FAST · Fastenal Co
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $59.02B |
| P/E | 43.24 |
| Float | 1.15B |
| Beta | 0.67 |
| Volatility | 16.8% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Trading Companies & Distributors |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 85.3 |
| Price | 51.93 |
| Change | +0.97% |
| Prev Close | 51.43 |
| Open | 52.00 |
| Day Low | 50.68 |
| Day High | 52.00 |
| Avg Vol | 7 |
| Avg $ Vol | $341.9M |
| 52W High | 52.91 |
| 52W Low | 38.97 |
| 52W Pos | 92.9% |
| From High | −1.86% |
| From Low | +33.26% |
| Max DD 1Y | — |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | — |
| SMA 50 | — |
| SMA 200 | — |
| RSI (14) | — |
| Vol 30D | — |
| Vol 90D | — |
| 1Y Range | 39–53 |
| Daily bars | — |
| Perf Week | — |
| Perf Month | — |
| Perf Quarter | — |
| Perf Half Y | — |
| Perf Year | — |
| Perf YTD | — |
| Prev Day | +0.97% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.03 |
| Curr Ratio | 4.85 |
| Int Cover | 536.5× |
| FCF Margin | 12.8% |
| Rev Growth | +8.7% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 2 / 11 |
What FAST does
Fastenal Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally.
It offers fasteners, and related industrial and construction supplies under the Fastenal name. The company’s fastener products include threaded fasteners, bolts, nuts, screws, studs, and related washers that are used in manufactured products and construction projects, as well as in the maintenance and repair of machines.
It offers miscellaneous supplies and hardware, including pins, machinery keys, concrete anchors, metal framing systems, wire ropes, strut products, rivets, and related accessories.
The company serves the manufacturing market comprising original equipment manufacturers; maintenance, repair, and operations customers; non-residential construction market; farmers, truckers, railroads, mining companies, schools, and retail trades; and oil exploration, production, and refinement companies, as well as federal, state, and local governmental entities.
Fastenal Company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Winona, Minnesota.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayFAST grades A-, 85.3 of 100. Steadiest on Macro Resilience (71), most exposed on News Sentiment (67, steady). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Trading Companies & Distributors median. Ranks 2 of 11 in Trading Companies & Distributors by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| FAST | |
|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.67 |
| Volatilityannualized | 16.8% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 0 sessions | — |
Market sensitivity
| FAST | Trading Companies & Distributors median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.67 | — |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 64% of 11 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Trading Companies & Distributors names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| FAST | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | — |
| 1 month | — |
| Year to date | — |
| 1 year | — |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| FAST | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 17 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 65 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 23 · 1 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 23 ↑ 1 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the Trading Companies & Distributors names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| FAST | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +8.7% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Trading Companies & Distributors median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openFastenal's third-quarter profit beat Wall Street estimates, helped by expense leverage, meaning the company controlled costs faster than sales grew, though revenue fell short of expectations. New contract wins and pricing increases supported sales growth.
Fastenal reported third-quarter earnings of $0.35 per share, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $0.34. Earnings grew from $0.35 vs $0.29 per share a year earlier.
Fastenal reported Q3 2026 earnings showing daily sales up 15.5% from a year earlier to $38.5 million per business day, an operating margin of 21.5% (about 0.9 percentage points better than Q3 2025), and $328 million returned to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.
Analysts have recently raised their profit estimates for Fastenal's upcoming third-quarter results, pointing to confidence in the company's pricing power, margins, and cash generation alongside its growing managed inventory and digital platforms.
Fastenal (FAST) traded at around $51 on October 6 and is up 6.83% over the past twelve months. The article highlights the company's 21.52% return on assets, a figure it says is unusually high for a business that simply distributes screws, bolts, and industrial supplies, and uses it to examine whether the company's economic moat (its lasting edge over competitors) is widening or narrowing.
Nearest peers by size
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWW | WW Grainger Inc | A- | $62.41B | 33.13 | 0.98 | Compare |
| URI | United Rentals Inc | B | $66.01B | 24.93 | 1.84 | Compare |
| FERG | Ferguson Enterprises Inc | B+ | $43.11B | 17.66 | 1.13 | Compare |
| SUNB | Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc | C+ | $31.69B | 22.98 | 1.38 | Compare |
| AER | AerCap Holdings NV | A- | $22.50B | 6.68 | 1.01 | Compare |
| WCC | Wesco International Inc | C+ | $17.60B | 25.89 | 1.56 | Compare |
| WSO | Watsco Inc | B | $12.68B | 24.56 | 1.02 | Compare |
| AIT | Applied Industrial Technologies Inc | A- | $12.23B | 29.70 | 0.84 | Compare |
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