Fastenal

FAST

Market cap $51.3B

Fastenal's NASDAQ: FAST stock price slipped after its Q1 2026 earnings report, opening a buying opportunity for investors. Five reasons investors should think fast and gobble up this opportunity include double-digit growth, strong margins, cash flow, capital returns, and sell-side support.

Fastenal Company (FAST) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Fastenal Company delivered strong Q1 2026 results, with revenue up 12.4% and EPS matching expectations, but shares remain overvalued. Gross margin pressure from tariffs and customer pushback, plus concentration of growth among large customers, signal potential headwinds for FAST. Despite robust double-digit revenue growth guidance and expanding profitability, FAST trades at premium valuation multiples versus peers.

FAST's Q1 FY26 EPS met estimates and sales top slightly as daily sales rose on contracts, pricing and FX-yet shares slid 2.4% premarket.

Fastenal Co (NASDAQ:FAST) shares fell over 4% on Monday after the company reported earnings for the first quarter.

Fastenal (FAST) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.3 per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate . This compares to earnings of $0.26 per share a year ago.

Fastenal reports first-quarter earnings per share of 30 cents from sales of $2.2 billion. Wall Street was looking for 30 cents and $2.2 billion.

WINONA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fastenal Company (Nasdaq:FAST) ('Fastenal,' 'we,' 'our,' or 'us'), a leader in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies, today reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. Except for share and per share information, or as otherwise noted below, dollar amounts in this release are stated in millions. All historical common stock share and per share information and stockholders' equity balances for all periods present.

U.S. stock futures declined on Monday following Friday's mixed close. Futures of major benchmark indices were lower after President Donald Trump announced a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

WINONA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fastenal Company (Nasdaq:FAST) ('Fastenal,' 'we,' 'our,' or 'us') reported its board of directors declared a dividend of $0.24 per share to be paid in cash on May 26, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 28, 2026. Except for share and per share information, dollar amounts are stated in millions. We began paying annual dividends in 1991, semi-annual dividends in 2003, and then expanded to quarterly dividends in 2011. In addition to thes.