FAST · Industrials
What a holder would want to know before buying FAST: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 30% above the lowest point of the past year and 3% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 93% of days and more expensive on 7%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 99% of days.
9% above its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 6 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 32%; the longest took 24 months to get back to its peak. Every one recovered.
Now 3% below the Aug 2026 peak.
Fastenal Company · Industrials · Industrial Distribution · a large company worth $58.24B
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…
revenue profit
Sales of $8.20B in 2025, with $1.26B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 15 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Generates more free cash in a year ($916.12M) than it owes in total ($441.50M).
You pay $43 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $36 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 1.90% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Jul 28.
18 analysts: 6 say buy, 7 hold, 5 sell. Their average 12-month target is $48.84 (range $39.90–$59.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 4 sales in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.
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