Compare Stocks: FAST, BLDR, GGG, and GWW

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BLDR Builders FirstSource	$70.02 -0.4%	$75.97	$65.10 ▼ $151.03	$7.55B	1.44	2.21 million shs	1.63 million shs
FAST Fastenal	$51.26 +1.2%	$47.96	$38.97 ▼ $52.92	$58.82B	0.72	7.78 million shs	4.75 million shs
GGG Graco	$80.82 -1.1%	$77.79	$72.51 ▼ $95.69	$13.06B	0.92	1.42 million shs	1.71 million shs
GWW W.W. Grainger	$1,312.12 +0.9%	$1,344.74	$906.52 ▼ $1,419.91	$61.81B	1.04	282,728 shs	233,925 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BLDR Builders FirstSource	0.00%	-3.45%	-0.73%	-5.54%	-47.22%
FAST Fastenal	0.00%	+0.47%	+11.07%	+16.66%	+3.47%
GGG Graco	0.00%	-1.32%	+3.91%	+6.78%	-5.25%
GWW W.W. Grainger	0.00%	-0.77%	-3.85%	+5.14%	+31.43%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BLDR Builders FirstSource	$70.02 -0.4%	$75.97	$65.10 ▼ $151.03	$7.55B	1.44	2.21 million shs	1.63 million shs
FAST Fastenal	$51.26 +1.2%	$47.96	$38.97 ▼ $52.92	$58.82B	0.72	7.78 million shs	4.75 million shs
GGG Graco	$80.82 -1.1%	$77.79	$72.51 ▼ $95.69	$13.06B	0.92	1.42 million shs	1.71 million shs
GWW W.W. Grainger	$1,312.12 +0.9%	$1,344.74	$906.52 ▼ $1,419.91	$61.81B	1.04	282,728 shs	233,925 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BLDR Builders FirstSource	0.00%	-3.45%	-0.73%	-5.54%	-47.22%
FAST Fastenal	0.00%	+0.47%	+11.07%	+16.66%	+3.47%
GGG Graco	0.00%	-1.32%	+3.91%	+6.78%	-5.25%
GWW W.W. Grainger	0.00%	-0.77%	-3.85%	+5.14%	+31.43%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BLDR Builders FirstSource	2.24	Hold	$90.35	29.04% Upside
FAST Fastenal	2.25	Hold	$49.17	-4.08% Downside
GGG Graco	2.29	Hold	$95.00	17.55% Upside
GWW W.W. Grainger	2.10	Hold	$1,274.13	-2.90% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest FAST, BLDR, GGG, and GWW Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/21/2026	BLDR Builders FirstSource	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform
8/21/2026	BLDR Builders FirstSource	Citizens Jmp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform
8/11/2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$1,166.00 ➝ $1,185.00
8/7/2026	FAST Fastenal	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$54.00
8/6/2026	BLDR Builders FirstSource	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform	$80.00
8/6/2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$1,250.00 ➝ $1,260.00
8/5/2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$1,350.00 ➝ $1,375.00
8/5/2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform	$1,460.00 ➝ $1,428.00
8/4/2026	GGG Graco	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C-) ➝ Hold (C)
8/3/2026	BLDR Builders FirstSource	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
7/31/2026	BLDR Builders FirstSource	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$68.00

(Data available from 8/23/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BLDR Builders FirstSource	$15.19B	0.50	$12.28 per share	5.70	$37.22 per share	1.88
FAST Fastenal	$8.75B	6.72	$1.25 per share	40.94	$3.55 per share	14.44
GGG Graco	$2.24B	5.85	$3.68 per share	21.99	$15.58 per share	5.19
GWW W.W. Grainger	$17.94B	3.44	$45.34 per share	28.94	$95.82 per share	13.69

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BLDR Builders FirstSource	$435.20M	$0.91	76.95	16.36	2.28	0.71%	11.73%	4.32%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
FAST Fastenal	$1.26B	$1.18	43.44	37.14	3.20	15.45%	34.03%	26.16%	10/14/2026 (Estimated)
GGG Graco	$521.84M	$3.18	25.42	23.22	2.48	23.53%	19.54%	15.86%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
GWW W.W. Grainger	$1.71B	$39.22	33.46	25.83	2.33	9.92%	48.73%	22.40%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest FAST, BLDR, GGG, and GWW Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	$11.30	$12.01	+$0.71	$12.01	$4.96 billion	$5.02 billion
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	BLDR Builders FirstSource	$1.25	$1.17	-$0.08	-$0.04	$3.91 billion	$3.86 billion
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	GGG Graco	$0.8080	$0.91	+$0.1020	$0.87	$608.06 million	$590.55 million
7/14/2026	Q2 2026	FAST Fastenal	$0.3286	$0.33	+$0.0014	$0.33	$2.34 billion	$2.39 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BLDR Builders FirstSource	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FAST Fastenal	$1.04	2.03%	+4.68%	88.14%	26 Years
GGG Graco	$1.18	1.46%	+9.46%	37.11%	29 Years
GWW W.W. Grainger	$9.96	0.76%	+8.25%	25.40%	55 Years

Latest FAST, BLDR, GGG, and GWW Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/29/2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	quarterly	$2.49	0.77%	8/10/2026	8/10/2026	9/1/2026
7/10/2026	FAST Fastenal	quarterly	$0.26	2.16%	7/28/2026	7/28/2026	8/25/2026
6/12/2026	GGG Graco	quarterly	$0.2950	1.6%	7/20/2026	7/20/2026	8/5/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BLDR Builders FirstSource	1.14	1.79	1.09
FAST Fastenal	0.01	4.18	2.21
GGG Graco	N/A	2.99	2.14
GWW W.W. Grainger	0.53	2.81	1.70

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BLDR Builders FirstSource	95.53%
FAST Fastenal	81.38%
GGG Graco	93.88%
GWW W.W. Grainger	80.70%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BLDR Builders FirstSource	2.70%
FAST Fastenal	0.28%
GGG Graco	2.18%
GWW W.W. Grainger	6.30%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BLDR Builders FirstSource	28,000	107.60 million	104.69 million	Optionable
FAST Fastenal	24,489	1.15 billion	1.14 billion	Optionable
GGG Graco	4,400	161.95 million	158.42 million	Optionable
GWW W.W. Grainger	25,000	47.10 million	44.13 million	Optionable

FAST, BLDR, GGG, and GWW Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

2,256 Shares in W.W. Grainger, Inc. $GWW Acquired by Patron Partners LLC

August 22 at 5:51 AM | marketbeat.com

Vise Technologies Inc. Acquires Shares of 2,482 W.W. Grainger, Inc. $GWW

August 22 at 5:35 AM | marketbeat.com

EP Wealth Advisors LLC Buys Shares of 6,259 W.W. Grainger, Inc. $GWW

August 22 at 4:24 AM | marketbeat.com

Callan Family Office LLC Acquires Shares of 7,460 W.W. Grainger, Inc. $GWW

August 22 at 4:23 AM | marketbeat.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Takes $324.82 Million Position in W.W. Grainger, Inc. $GWW

August 22 at 3:18 AM | marketbeat.com

3,925 Shares in W.W. Grainger, Inc. $GWW Acquired by B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG

August 22 at 3:13 AM | marketbeat.com

Advisors Capital Management LLC Invests $1.33 Million in W.W. Grainger, Inc. $GWW

August 22 at 3:04 AM | marketbeat.com

Q3 EPS Estimates for W.W. Grainger Cut by Zacks Research

August 22 at 2:01 AM | americanbankingnews.com

WW Grainger (GWW) Gets a Hold from Bernstein

August 21 at 7:08 PM | theglobeandmail.com

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW)

August 21 at 9:06 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Madison Asset Management LLC Acquires New Shares in W.W. Grainger, Inc. $GWW

August 21 at 5:36 AM | marketbeat.com

NewEdge Wealth LLC Buys Shares of 2,081 W.W. Grainger, Inc. $GWW

August 21 at 5:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Blue Owl Capital Holdings LP Takes Position in W.W. Grainger, Inc. $GWW

August 21 at 3:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Allworth Financial LP Acquires Shares of 4,733 W.W. Grainger, Inc. $GWW

August 21 at 3:04 AM | marketbeat.com

Zacks Research Forecasts Stronger Earnings for W.W. Grainger

August 21 at 1:58 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Q3 EPS Estimates for W.W. Grainger Reduced by Zacks Research

August 20 at 6:42 AM | marketbeat.com

Meeder Advisory Services Inc. Takes Position in W.W. Grainger, Inc. $GWW

August 20 at 5:43 AM | marketbeat.com

Danske Bank A S Makes New $39.96 Million Investment in W.W. Grainger, Inc. $GWW

August 20 at 4:07 AM | marketbeat.com

Algebris UK Ltd. Invests $1.75 Million in W.W. Grainger, Inc. $GWW

August 20 at 3:12 AM | marketbeat.com

GRAINGER OPENS NORTHWEST DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN GRESHAM, OREGON

August 19, 2026 | prnewswire.com

W.W. Grainger FY2026 EPS Estimate Boosted by Zacks Research

August 19, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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FAST, BLDR, GGG, and GWW Company Descriptions

Builders FirstSource NYSE:BLDR

$70.02 -0.30 (-0.43%)

As of 08/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Builders FirstSource, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and supplies building materials, manufactured components, and construction services to professional homebuilders, sub-contractors, remodelers, and consumers in the United States. It offers lumber and lumber sheet goods comprising dimensional lumber, plywood, and oriented strand board products that are used in on-site house framing; manufactured products, such as wood floor and roof trusses, floor trusses, wall panels, stairs, and engineered wood products; and windows, and interior and exterior door units, as well as interior trims and custom products comprising intricate mouldings, stair parts, and columns under the Synboard brand name. The company also provides specialty building products and services, including vinyl, composite and wood siding, exterior trims, metal studs, cement, roofing, insulation, wallboards, ceilings, cabinets, and hardware products; turn-key framing, shell construction, design assistance, and professional installation services. In addition, it offers software products, such as drafting, estimating, quoting, and virtual home design services, which provide software solutions to retailers, distributors, manufacturers, and homebuilders. The company was formerly known as BSL Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Builders FirstSource, Inc. in October 1999. Builders FirstSource, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Irving, Texas.

Fastenal NASDAQ:FAST

$51.26 +0.60 (+1.18%)

As of 08/21/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Fastenal Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, North America, and internationally. It offers fasteners, and related industrial and construction supplies under the Fastenal name. The company's fastener products include threaded fasteners, bolts, nuts, screws, studs, and related washers that are used in manufactured products and construction projects, as well as in the maintenance and repair of machines. It also offers miscellaneous supplies and hardware, including pins, machinery keys, concrete anchors, metal framing systems, wire ropes, strut products, rivets, and related accessories. The company serves the manufacturing market comprising original equipment manufacturers; maintenance, repair, and operations customers; non-residential construction market; farmers, truckers, railroads, mining companies, schools, and retail trades; and oil exploration, production, and refinement companies, as well as federal, state, and local governmental entities. Fastenal Company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Winona, Minnesota.

Graco NYSE:GGG

$80.82 -0.89 (-1.09%)

As of 08/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Graco Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets systems and equipment used to move, measure, control, dispense, and spray fluid and powder materials worldwide. The Contractor segment offers sprayers to apply paint to walls and other structures; two-component proportioning systems that are used to spray polyurethane foam and polyurea coatings; and viscous coatings to roofs, as well as markings on roads, parking lots, athletic fields, and floors. The Industrial segment provides liquid finishing equipment, paint circulating and supply pumps, paint circulating advanced control systems, plural component coating proportioners, and accessories and spare parts; equipment that pumps, meters, mixes and dispenses sealant, adhesive, and composite materials; and gel-coat equipment, chop and wet-out systems, resin transfer molding systems and applicators, and precision dispensing solutions. It also offers powder finishing products to coat powder finishing on metals under the Gema and SAT brands. The Process segment provides pumps to move and dispense chemicals, water, wastewater, petroleum, food, lubricants, and other fluids; pressure valves used in the oil and natural gas industry, other industrial processes, and research facilities; and chemical injection pumping solutions for injection of chemicals into producing oil wells and pipelines. It also supplies pumps, hose reels, meters, valves, and accessories for fast oil change facilities, service garages, fleet service centers, automobile dealerships, auto parts stores, truck builders, and heavy equipment service centers; and systems, components, and accessories for the automatic lubrication of bearings, gears, and generators in industrial and commercial equipment, compressors, turbines, and on- and off-road vehicles. It sells its products through distributors, original equipment manufacturers, and home center channels, as well as to end-users. The company was incorporated in 1926 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

W.W. Grainger NYSE:GWW

$1,312.12 +11.78 (+0.91%)

As of 08/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

W.W. Grainger, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes maintenance, repair, and operating products and services primarily in North America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, High-Touch Solutions N.A. and Endless Assortment. The company provides safety, security, material handling and storage equipment, pumps and plumbing equipment, cleaning and maintenance, and metalworking and hand tools. It also offers technical support and inventory management services. The company serves smaller businesses to large corporations, government entities, and other institutions, as well as commercial, healthcare, and manufacturing industries through sales and service representatives, and electronic and ecommerce channels. W.W. Grainger, Inc. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.

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