Fastenal Co (FAST) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $42.68, with 5.09 million shares of worth about $217.35 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 16.91% during that period and on July 02, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -0.42%. 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 3.79% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 4.33%. Year-to-date (YTD), FAST shares are showing a performance of 35.84% which increased to 18.70% 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 $43.13 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Fastenal Co shares is 6.76 million. The stock is currently trading 1.89% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 3.80% for SMA50 and it goes to 9.83% 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 $48.96B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.95. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 42.58, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.00 in the same period. Its PEG reads 4.89 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 1.72% while standing at 1.79% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 9.38% while it is estimated to increase by 9.84% 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.
