Coach, Inc.
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** New to the Top 200. ■ Merged with Spectra Energy. ✖ Formerly Taser International.
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Alphabetical Listing of the Top 200 Companies
Company Rank Company Rank Company Rank