Fastenal Company
General ticker "FAST" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Industrial - Distribution
- Capitalization: $47.9B (TTM average)
Fastenal Company follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 46.0%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.6%: low 46.18$, high 47.69$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company included in NASDAQ-100 index
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-01-29, amount 0.24$ (Y2.07%)
- Total employees count: 23702 (+2.2%) as of 2024
- US accounted for 83.1% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Product liability, IT dependency, IT system failures, Regulatory and compliance, Climate change and natural disasters
- Price in estimated range
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [37.12$, 51.59$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [42.34$, 57.50$]
Financial Metrics affecting the FAST estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 37.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 20.19 > 18.38
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 19.94 > 6.11
- Positive: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 78.05 > 64.29
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.33 <= 0
- Negative: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 2.72 <= 6.64
- Positive: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -0.48 > -0.63
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.01 <= 0.73
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $7,346.70MM | $7,546.00MM | $8,200.50MM |
| Operating Expenses | $5,818.00MM | $6,036.00MM | $6,544.80MM |
| Operating Income | $1,528.70MM | $1,510.00MM | $1,655.70MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-6.70MM | $-1.90MM | $-0.70MM |
| Interest Expense | $10.80MM | $7.30MM | $6.20MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1,522.00MM | $1,508.10MM | $1,655.00MM |
| Taxes | $367.00MM | $357.50MM | $396.60MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $1,155.00MM | $1,150.60MM | $1,258.40MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $3,348.80MM | $3,616.30MM | $3,943.60MM |
| Inventory | $1,522.70MM | $1,645.00MM | $1,748.00MM |
| Assets | $4,462.90MM | $4,698.00MM | $5,052.90MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $1,432.70MM | $1,173.30MM | $1,295.90MM |
| Capital expenditure | $172.80MM | $226.50MM | $245.30MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-161.20MM | $-214.50MM | $-231.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-1,281.70MM | $-913.70MM | $-1,054.90MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $1.01 | $1.00 | $1.10 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.