Fastenal (FAST)

• Market cap: $43.7B
• 1 day: -2.01%
• 5 days: 0.71%
• 1 month: 0.58%
• 3 months: 5.91%
• 6 months: 6.65%
• Year to date: 7.12%
• 1 year: -1.26%
• 5 years: 139.53%
• 10 years: 264.45%
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

123% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 143 | Existing positions closed: 64

58% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 12 [Q3] → 19 (+7) [Q4]

5% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $32.9B [Q3] → $34.6B (+$1.69B) [Q4]

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,148 [Q3] → 1,203 (+55) [Q4]

2.2% more ownership

Funds ownership: 80.54% [Q3] → 82.74% (+2.2%) [Q4]

5% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $213M | Put options by funds: $204M

11% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 410 | Existing positions reduced: 460

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $82 8% upside
• Avg. target: $82 8% upside
• High target: $82 8% upside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 0 0%
• neutral: 1 100%
• negative: 0 0%

Stifel Brian Butler 78% 1-year accuracy 7 / 9 met price target

8% upside $82

Hold Maintained

21 Jan 2025