Fastenal Co (FAST) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $45.6, with 7.11 million shares of worth about $324.22 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 25.12% during that period and on July 16, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 1.04%. 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 5.07% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 8.13%. Year-to-date (YTD), FAST shares are showing a performance of 39.36% which increased to 26.83% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $32.04 but also hit the highest price of $46.04 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Fastenal Co shares is 6.09 million. The stock is currently trading 6.89% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 9.30% for SMA50 and it goes to 16.21% higher than SMA200.
Fastenal Co (NASDAQ: FAST) currently have 1.15B outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 85.29% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $52.31B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.94. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 44.07, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.03 in the same period. Its PEG reads 4.33 and has Quick Ratio of 2.12 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. 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 2.40% while standing at 2.02% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 11.14% while it is estimated to increase by 10.59% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 10.18% 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.
