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. Investors 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 is Wednesday, January 30th. This is a boost from Fastenal's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View Fastenal's Dividend History.

Fastenal declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, July 12th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 17th. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.60. The firm had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. Fastenal had a net margin of 15.14% and a return on equity of 33.48%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 13.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.45 earnings per share. 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 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Fastenal's shares. Their forecasts 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 neutral on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Fastenal earned a media sentiment score of 0.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few 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 trading volume of 4,175,664 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.3 days. Currently, 9.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Fastenal's Current Options Chain.

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Fastenal's stock is owned by a variety of 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 bought 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]