NASDAQ:FAST - Fastenal Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Fastenal declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 16th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Wednesday, February 27th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 30th. This is a positive change from Fastenal's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View Fastenal's Dividend History.

Fastenal announced that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, July 12th 2017, which permits the company to buyback 5,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) announced its earnings results on Thursday, January, 17th. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.60. The company earned $1.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. Fastenal had a return on equity of 33.48% and a net margin of 15.14%. Fastenal's quarterly revenue was up 13.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.45 EPS. View Fastenal's Earnings History.

Fastenal is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 10th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Fastenal.

14 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Fastenal's stock. Their predictions range from $49.00 to $63.00. On average, they anticipate Fastenal's stock price to reach $56.0909 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Fastenal.

14 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 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Fastenal.

News articles about FAST stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Fastenal earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Fastenal saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 26,261,976 shares, an increase of 9.0% from the January 15th total of 24,100,895 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,175,664 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.3 days. Approximately 9.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Fastenal's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Fastenal include Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Ferguson (FERGY), Tractor Supply (TSCO), TITAN Cem Co S/ADR (TITCY), GrowGeneration (GRWG), AeroGrow International (AERO) and Ferguson (FERGD).

Fastenal's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.94%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (5.55%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.46%), Northern Trust Corp (1.28%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (1.27%) and Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.13%). Company insiders that own Fastenal stock include Charles S Miller, Daniel L Florness, Daniel L Johnson, Darren R Jackson, Gary A Polipnick, 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 Millennium Management LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Nicholas Company Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, LPL Financial LLC, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have sold Fastenal company stock in the last year include James C Jansen, John Lewis Soderberg, Leland J Hein, Michael John Dolan, Nicholas J Lundquist, Sheryl Ann Lisowski 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 Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, London Co. of Virginia, Pendal Group Ltd, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc., Nordea Investment Management AB, First Trust Advisors LP and Northern Trust Corp. 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, 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FAST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.10.

Fastenal has a market capitalization of $17.76 billion and generates $4.97 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $751.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.63 on an earnings per share basis. Fastenal employs 21,644 workers across the globe.

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]