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FAST · Fastenal Company

Industrials · Industrial Distribution

Fastenal Company

NMS · Industrials / Industrial Distribution
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FAST
$52.87
▲ +0.77%
7-day move
day$52.43 → $52.8752-wk$38.97 → $53.30avg vol7.3M / 3Mcap$60.7B
Plate I.

The Past Year, in One Line

$35$40$45$50202120222023202420252026$52.87FAST
The Valuation
P/E (forward)37.5
P/E (trailing)43.0
EPS (forward)$1.41
EPS (trailing)$1.23
PEG3.35
Dividend2.00%
The Risk
Beta0.66
Short % float3.68%
Float1.14B
Shares out1.15B
Avg vol (3M)7.3M
52w range$38.97 → $53.30
The Analyst Tape
strong buybuyholdunderperformsell
$51.07
avg 12-mo target
-3.4%
vs. last · 13 analysts
At a Glance
$60.7B
market cap (USD)
exchangeNMS
sectorIndustrials
industryIndustrial Distribution
market cap$60.7B
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 658 catalog map to FAST
SP-5697
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.
↑52%
↑53%
↑56%
↑58%
↑61%
↑62%
●Still works on fresh data
r=-0.01
SP-3648
SHEIN App Store rank
Fast-fashion impulse Gen Z splurge gauge.
50%
50%
50%
50%
50%
50%
●Still works on fresh data
r=0.00
SP-5397
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.
50%
50%
50%
50%
50%
50%
◐Too new to retest
r=0.00
SP-5473
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.
↑53%
↓56%
↓62%
↓64%
↓57%
↓62%
●Still works on fresh data
r=-0.37
SP-5280
Industrial Production Index (monthly)
Real output of factories, mines, utilities.
↑53%
↑55%
↓54%
↑58%
↑61%
↑58%
●Still works on fresh data
r=-0.05
SP-4834
Capacity Utilization (monthly)
Industrial capacity utilization rate.
↑56%
48%
↓57%
↓60%
↑61%
↓59%
●Still works on fresh data
r=-0.04
SP-1511
Rivian
EV manufacturer. New-plant ramp visible in epa_rivn_waste.
51%
↓54%
↓54%
↓52%
49%
52%
●Still works on fresh data
r=-0.11
SP-1542
Tesla
EV cycle + China demand + Musk overhang. Sentiment vehicle.
49%
↓52%
48%
48%
↓53%
49%
●Still works on fresh data
r=-0.05
Standard Poorly Disclaimer
We tested 658 indicators against six horizons. By chance alone, ~197 of these correlations should look "significant." Walk-forward out-of-sample is the only thing we trust.

Other Names on the Floor

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— Voices on FAST —commentarylive

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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