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NASDAQ:FAST

Fastenal (FAST) Competitors

$53.85
-1.05 (-1.91%)
(As of 05/31/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$53.50
$54.90
50-Day Range
$51.48
$55.39
52-Week Range
$43.73
$56.65
Volume
5.29 million shs
Average Volume
3.20 million shs
Market Capitalization
$30.75 billion
P/E Ratio
27.62
Dividend Yield
2.60%
Price Target
$53.14

FAST vs. TSCO, CPNG, DLTR, WBA, ROST, KR, YUM, YUMC, ULTA, and EBAY

Should you be buying Fastenal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fastenal include Tractor Supply (TSCO), Coupang (CPNG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Ross Stores (ROST), Kroger (KR), Yum! Brands (YUM), Yum China (YUMC), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), and eBay (EBAY). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Fastenal vs.

Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) and Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.

Fastenal has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Fastenal pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Fastenal pays out 71.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tractor Supply pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Fastenal has a net margin of 15.59% compared to Tractor Supply's net margin of 7.49%. Tractor Supply's return on equity of 55.53% beat Fastenal's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fastenal 15.59% 34.83% 24.25%
Tractor Supply 7.49% 55.53% 13.10%

Tractor Supply received 559 more outperform votes than Fastenal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.61% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote while only 55.27% of users gave Fastenal an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FastenalOutperform Votes
414
55.27%
Underperform Votes
335
44.73%
Tractor SupplyOutperform Votes
973
70.61%
Underperform Votes
405
29.39%

Fastenal currently has a consensus target price of $53.14, indicating a potential downside of 1.55%. Tractor Supply has a consensus target price of $250.62, indicating a potential upside of 18.48%. Given Tractor Supply's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tractor Supply is more favorable than Fastenal.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fastenal
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Tractor Supply
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Tractor Supply has higher revenue and earnings than Fastenal. Tractor Supply 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$6.98 billion4.42$1.09 billion$1.9527.68
Tractor Supply$14.48 billion1.60$1.09 billion$9.7121.78

In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 1 more articles in the media than Fastenal. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Tractor Supply and 5 mentions for Fastenal. Tractor Supply's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Fastenal's score of 0.37 indicating that Tractor Supply is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fastenal
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Tractor Supply
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

77.0% of Fastenal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fastenal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Tractor Supply beats Fastenal on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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

MetricFastenalBuilding materials, hardware, garden supply & mobile home dealers IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$30.82B$47.77B$16.77B$6.15B
Dividend Yield2.54%2.14%170.05%6.17%
P/E Ratio27.6832.0632.4611.85
Price / Sales4.422.9212.9787.31
Price / Cash24.9215.9537.17107.29
Price / Book9.4213.677.627.12
Net Income$1.09B$791.37M$526.33M$193.27M
7 Day Performance0.24%0.08%-3.29%-0.70%
1 Month Performance0.26%0.23%-4.27%1.24%
1 Year Performance0.78%-7.89%-6.29%-0.89%

Fastenal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TSCO
Tractor Supply
2.3154 of 5 stars
$218.54
-1.9%
$250.62
+14.7%
+11.9%$23.95B$14.20B22.5149,000Short Interest ↑
CPNG
Coupang
2.5504 of 5 stars
$15.72
-1.8%
$21.11
+34.3%
+14.8%$27.96B$20.58B131.0163,000Short Interest ↑
DLTR
Dollar Tree
2.6552 of 5 stars
$156.13
-2.4%
$166.67
+6.7%
-16.1%$34.54B$28.32B21.65207,548Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
WBA
Walgreens Boots Alliance
2.9575 of 5 stars
$31.60
+1.3%
$42.46
+34.4%
-31.5%$27.26B$132.70B-8.66325,000
ROST
Ross Stores
2.4313 of 5 stars
$101.88
-2.6%
$117.76
+15.6%
+18.3%$34.85B$18.70B22.59101,000Insider Selling
KR
Kroger
2.5973 of 5 stars
$49.10
-1.8%
$52.31
+6.5%
-13.2%$35.24B$148.26B15.99430,000Short Interest ↑
YUM
Yum! Brands
2.6991 of 5 stars
$131.45
-2.6%
$147.11
+11.9%
+6.7%$36.82B$6.84B30.9336,000Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
YUMC
Yum China
2.4232 of 5 stars
$57.93
-5.7%
N/A+30.2%$24.20B$9.57B38.62406,000
ULTA
Ulta Beauty
2.9124 of 5 stars
$480.61
0.0%
$563.71
+17.3%
-3.0%$24.07B$10.21B20.0153,000Earnings Report
Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
EBAY
eBay
2.4341 of 5 stars
$43.78
-0.8%
$49.30
+12.6%
-10.7%$23.41B$9.80B36.4811,600

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This page (NASDAQ:FAST) was last updated on 5/31/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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