Fastenal Company is an industrial distribution business based in the US. Fastenal Company shares (FAST) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $76.82 – an increase of 9.74% over the previous week. Fastenal Company employs 21,249 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $7.5 billion.
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| Latest market close | $76.82 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $55.11 - $78.14 |
| 50-day moving average | $68.75 |
| 200-day moving average | $68.66 |
| Wall St. target price | $65.95 |
| PE ratio | 38.2189 |
| Dividend yield | $1.52 (2.03%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $2.01 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $76.82 from 2024-10-11
| 1 week (2024-10-07) | 9.74% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-09-13) | 10.03% |
| 3 months (2024-07-12) | 17.39% |
| 6 months (2024-04-12) | 9.04% |
| 1 year (2023-10-13) | 27.78% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-10-12) | 68.21% |
| 3 years (2021-10-14) | 38.12% |
| 5 years (2019-10-14) | 129.19% |
Valuing Fastenal Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Fastenal Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Fastenal Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 38x. In other words, Fastenal Company shares trade at around 38x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Fastenal Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.2038. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Fastenal Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Fastenal Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.7 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Fastenal Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $7.5 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 20.32% |
| Gross profit TTM | $3.2 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 20.34% |
| Return on equity TTM | 32.7% |
| Profit margin | 15.44% |
| Book value | $6.28 |
| Market Capitalization | $44 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 77.61% of net profits
Recently Fastenal Company has paid out, on average, around 77.61% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.03% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Fastenal Company shareholders could enjoy a 2.03% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Fastenal Company's case, that would currently equate to about $1.52 per share.
Fastenal Company's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
Fastenal Company's most recent dividend payout was on 22 August 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 24 October 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Fastenal Company's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 22 May 2019. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Fastenal Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Fastenal Company shares which in turn could have impacted Fastenal Company's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Fastenal Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $55.1071 up to $78.1396. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Fastenal Company's is 0.997. This would suggest that Fastenal Company's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Fastenal Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, North America, and internationally. It offers fasteners, and related industrial and construction supplies under the Fastenal name. The company's fastener products include threaded fasteners, bolts, nuts, screws, studs, and related washers that are used in manufactured products and construction projects, as well as in the maintenance and repair of machines. It also offers miscellaneous supplies and hardware, including pins, machinery keys, concrete anchors, metal framing systems, wire ropes, strut products, rivets, and related accessories. The company serves the manufacturing market comprising original equipment manufacturers; maintenance, repair, and operations customers; non-residential construction market; farmers, truckers, railroads, mining companies, schools, and retail trades; and oil exploration, production, and refinement companies, as well as federal, state, and local governmental entities. Fastenal Company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Winona, Minnesota. .
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