Fastenal (FAST) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Fastenal Company is a distributor of industrial and construction supplies serving businesses, contractors, manufacturers and other organizations. Its product offerings include fasteners such as bolts, nuts and screws, as well as safety equipment, tools, cutting tools, material-handling products, electrical and plumbing supplies, and maintenance and repair items.

The company sells products through a network of branch locations, onsite customer facilities, industrial vending machines and digital platforms. Its services are designed to help customers manage procurement, inventory and product availability, with onsite support and automated dispensing solutions used in manufacturing and other industrial environments.

Fastenal was founded in 1967 by Bob Kierlin and is headquartered in Winona, Minnesota. The company serves customers across North America and has operations in select markets in Europe, Asia and other international regions. Its shares trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol FAST.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $47.30 to $52.43
• 50-Day Range: $47.93 to $52.38
• 52-Week Range: $38.97 to $52.92
• Volume: 13.34 million shs
• Average Volume: 7.81 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $60.04 billion
• P/E Ratio: 44.25
• Dividend Yield: 1.99%
• Price Target: $49.92
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Fastenal Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Fastenal scored higher than 58% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 409th out of 655 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Fastenal has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.31, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Fastenal is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Fastenal has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.32%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Fastenal are expected to grow by 10.32% in the coming year, from $1.26 to $1.39 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Fastenal is 44.28, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Fastenal is 44.28, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.38.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Fastenal has a PEG Ratio of 3.20. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Fastenal has a P/B Ratio of 15.22. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.03% of the float of Fastenal has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Fastenal has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.6.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Fastenal has recently decreased by 2.90%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Fastenal pays a meaningful dividend of 2.02%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Fastenal has been increasing its dividend for 26 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Fastenal is 88.14%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Fastenal will have a dividend payout ratio of 74.82% next year. This indicates that Fastenal will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.42

News Sentiment

Fastenal has a news sentiment score of 0.42. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 26 news articles for Fastenal this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 8 people have searched for FAST on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -27% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

7 people have added Fastenal to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 133% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Fastenal insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,896,948.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.28% of the stock of Fastenal is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

81.38% of the stock of Fastenal is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/25 Dividend: 7/28/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/25 Dividend: 7/28/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/25/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/14/2026
• Record date for 11/25 Dividend: 10/28/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/25 Dividend: 10/28/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/25/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Trading Companies & Distributors
• Sub-Industry: Trading Companies & Distributors
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:FAST
• CIK: 815556
• Web: www.fastenal.com
• Phone: (507) 454-5374
• Fax: 507-453-8049
• Employees: 24,489
• Year Founded: 1967

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Fastenal: $49.92
• High Price Target: $55.00
• Low Price Target: $42.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -4.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.31
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.18
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 44.09
• Forward P/E Ratio: 41.33
• P/E Growth: 3.2
• Net Income: $1.26 billion
• Net Margins: 15.45%
• Pretax Margin: 20.30%
• Return on Equity: 34.03%
• Return on Assets: 26.16%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.01
• Current Ratio: 4.18
• Quick Ratio: 2.21

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.20 billion
• Price / Sales: 7.29
• Cash Flow: $1.27 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 41.12
• Book Value: $3.43 per share
• Price / Book: 15.18

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,147,500,000
• Free Float: 1,144,285,000
• Market Cap: $59.76 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.69