Fastenal
FAST
Market cap $48.4B

42.17 USD

-0.69

1.61%

At close Jun 13, 4:00 PM EDT

After hours

42.32

+0.15

0.36%

1 day

-1.61%

5 days

-0.19%

1 month

5.45%

3 months

14.44%

6 months

7.47%

Year to date

18.59%

1 year

31.17%

5 years

107.12%

10 years

302.77%

About: Fastenal began as an industrial retailer, expanding its product portfolio from nuts and bolts to cutting tools, safety equipment, and janitorial supplies. It transitioned into a distributor by building out a dense network of branches close to its business customers. Once a customer becomes large enough, Fastenal installs vending machines and its own personnel on-site. Today, these on-site locations exceed Fastenal's branch count and remain the firm's main focus for expansion. Fastenal acts as a one-stop outsourcing partner for its industrial customers, offering value-added services along with a wide breadth of maintenance, repair, and operations supplies.

Employees: 21,339

Industrials Industrial Distribution

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Funds holding %

of 7,296 funds

0

Analysts bullish %

of 4 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

44% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 122 | Existing positions closed: 85

27% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $176M | Put options by funds: $138M

11% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 19 [Q4 2024] → 21 (+2) [Q1 2025]

6% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $34.6B [Q4 2024] → $36.6B (+$2.02B) [Q1 2025]

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,209 [Q4 2024] → 1,220 (+11) [Q1 2025]

0.28% less ownership

Funds ownership: 82.56% [Q4 2024] → 82.28% (-0.28%) [Q1 2025]

7% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 441 | Existing positions reduced: 472

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Research analyst outlook

4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$38

10%

downside

Avg. target

$40

5%

downside

High target

$43

2%

upside

4 analyst ratings

0 positive

0%

4 neutral

100%

0 negative

0%

JP Morgan Patrick Baumann	10%downside $38	Neutral Maintained	27 May 2025
Morgan Stanley Chris Snyder	5%downside $40	Equal-Weight Maintained	23 May 2025
Stephens & Co. Tommy Moll	5%downside $40	Equal-Weight Maintained	15 Apr 2025
Baird David Manthey	2%upside $43	Neutral Maintained	14 Apr 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 10 articles about FAST published over the past 30 days

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