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Fastenal Co

FAST

42.460USD

+0.500+1.19%

Close 10/17, 16:00（ET）Quotes delayed by 15 min

48.75BMarket Cap

39.74P/E TTM

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Fastenal Co

42.460

+0.500+1.19%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

Overview

Company

Financials

Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Fastenal Co

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-17

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively very healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Hold. Despite a weak stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Fastenal Co's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

74 / 192

Overall Ranking

161 / 4691

Industry

Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 18 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

43.780

Target Price

+4.34%

Upside Space

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Fastenal Co Highlights

StrengthsRisks

Fastenal Company is engaged in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies. The Company is a distributor of threaded fasteners, bolts, nuts, screws, studs, and related washers, as well as miscellaneous supplies and hardware, such as pins, machinery keys, concrete anchors, metal framing systems, wire rope, struts, rivets, and related accessories. Its business tools include Fastenal Managed Inventory (FMI), Bin stock (FASTStock and FASTBin) and Industrial vending (FASTVend). The Company also invests in digital solutions that aim to deliver value for its customers, leverage local inventory for same-day solutions, and provide service. It serves general and commercial contractors in non-residential end markets as well as farmers, truckers, railroads, oil exploration companies, oil production and refinement companies, mining companies, federal, state, and local governmental entities, schools, and certain retail trades.

High Dividend

The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 77.64%.

Stable Dividend

The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 77.64%.

Undervalued

The company’s latest PE is 39.71, at a low 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 1.00B shares, decreasing 1.98% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by Mairs and Power

Star Investor Mairs and Power holds 5.71M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-17

The company's current financial score is 8.42, which is higher than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.51. Its financial status is robust, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 2.13B, representing a year-over-year increase of 11.68%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 12.55%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

8.42

Change

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Financials

10.00

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

7.46

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

8.14

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

8.68

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

7.83

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Fastenal Co's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-17

The company’s current valuation score is 5.43, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.07. Its current P/E ratio is 39.71, which is 110.56% below the recent high of 83.62 and 1.18% above the recent low of 39.24.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

5.43

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 74/192

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-17

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 6.47, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.60. The average price target for Fastenal Co is 45.00, with a high of 49.00 and a low of 30.18.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.47

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 18 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

43.780

Target Price

+4.34%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

Fastenal Co

FAST

Parker-Hannifin Corp

Xylem Inc

XYL

Cognex Corp

CGNX

WW Grainger Inc

GWW

Symbotic Inc

SYM

...

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-17

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.71, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.35. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 47.35 and the support level at 39.51, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.58

Change

0.13

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators

Sell(3)

Neutral(1)

Buy(1)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

-1.216

Sell

RSI(14)

27.817

Sell

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

12.353

Oversold

ATR(14)

1.252

High Vlolatility

CCI(14)

-97.811

Neutral

Williams %R

86.928

Oversold

TRIX(12,20)

-0.389

Sell

StochRSI(14)

100.000

Buy

Moving Average

Sell(5)

Neutral(0)

Buy(1)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

42.348

Buy

MA10

44.701

Sell

MA20

46.395

Sell

MA50

47.801

Sell

MA100

45.730

Sell

MA200

60.257

Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-17

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is higher than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 6.90. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 87.36%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 0.39%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 148.65M shares, representing 12.95% of shares outstanding, with 3.03% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.00

Change

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

148.65M

+1.72%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

68.37M

-0.16%

State Street Investment Management (US)

54.32M

-0.19%

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.

46.00M

+1.69%

Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.

35.98M

+1.91%

Invesco Capital Management (QQQ Trust)

23.48M

-0.35%

Walter Scott & Partners Ltd.

22.72M

-5.38%

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)

15.21M

+4.63%

Principal Global Investors (Equity)

13.09M

-0.73%

Invesco Capital Management LLC

Star Investors

11.37M

-1.68%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-17

The company’s current risk assessment score is 8.98, which is higher than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 5.67. The company's beta value is 0.96. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.