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$45.44 -0.69 (-1.50%)
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FAST vs. TGLS, AME, BLDR, GGG, GMS, GWW, HD, ITW, LOW, and MSM

Should you be buying Fastenal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fastenal include Tecnoglass (TGLS), AMETEK (AME), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Graco (GGG), GMS (GMS), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Home Depot (HD), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Lowe's Companies (LOW), and MSC Industrial Direct (MSM).

Fastenal vs. Its Competitors

Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) and Tecnoglass (NASDAQ:TGLS) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Fastenal had 15 more articles in the media than Tecnoglass. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Fastenal and 4 mentions for Tecnoglass. Fastenal's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Tecnoglass' score of 0.77 indicating that Fastenal is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fastenal
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Tecnoglass
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Tecnoglass has a net margin of 17.82% compared to Fastenal's net margin of 15.30%. Fastenal's return on equity of 32.33% beat Tecnoglass' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fastenal15.30% 32.33% 24.62%
Tecnoglass 17.82%27.71%16.49%

81.4% of Fastenal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of Tecnoglass shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Fastenal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Tecnoglass shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Fastenal has higher revenue and earnings than Tecnoglass. Tecnoglass is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fastenal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fastenal$7.55B6.91$1.15B$1.0443.69
Tecnoglass$919.84M3.85$182.88M$3.7020.39

Fastenal has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tecnoglass has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Fastenal pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Tecnoglass pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Fastenal pays out 84.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tecnoglass pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fastenal has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years and Tecnoglass has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Fastenal is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Fastenal presently has a consensus price target of $45.64, suggesting a potential upside of 0.43%. Tecnoglass has a consensus price target of $83.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.00%. Given Tecnoglass' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tecnoglass is more favorable than Fastenal.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fastenal
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Tecnoglass
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Fastenal beats Tecnoglass on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FAST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FAST vs. The Competition

MetricFastenalBLDG PRD IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$52.15B$12.08B$26.11B$9.37B
Dividend Yield1.94%2.73%175.73%4.12%
P/E Ratio43.6983.5128.1023.79
Price / Sales6.911.658.4296.30
Price / Cash39.3014.5653.1557.18
Price / Book13.693.925.435.54
Net Income$1.15B$374.68M$880.44M$259.88M
7 Day Performance-4.84%-2.81%-5.24%-4.67%
1 Month Performance6.47%-2.73%-2.45%4.40%
1 Year Performance35.04%-0.21%17.83%17.91%

Fastenal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FAST
Fastenal
4.3978 of 5 stars
$45.44
-1.5%
$45.64
+0.4%
+34.8%$52.15B$7.55B43.6923,702Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision
TGLS
Tecnoglass
2.8779 of 5 stars
$76.83
-0.5%
$83.00
+8.0%
+45.2%$3.61B$919.84M24.016,910News Coverage
Positive News
AME
AMETEK
4.3895 of 5 stars
$178.87
-0.7%
$197.30
+10.3%
+14.5%$41.30B$6.94B29.2821,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BLDR
Builders FirstSource
4.2022 of 5 stars
$135.69
-0.6%
$159.42
+17.5%
-18.4%$15.00B$16.40B17.4029,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
GGG
Graco
4.2569 of 5 stars
$84.53
-0.1%
$94.50
+11.8%
+0.2%$14.01B$2.11B29.984,300News Coverage
Analyst Revision
GMS
GMS
1.6804 of 5 stars
$109.62
-0.1%
$101.11
-7.8%
+18.4%$4.17B$5.51B37.937,113
GWW
W.W. Grainger
4.1904 of 5 stars
$1,048.60
-0.5%
$1,116.25
+6.5%
-1.1%$50.37B$17.24B26.9226,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
HD
Home Depot
4.9078 of 5 stars
$377.26
+0.5%
$426.77
+13.1%
+4.2%$375.35B$162.95B25.59520,700News Coverage
Positive News
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.6011 of 5 stars
$259.95
-0.7%
$255.67
-1.6%
+4.0%$76.17B$15.90B22.8644,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Downgrade
LOW
Lowe's Companies
4.7943 of 5 stars
$229.98
+1.4%
$271.12
+17.9%
-6.2%$128.89B$83.67B19.05270,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MSM
MSC Industrial Direct
3.4596 of 5 stars
$87.73
+0.4%
$90.33
+3.0%
+0.8%$4.88B$3.74B24.787,423News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:FAST) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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