Fastenal Co [FAST] stock prices are down -0.56% to $81.46 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The FAST shares have gain 1.18% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.02%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Fastenal Co [NASDAQ: FAST] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 03, 2025, when Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to a Peer Perform. Previously, William Blair upgraded its rating to Outperform on March 10, 2025. On December 11, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold but maintained its price target of $86 on the stock. HSBC Securities downgraded its rating to a Reduce but stick to its price target of $70 on December 11, 2024. BofA Securities started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on October 07, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $85. In a note dated September 06, 2024, Morgan Stanley initiated an Equal-Weight rating and provided a target price of $72 on this stock.
The stock price of Fastenal Co [FAST] has been fluctuating between $61.36 and $84.88 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $69.4 within the next 12 months. Fastenal Co [NASDAQ: FAST] shares were valued at $81.46 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -14.8% based on the average FAST price forecast.
Analyzing the FAST fundamentals
The Fastenal Co [NASDAQ:FAST] reported sales of 7.61B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 3.39%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.45% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.2%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.15%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.24, Equity is 0.32 and Total Capital is 0.37. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.13.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Fastenal Co [NASDAQ:FAST]’s Current Ratio is 4.28. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 2.14 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.3. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 6.14, the price to book ratio is 12.66 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 40.63.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Soderberg John Lewis, Senior EVP-IT, that happened on May 16 ’25 when 16362.0 shares were sold. Officer, JOHN L. SODERBERG completed a deal on May 16 ’25 to buy 16362.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director SATTERLEE SCOTT sold 9670.0 shares on May 06 ’25.
