FAST Fastenal Company
Trend channel, buy level and 3-month target. Information only, not financial advice.
Inside the channel · 12-month channel rising
Price is between the lines.
- 18-month channel
- US$45.78 – US$53.03 · rising, +15% a year
- 12-month channel read from
- US$47.16 – US$53.18 · rising, +29% a year
- Price in channel
- 79% (0% = floor, 100% = ceiling)
- Ceiling overhead
- US$53.03
- Turns bearish below
- US$47.16
Price history, with the path projected 3 months forward
Updated 8:59 AM ET (2 h ago)
- Daily close
- Upper trend line (18 months)
- Lower trend line (18 months)
- The same lines over the last 12 months
- Dashed after today: projected 3 months
- Our buy
- Our target
Suggested path
Buy at or below
US$48.95
level as at 19 Nov 2026
Our target
US$52.87
by 12 Nov 2026
Projected move
8.0%
gross, before costs
Price is between our buy and target.
Target: FAST's usual move size (8.0%), the best return per day on this path.
This move size: reached in 49% of 10 past stretches, typically in 57 days. (0.14% per day)
- Upper line touches
- 3
- Lower line touches
- 8
- Fit confidence
- 57%
- Fitted
- 1 Nov 2026
Company information
About Fastenal Company
Fastenal Company, along with its associated entities, operates as a global wholesale supplier of industrial and construction materials, with significant operations throughout North America, including the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and other international markets. Branded as Fastenal, the company offers a comprehensive range of fasteners, such as threaded bolts, nuts, screws, studs, and washers, which are vital for manufacturing processes, building developments, and equipment servicing. Beyond fasteners, its product catalog extends to diverse hardware and miscellaneous items like pins, machinery keys, concrete anchors, metal framing systems, wire ropes, strut products, and rivets, along with their related accessories. Fastenal serves a wide array of clients, including original equipment manufacturers, maintenance, repair, and operations departments within the manufacturing sector, and various non-residential construction contractors spanning general, electrical, plumbing, sheet metal, and road construction. Its customer base further encompasses agricultural businesses, transportation services (trucking, railroads), mining operations, educational institutions, retail establishments, the oil and gas exploration, production, and refinement industries, and governmental bodies at federal, state, and local levels. The company distributes its offerings through an extensive network of 3,209 in-market facilities and 15 major distribution centers. Established in 1967, Fastenal Company's corporate headquarters are located in Winona, Minnesota.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Industrial - Distribution
- CEO
- Jeffery Michael Watts
- Employees
- 22,230
- Country
- US
Scorecard
Our own scores from the fundamentals below (not Morningstar ratings).
- Valuation
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- Profitability
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- Financial health
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- Cash generation
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Key statistics
- Market cap
- US$59.56B
- Enterprise value
- —
- Beta
- 0.69
- Avg volume
- 7.77M
- Revenue per share
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- Dividend yield
- —
- 52-week range
- 38.97-53.3
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
Key ratios
- P/E (TTM)
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- PEG
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- Price / sales
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- Price / book
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- EV / EBITDA
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- Gross margin
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- Operating margin
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- Net margin
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- Current ratio
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- Quick ratio
- —
- Debt / equity
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- Interest cover
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Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash flow
Trend lines are fitted to past swing highs and lows and may not continue. Information only, not financial advice.