Fastenal Co (FAST) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $41.49, with 6.25 million shares of worth about $259.35 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 5.75% during that period and on June 18, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -0.14%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 1.15B shares, out of which, 1.14B shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -2.72% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -0.22%. Year-to-date (YTD), FAST shares are showing a performance of 15.39% which increased to 31.61% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $30.68 but also hit the highest price of $43.10 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Fastenal Co shares is 6.71 million. The stock is currently trading -0.26% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 1.95% for SMA50 and it goes to 7.76% higher than SMA200.
Fastenal Co (NASDAQ: FAST) currently have 1.15B outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 85.25% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $47.60B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.97. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 41.39, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.00 in the same period. Its PEG reads 4.75 and has Quick Ratio of 2.14 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 0.96% while standing at 1.04% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 9.40% while it is estimated to increase by 9.82% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 8.71% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 7.79% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
On December 11, 2024, Stifel Downgrade their recommendations, while on December 11, 2024, HSBC Securities Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $70. Stock get a Neutral rating from UBS on November 13, 2024.
