Fastenal Co
General ticker "FAST" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Trading Companies & Distributors
- Capitalization: $46.0B
Fastenal Co follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 50.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.3%: low 74.14$, high 76.14$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends: last record date 2024-10-25, amount 0.39$ (Y2.09%)
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are below 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 2023-12-31 to 2025-12-30
- 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-30 estimated range: [54.76$, 81.17$]
- 2024-12-30 to 2025-12-30 estimated range: [65.02$, 93.50$]
Financial Metrics affecting the FAST estimates:
- Positive: 0.93 < Non-GAAP EPS, $ of 2.02
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 20.81 > 19.51
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 20.56 > 7.10
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 11.30 > 10.07
Short-term FAST quotes
Long-term FAST plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $6,010.90MM | $6,980.60MM | $7,346.70MM |
| Operating Expenses | $4,793.50MM | $5,527.00MM | $5,818.00MM |
| Operating Income | $1,217.40MM | $1,453.60MM | $1,528.70MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-9.60MM | $-13.60MM | $-6.70MM |
| Interest Expense | $9.70MM | $14.30MM | $10.80MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1,207.80MM | $1,440.00MM | $1,522.00MM |
| Taxes | $282.80MM | $353.10MM | $367.00MM |
| Profit(Loss) | $925.00MM | $1,086.90MM | $1,155.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $3,042.20MM | $3,163.20MM | $3,348.80MM |
| Inventory | $1,523.60MM | $1,708.00MM | $1,522.70MM |
| Assets | $4,299.00MM | $4,548.60MM | $4,462.90MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $770.10MM | $941.00MM | $1,432.70MM |
| Capital expenditure | $156.60MM | $173.80MM | $172.80MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-148.50MM | $-163.00MM | $-161.20MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-627.10MM | $-774.90MM | $-1,281.70MM |
| Earnings Per Share* | $1.61 | $1.89 | $2.02 |
* EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.