Fastenal Co (FAST) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $73.69, with 3.64 million shares of worth about $268.03 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 7.31% during that period and on March 13, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -3.03%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 573.32M shares, out of which, 572.33M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -5.34% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -0.86%. Year-to-date (YTD), FAST shares are showing a performance of 2.48% which decreased to -0.85% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $61.36 but also hit the highest price of $84.88 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Fastenal Co shares is 3.19 million. The stock is currently trading -2.44% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -1.08% for SMA50 and it goes to 1.98% higher than SMA200.
Fastenal Co (NASDAQ: FAST) currently have 573.32M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 84.11% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $42.26B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.05. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 36.78, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.00 in the same period. Its PEG reads 4.75 and has Quick Ratio of 2.28 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for FAST, volatility over the week remained 3.33% while standing at 2.32% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 7.50% while it is estimated to increase by 9.12% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 7.75% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 7.79% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Coverage by Stifel stated Fastenal Co (FAST) stock as a Hold in their note to investors on December 11, 2024, suggesting a price target of $86 for the stock. Stock get a Buy rating from BofA Securities on October 07, 2024.
