1FAST Stock Overview

Engages in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. More details

1FAST fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	3/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 8.88% per year

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Dividend of 2.12% is not well covered by free cash flows

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Fastenal Company Competitors

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Fastenal
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$73.70
52 Week High	US$0
52 Week Low	US$0
Beta	1.01
1 Month Change	n/a
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	2.30%

Recent News & Updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

Shareholder Returns

	1FAST	IT Trade Distributors	IT Market
7D	3.5%	0.1%	0.6%
1Y	n/a	-12.0%	14.4%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how 1FAST performed against the Italian Trade Distributors industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how 1FAST performed against the Italian Market.

Price Volatility

Is 1FAST's price volatile compared to industry and market?
1FAST volatility
1FAST Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Trade Distributors Industry Average Movement	5.6%
Market Average Movement	5.4%
10% most volatile stocks in IT Market	8.8%
10% least volatile stocks in IT Market	3.5%

Stable Share Price: 1FAST's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the Italian market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine 1FAST's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1967	21,339	Dan Florness	www.fastenal.com

Fastenal Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, 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.

Fastenal Company Fundamentals Summary

How do Fastenal's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
1FAST fundamental statistics
Market cap	€42.37b
Earnings (TTM)	€1.02b
Revenue (TTM)	€6.77b

41.4x

P/E Ratio

6.3x

P/S Ratio

Is 1FAST overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
1FAST income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$7.61b
Cost of Revenue	US$4.19b
Gross Profit	US$3.42b
Other Expenses	US$2.27b
Earnings	US$1.15b

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2025

Next Earnings Date

Jul 14, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	2.01
Gross Margin	44.99%
Net Profit Margin	15.13%
Debt/Equity Ratio	5.4%

How did 1FAST perform over the long term?

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Dividends

2.1%

Current Dividend Yield

80%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/19 18:46
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/19 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Fastenal Company is covered by 42 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
John Eade	Argus Research Company
David Manthey	Baird
Scott Davis	Barclays