Fastenal Co [NASDAQ: FAST] traded at a high on 2025-07-14, posting a 4.16 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $45.07.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 18527426 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Fastenal Co stands at 2.39% while the volatility over the past one month is 2.04%.
The market cap for FAST stock reached $51.71 billion, with 1.15 billion shares outstanding and 1.14 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 5.93M shares, FAST reached a trading volume of 18527426 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Fastenal Co [FAST]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for FAST shares is $42.83 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on FAST stock is a recommendation set at 3.06. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Wolfe Research have made an estimate for Fastenal Co shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Peer Perform, with their previous recommendation back on April 03, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on March 10, 2025, representing the official price target for Fastenal Co stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $86, while Stifel analysts kept a Hold rating on FAST stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 13.58, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.21. Price to Free Cash Flow for FAST in the course of the last twelve months was 59.03 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 2.12.
How has FAST stock performed recently?
Fastenal Co [FAST] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 6.12. With this latest performance, FAST shares gained by 5.67% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 23.58% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 25.35% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for FAST stock in for the last two-week period is set at 71.21, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 0.98, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 0.90 for Fastenal Co [FAST]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 41.53, while it was recorded at 43.63 for the last single week of trading, and 39.14 for the last 200 days.
Fastenal Co [FAST]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Fastenal Co [FAST] shares currently have an operating margin of 20.10% and a Gross Margin at 43.45%. Fastenal Co’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 15.30%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 24.72%, with Return on Assets sitting at 24.72%.
Earnings analysis for Fastenal Co [FAST]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for FAST. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Fastenal Co go to 9.56%.
Insider trade positions for Fastenal Co [FAST]
There are presently around $87.80%, or 87.95% of FAST stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of FAST stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 71.29 million shares, which is approximately 12.45%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 46.44 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$2.92 billion in FAST stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$1.67 billion in FAST stock with ownership which is approximately 4.6531%.
