Fastenal Stock Forecast, Price & News

Fastenal's stock was trading at $32.93 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, FAST stock has increased by 34.2% and is now trading at $44.19.
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14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fastenal in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Fastenal is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 13th 2020.
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Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 14th. The company reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.06. The company earned $1.51 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.47 billion. Fastenal had a net margin of 15.07% and a return on equity of 31.19%. The company's revenue was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.36 EPS.
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Fastenal declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 13th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 28th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, August 25th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 27th.
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Shares of Fastenal split before market open on Wednesday, May 22nd 2019. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, April 18th 2019. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes 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.

14 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Fastenal's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $51.00. On average, they expect Fastenal's stock price to reach $42.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%.
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Fastenal trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FAST."

Fastenal's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.98%), BlackRock Inc. (7.97%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (5.46%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.54%), London Co. of Virginia (1.18%) and Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.09%). Company insiders that own Fastenal stock include Charles S Miller, Daniel L Florness, Daniel L Johnson, Darren R Jackson, Holden Lewis, James C Jansen, Jeffery Michael Watts, John Lewis Soderberg, Leland J Hein, Michael J Ancius, Michael John Dolan, Nicholas J Lundquist, Rita J Heise, Sheryl Ann Lisowski, Terry Modock Owen, Willard D Oberton and William Joseph Drazkowski.
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FAST stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FIL Ltd, Vanguard Group Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Mcdonald Capital Investors Inc. CA, Mairs & Power Inc., and Tikehau Investment Management. Company insiders that have sold Fastenal company stock in the last year include Charles S Miller, Daniel L Florness, James C Jansen, Jeffery Michael Watts, John Lewis Soderberg, Leland J Hein, Michael John Dolan, Rita J Heise, Sheryl Ann Lisowski, Terry Modock Owen, Willard D Oberton, and William Joseph Drazkowski.
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FAST stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., FMR LLC, Nordea Investment Management AB, BlackRock Inc., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, GWM Advisors LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. Company insiders that have bought Fastenal stock in the last two years include Daniel L Florness, Daniel L Johnson, Darren R Jackson, Holden Lewis, Michael J Ancius, Terry Modock Owen, and William Joseph Drazkowski.
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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 $44.19.

Fastenal has a market capitalization of $25.35 billion and generates $5.33 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $790.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.38 on an earnings per share basis. Fastenal employs 21,948 workers across the globe.

The official website for Fastenal is 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]