Fastenal Co [FAST] stock is trading at $42.24, down -1.19%. 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 lost -11.17% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -10.60%, and not 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 October 08, 2025, when Barclays initiated its Equal Weight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $49. On August 07, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform but maintained its price target of $55 on the stock. Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to a Peer Perform. William Blair upgraded its rating to a Outperform. Stifel downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on December 11, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $86. In a note dated December 11, 2024, HSBC Securities downgraded an Reduce rating on this stock but restated the target price of $70.
Fastenal Co [FAST] stock has fluctuated between $35.31 and $50.63 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $63.25 within the next 12 months. Fastenal Co [NASDAQ: FAST] shares were valued at $42.24 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 49.74% based on the average FAST price forecast.
Analyzing the FAST fundamentals
Fastenal Co [NASDAQ:FAST] reported sales of 8.00B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 11.68%. 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 of0.14.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Fastenal Co’s Current Ratio is 4.26. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 2.19 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.29. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 6.06, the price to book ratio is 12.45 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 39.60.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Drazkowski William Joseph, EVP-Sales, that happened on Aug 15 ’25 when 6842.0 shares were sold. Officer, WILLIAM DRAZKOWSKI completed a deal on Aug 15 ’25 to buy 6842.0 shares. Meanwhile, CEO FLORNESS DANIEL L sold 84612.0 shares on Aug 12 ’25.
