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 47.9% and is now trading at $48.70.
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11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fastenal in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Fastenal stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FAST, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1,428 employees have rated Fastenal CEO Doug Parker on Glassdoor.com. Doug Parker has an approval rating of 59% among Fastenal's employees. This puts Doug Parker in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Fastenal is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 12th 2021.
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Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 20th. The company reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $1.36 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.33 billion. Fastenal had a net margin of 15.12% and a return on equity of 30.63%. The company's revenue was up 6.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.31 EPS.
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Fastenal announced a dividend on Thursday, January 21st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Wednesday, March 3rd. This represents a dividend yield of 2.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 2nd.
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Fastenal pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.98%. The dividend payout ratio of Fastenal is 72.46%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Fastenal will have a dividend payout ratio of 65.36% next year. This indicates that Fastenal will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Fastenal shares split on the morning of Wednesday, May 22nd 2019. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, April 18th 2019. The newly issued 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.

11 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Fastenal's shares. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $52.00. On average, they anticipate Fastenal's share price to reach $43.70 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.3%.
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Fastenal trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FAST."

Fastenal's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.21%), Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.08%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.05%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%). Company insiders that own Fastenal stock include Charles S Miller, Daniel L Florness, Daniel L Johnson, Darren R Jackson, Hsenghung Sam Hsu, 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 OLD National Bancorp IN, Hexavest Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Peoples Financial Services CORP., Huntington National Bank, Townsend & Associates Inc, and Capital City Trust Co. FL. Company insiders that have sold Fastenal company stock in the last year include 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Liberty Capital Management Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Capital Investment Services of America Inc., Salvus Wealth Management LLC, Lavaca Capital LLC, and Welch & Forbes LLC. Company insiders that have bought Fastenal stock in the last two years include Daniel L Johnson, Darren R Jackson, Hsenghung Sam Hsu, and Michael J Ancius.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of FAST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.70.

Fastenal has a market capitalization of $27.96 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]