A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Fastenal Co (NASDAQ: FAST) stock price up 0.42% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $83.75. FAST’s price has ranged from $59.09 to $84.88 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Industrials sector company grew by 8.22% over the past five years. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 0.66%. With a float of $571.74 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $571.98 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 23201 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 43.6%, operating margin of 20.31%, and the pretax margin is 20.29%.
Fastenal Co (FAST) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Industrial Distribution Industry. The insider ownership of Fastenal Co is 0.20%, while institutional ownership is 83.10%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 22 ’24, was worth 1,625,279. In this transaction Executive Vice President of this company sold 19,564 shares at a rate of $83.08, taking the stock ownership to the 26,176 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 22 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 19,564 for $83.08, making the entire transaction worth $1,625,279.
Fastenal Co (FAST) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.46 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.53 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 0.66% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.79% during the next five years compared to 9.01% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Fastenal Co (NASDAQ: FAST) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Fastenal Co’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 2.29. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 6.44. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 46.24.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.01, a number that is poised to hit 0.48 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.20 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Fastenal Co (FAST)
Fastenal Co (NASDAQ: FAST) saw its 5-day average volume 2.31 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 3.29 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 81.57%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.37.
During the past 100 days, Fastenal Co’s (FAST) raw stochastic average was set at 96.59%, which indicates a significant increase from 81.15% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 12.22% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 25.72% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $76.80, while its 200-day Moving Average is $70.78. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $84.59 in the near term. At $85.09, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $85.94. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $83.24, it is likely to go to the next support level at $82.39. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $81.89.
Fastenal Co (NASDAQ: FAST) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 48.18 billion, the company has a total of 572,886K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 7,347 M while annual income is 1,155 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,910 M while its latest quarter income was 298,100 K.
