NASDAQ:FAST - Fastenal Stock Price, Forecast & News

Fastenal trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FAST."

Fastenal announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. This is an increase from Fastenal's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. View Fastenal's Dividend History.

Fastenal shares split before market open on Wednesday, May 22nd 2019. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, April 18th 2019. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Tuesday, May 21st 2019. An investor that had 100 shares of Fastenal stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January, 17th. The company reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.31. The business earned $1.28 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.29 billion. Fastenal had a return on equity of 31.16% and a net margin of 14.83%. The company's revenue was up 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.60 earnings per share. View Fastenal's Earnings History.

Fastenal is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 9th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Fastenal.

12 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Fastenal's shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $377.00. On average, they expect Fastenal's share price to reach $78.63 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 118.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Fastenal.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fastenal in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Fastenal.

News articles about FAST stock have trended very positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Fastenal earned a news sentiment score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Fastenal.

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Fastenal's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.54%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.27%), Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC (0.24%), Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.24%), Chicago Capital LLC (0.10%) and Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.08%). Company insiders that own Fastenal stock include Charles S Miller, Daniel L Florness, Daniel L Johnson, Holden Lewis, James C Jansen, John Lewis Soderberg, Leland J Hein, Michael J Ancius, Michael John Dolan, Nicholas J Lundquist, Sheryl Ann Lisowski, Stephen L Eastman, Terry Modock Owen, Willard D Oberton and William Joseph Drazkowski. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Fastenal.

FAST stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marathon Asset Management LLP, Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Raymond James Trust N.A., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Chicago Capital LLC. Company insiders that have sold Fastenal company stock in the last year include Charles S Miller, Daniel L Florness, John Lewis Soderberg, Leland J Hein, Michael John Dolan, Nicholas J Lundquist, Sheryl Ann Lisowski, Terry Modock Owen, Willard D Oberton and William Joseph Drazkowski. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fastenal.

FAST stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TIAA FSB, Fenimore Asset Management Inc., J.W. Cole Advisors Inc., Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Access Financial Services Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Fastenal stock in the last two years include Daniel L Florness, Daniel L Johnson, Holden Lewis, Michael J Ancius, Stephen L Eastman, Terry Modock Owen and William Joseph Drazkowski. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fastenal.

Shares of FAST can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FAST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.06.

Fastenal has a market capitalization of $20.68 billion and generates $5.33 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $178.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.38 on an earnings per share basis. Fastenal employs 21,644 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Fastenal.

The official website for Fastenal is http://www.fastenal.com/.

Fastenal's mailing address is 2001 THEURER BLVD, WINONA MN, 55987. The company can be reached via phone at 507-454-5374 or via email at [email protected]