FastenalFAST
About: Fastenal opened its first fastener store in 1967 in Winona, Minnesota. Since then, it has greatly expanded its footprint as well as its products and services. Today, Fastenal serves its 400,000 active customers through approximately 1,600 branches, over 2,000 on-site locations, and 15 distribution centers. Since 1993, the company has added other product categories, but fasteners remain its largest category at about 30%-35% of sales. Fastenal also offers customers supply chain solutions, such as vending and vendor-managed inventory.
Employees: 23,702
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
113% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 134 | Existing positions closed: 63
58% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 12 [Q3] → 19 (+7) [Q4]
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,148 [Q3] → 1,169 (+21) [Q4]
1.61% more ownership
Funds ownership: 80.63% [Q3] → 82.24% (+1.61%) [Q4]
5% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $212M | Put options by funds: $202M
4% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $33B [Q3] → $34.4B (+$1.45B) [Q4]
11% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 401 | Existing positions reduced: 450
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
2 analyst ratings
Stifel Brian Butler 78% 1-year accuracy 7 / 9 met price target | 10%upside $82 | Hold Maintained | 21 Jan 2025 |
Jefferies Stephen Volkmann 36% 1-year accuracy 4 / 11 met price target | 14%upside $85 | Hold Maintained | 6 Dec 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about FAST published over the past 30 days
