Fastenal Company
General ticker "FAST" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Trading Companies & Distributors
- Capitalization: $47.9B (TTM average)
Fastenal Company follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 51.1%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.1%: low 40.76$, high 41.68$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company included in NASDAQ-100 index
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-10-28, amount 0.22$ (Y2.11%)
- 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
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [32.83$, 45.37$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [34.06$, 47.33$]
Financial Metrics affecting the FAST estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 36.9 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 20.01 > 18.64
- Positive: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -0.51 > -0.66
- Positive: 0.33 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 2.78
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.07 <= 0
- Negative: 0 < Inventory ratio change, % of 0.75
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $6,980.60MM | $7,346.70MM | $7,546.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $5,527.00MM | $5,818.00MM | $6,036.00MM |
| Operating Income | $1,453.60MM | $1,528.70MM | $1,510.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-13.60MM | $-6.70MM | $-1.90MM |
| Interest Expense | $14.30MM | $10.80MM | $7.30MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1,440.00MM | $1,522.00MM | $1,508.10MM |
| Taxes | $353.10MM | $367.00MM | $357.50MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $1,086.90MM | $1,155.00MM | $1,150.60MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $3,163.20MM | $3,348.80MM | $3,616.30MM |
| Inventory | $1,708.00MM | $1,522.70MM | $1,645.00MM |
| Assets | $4,548.60MM | $4,462.90MM | $4,698.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $941.00MM | $1,432.70MM | $1,173.30MM |
| Capital expenditure | $173.80MM | $172.80MM | $226.50MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-163.00MM | $-161.20MM | $-214.50MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-774.90MM | $-1,281.70MM | $-913.70MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.94 | $1.01 | $1.00 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.