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FAST · Fastenal Company

Industrials · Industrial Distribution

Fastenal Company

NMS · Industrials / Industrial Distribution
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FAST
$47.73
+6.49%
7-day move
day$47.28 $47.7452-wk$38.97 $50.63avg vol7.4M / 3Mcap$54.8B
Plate I.

The Past Year, in One Line

$35$40$45202120222023202420252026$47.73FAST
The Valuation
P/E (forward)34.8
P/E (trailing)42.2
EPS (forward)$1.37
EPS (trailing)$1.13
PEG3.23
Dividend1.95%
The Risk
Beta0.73
Short % float2.80%
Float1.14B
Shares out1.15B
Avg vol (3M)7.4M
52w range$38.97 → $50.63
The Analyst Tape
strong buybuyholdunderperformsell
$46.72
avg 12-mo target
-2.1%
vs. last · 11 analysts
At a Glance
$54.8B
market cap (USD)
exchangeNMS
sectorIndustrials
industryIndustrial Distribution
market cap$54.8B
websitefastenal.com

The Briefs

live, polled every 60 seconds · Alpaca / Benzinga
No recent headlines for FAST in the last 7 days.

Word on the Street

StockTwits public feed · self-tagged bull/bear
No recent StockTwits posts for FAST.

Indicators That Mention FAST

8 of our 639 catalog map to FAST
SP-5564
SPY 50/200 MA spread (% above 200d)
Continuous version of the 50/200 cross distance of fast MA above slow MA, normalized. Avoids the discontinuity of the binary cross signal.
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Still works on fresh data
r=-0.01
SP-3536
SHEIN App Store rank
Fast-fashion impulse Gen Z splurge gauge.
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Too new to retest
r=0.00
SP-5264
SHEIN App Store rank (Wayback backfill)
Fast-fashion impulse Gen Z splurge. JSONPath extract from Apple's RSS Wayback snapshots; shares snapshot cache with all other appstore_rank_history indicators.
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Too new to retest
r=0.00
SP-5340
Cass Freight Expenditures Index (monthly)
Monthly dollar spend on US freight (price x volume). Divergences from the shipments index reveal pure pricing pressure (rate inflation or deflation) independent of shipped volume.
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Still works on fresh data
r=-0.36
SP-5147
Industrial Production Index (monthly)
Real output of factories, mines, utilities.
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Still works on fresh data
r=-0.06
SP-4701
Capacity Utilization (monthly)
Industrial capacity utilization rate.
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Still works on fresh data
r=-0.04
SP-1399
Rivian
EV manufacturer. New-plant ramp visible in epa_rivn_waste.
49%
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Still works on fresh data
r=-0.10
SP-1430
Tesla
EV cycle + China demand + Musk overhang. Sentiment vehicle.
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Still works on fresh data
r=-0.04
Standard Poorly Disclaimer
We tested 639 indicators against four horizons. By chance alone, ~128 of these correlations should look "significant." Walk-forward out-of-sample is the only thing we trust.

Other Names on the Floor

Industrials · by market cap · 7-day move
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Voices on FASTcommentarylive

Curated commentary (Kobeissi, Doomberg, Lyn Alden, QuoteTheRaven, Pomp, ZeroHedge) mentioning FAST. Opinion, not wire.
No recent commentary mentioning FAST in the last 7 days.
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