Fastenal Company (FAST) closed at $51.02 on October 16, 2026, up 1.3% from the previous close, on volume of 8,058,126 shares (30-day average 7,590,613).
Data as of October 16, 2026.
16-Oct-2026
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Fastenal Earnings Call Highlights Robust Growth Momentum
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Fastenal stock falls as margins face pressure
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Fastenal GAAP EPS of $0.35 beats by $0.01, revenue of $2.46B beats by $20M
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Fastenal Company Reports 2026 Third Quarter Earnings
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Here are the major earnings before the open Wednesday
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Fastenal began as an industrial retailer, expanding its product portfolio from nuts and bolts to cutting tools, safety equipment, and janitorial supplies. It transitioned into a distributor by building out a dense network of branches close to its business customers. Once a customer becomes large enough, Fastenal installs vending machines and its own personnel on-site. Today, these on-site locations exceed Fastenal's branch count and remain the firm's main focus for expansion. Fastenal acts as a one-stop outsourcing partner for its industrial customers, offering value-added services along with a wide breadth of maintenance, repair, and operations supplies.
Fastenal Company trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol FAST.
As of October 16, 2026, FAST stock price climbed to $51.02 with 8,058,126 million shares trading.
FAST has a beta of 0.21, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. FAST has a correlation of 0.01 to the broad based SPY ETF.
FAST has a market cap of $58.53 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.
Last quarter Fastenal Company reported $2 billion in Revenue and $.35 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $13 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.01.
In the last 3 years, FAST traded as high as $52.92 and as low as $28.21.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that FAST belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, SCHD, VOO, QQQ, VO.
FAST has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +23.9% while the SPY ETF gained +16.7%. FAST has also outperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning +9.9% and +0.5%, respectively, while the SPY returned +1.9% and -0.8%, respectively.
FAST support price is $49.57 and resistance is $51.19 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that FAST shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
