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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
FAST Fastenal	$49.19 -0.9%	$46.43	$32.04 ▼ $50.63	$56.99B	0.97	5.19 million shs	4.78 million shs
GWW W.W. Grainger	$1,015.18 +0.2%	$1,013.49	$893.99 ▼ $1,227.66	$48.48B	1.18	288,397 shs	376,357 shs
MMM 3M	$154.05 -1.0%	$153.56	$121.98 ▼ $164.15	$82.84B	1.04	2.79 million shs	2.74 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
FAST Fastenal	-0.95%	-1.54%	+8.25%	+20.33%	+44.08%
GWW W.W. Grainger	+0.11%	+0.25%	+8.90%	-5.72%	+3.07%
MMM 3M	-0.88%	-1.55%	+6.70%	+4.88%	+14.37%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
FAST Fastenal	4.1342 of 5 stars	2.2	2.0	3.3	2.4	2.5	2.5	1.9
GWW W.W. Grainger	4.0564 of 5 stars	1.1	5.0	3.3	1.3	3.1	1.7	2.5
MMM 3M	3.8728 of 5 stars	1.2	5.0	2.5	2.8	2.4	2.5	1.3

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
FAST Fastenal	2.36	Hold	$46.36	-5.75% Downside
GWW W.W. Grainger	2.17	Hold	$1,080.38	6.42% Upside
MMM 3M	2.45	Hold	$158.10	2.63% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest FAST, GWW, and MMM Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/30/2025	MMM 3M	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/21/2025	FAST Fastenal	Northcoast Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral
8/14/2025	MMM 3M	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/7/2025	FAST Fastenal	Baird R W Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/7/2025	FAST Fastenal	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$47.00 ➝ $55.00
8/4/2025	GWW W.W. Grainger	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$1,000.00 ➝ $950.00
8/4/2025	GWW W.W. Grainger	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$1,176.00 ➝ $1,007.00
7/29/2025	MMM 3M	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C+)
7/18/2025	MMM 3M	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight
7/18/2025	MMM 3M	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$167.00
7/18/2025	MMM 3M	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$170.00

(Data available from 9/3/2022 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
FAST Fastenal	$7.55B	7.48	$1.15 per share	42.95	$3.32 per share	14.82
GWW W.W. Grainger	$17.17B	2.83	$44.39 per share	22.87	$85.36 per share	11.89
MMM 3M	$24.58B	3.34	$9.91 per share	15.54	$8.17 per share	18.86

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
FAST Fastenal	$1.15B	$1.04	47.30	21.11	4.52	15.30%	32.33%	24.62%	10/13/2025 (Estimated)
GWW W.W. Grainger	$1.91B	$39.41	25.76	22.66	2.94	10.99%	49.63%	21.63%	10/30/2025 (Estimated)
MMM 3M	$4.17B	$7.19	21.43	18.49	3.01	16.01%	96.48%	10.62%	10/28/2025 (Estimated)

Latest FAST, GWW, and MMM Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/1/2025	Q2 2025	GWW W.W. Grainger	$10.07	$9.97	-$0.10	$9.97	$4.52 billion	$4.55 billion
7/18/2025	Q2 2025	MMM 3M	$2.01	$2.16	+$0.15	$1.34	$6.09 billion	$6.16 billion
7/14/2025	Q2 2025	FAST Fastenal	$0.28	$0.29	+$0.01	$0.29	$2.07 billion	$2.08 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
FAST Fastenal	$0.88	1.79%	N/A	84.62%	26 Years
GWW W.W. Grainger	$9.04	0.89%	N/A	22.94%	55 Years
MMM 3M	$2.92	1.90%	N/A	40.61%	1 Years

Latest FAST, GWW, and MMM Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/15/2025	MMM 3M	quarterly	$0.73	1.92%	8/25/2025	8/25/2025	9/12/2025
7/30/2025	GWW W.W. Grainger	quarterly	$2.26	0.87%	8/11/2025	8/11/2025	9/1/2025
7/11/2025	FAST Fastenal	quarterly	$0.22	2.03%	7/29/2025	7/29/2025	8/26/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
FAST Fastenal	0.03	4.22	2.12
GWW W.W. Grainger	0.57	2.82	1.64
MMM 3M	2.87	1.72	1.20

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
FAST Fastenal	81.38%
GWW W.W. Grainger	80.70%
MMM 3M	65.25%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
FAST Fastenal	0.37%
GWW W.W. Grainger	6.10%
MMM 3M	0.48%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
FAST Fastenal	23,702	1.15 billion	1.14 billion	Optionable
GWW W.W. Grainger	26,000	47.83 million	44.91 million	Optionable
MMM 3M	61,500	532.63 million	530.07 million	Optionable

FAST, GWW, and MMM Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Graham Capital Management L.P. Increases Stock Position in 3M Company $MMM

September 2 at 8:56 AM | marketbeat.com

3M Company $MMM Shares Sold by Quarry LP

September 2 at 7:31 AM | marketbeat.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Cuts Stock Holdings in 3M Company $MMM

September 2 at 6:05 AM | marketbeat.com

3M Company (NYSE:MMM) Given Average Recommendation of "Hold" by Analysts

September 2 at 2:25 AM | marketbeat.com

Kingdon Capital Management L.L.C. Buys 5,000 Shares of 3M Company $MMM

September 1 at 6:11 AM | marketbeat.com

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Grows Stake in 3M Company $MMM

September 1 at 5:36 AM | marketbeat.com

Gabelli Funds LLC Has $2.03 Million Stock Holdings in 3M Company $MMM

September 1 at 4:44 AM | marketbeat.com

Weiss Ratings Reaffirms "Hold (C+)" Rating for 3M (NYSE:MMM)

September 1 at 2:11 AM | marketbeat.com

Contrasting Markel Group (NYSE:MKL) and 3M (NYSE:MMM)

September 1 at 2:27 AM | americanbankingnews.com

3M Company (NYSE:MMM) Receives Average Recommendation of "Hold" from Analysts

September 1 at 2:27 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Aperture Investors LLC Has $3.92 Million Stake in 3M Company $MMM

August 31 at 7:54 AM | marketbeat.com

Albar Capital Partners LLP Sells 70,561 Shares of 3M Company $MMM

August 31 at 7:47 AM | marketbeat.com

Kodai Capital Management LP Makes New $20.60 Million Investment in 3M Company $MMM

August 31 at 7:26 AM | marketbeat.com

Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB publ Sells 3,574 Shares of 3M Company $MMM

August 31 at 5:51 AM | marketbeat.com

3M Company $MMM Shares Sold by Rafferty Asset Management LLC

August 31 at 5:21 AM | marketbeat.com

Ieq Capital LLC Grows Stake in 3M Company $MMM

August 30, 2025 | marketbeat.com

FORA Capital LLC Makes New Investment in 3M Company $MMM

August 30, 2025 | marketbeat.com

3M's Steady Cash Flow And Legal Progress Support A Gradual Rerating

August 29, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

3M Company $MMM Shares Acquired by Truvestments Capital LLC

August 29, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Ceredex Value Advisors LLC Sells 283,005 Shares of 3M Company $MMM

August 28, 2025 | marketbeat.com

3M Company $MMM Position Lessened by Corebridge Financial Inc.

August 28, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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FAST, GWW, and MMM Company Descriptions

Fastenal NASDAQ:FAST

$49.19 -0.47 (-0.95%)

Closing price 09/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$48.76 -0.43 (-0.87%)

As of 09/2/2025 07:40 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.

W.W. Grainger NYSE:GWW

$1,015.18 +1.68 (+0.17%)

Closing price 09/2/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$1,016.24 +1.07 (+0.10%)

As of 09/2/2025 07:57 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.

3M NYSE:MMM

$154.05 -1.48 (-0.95%)

Closing price 09/2/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$154.09 +0.04 (+0.03%)

As of 09/2/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

3M Company provides diversified technology services in the United States and internationally. The company's Safety and Industrial segment offers industrial abrasives and finishing for metalworking applications; autobody repair solutions; closure systems for personal hygiene products, masking, and packaging materials; electrical products and materials for construction and maintenance, power distribution, and electrical original equipment manufacturers; structural adhesives and tapes; respiratory, hearing, eye, and fall protection solutions; and natural and color-coated mineral granules for shingles. Its Transportation and Electronics segment provides ceramic solutions; attachment/bonding products, films, sound, and temperature management for transportation vehicles; premium large format graphic films for advertising and fleet signage; light management films and electronics assembly solutions; packaging and interconnection solutions; semiconductor production materials; data centers solutions; and reflective signage for highway, and vehicle safety. The company's Consumer segment provides consumer bandages, braces, supports, and consumer respirators; home cleaning products; retail abrasives, paint accessories, car care DIY products, picture hanging, and consumer air quality solutions; and stationery products. It offers its products through e-commerce and traditional wholesalers, retailers, jobbers, distributors, and dealers. 3M Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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