Fastenal Company (FAST) closed at $52.99 on November 6, 2026, up 0.2% from the previous close, on volume of 5,594,084 shares (30-day average 7,980,687).
Data as of November 6, 2026.
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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 November 6, 2026, FAST stock price climbed to $52.99 with 5,594,084 million shares trading.
FAST has a beta of 0.15, 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 $60.79 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 $54.96 and as low as $29.12.
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 +29.5% while the SPY ETF gained +9.6%. FAST has also outperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning +6.5% and +1.0%, respectively, while the SPY returned -4.2% and -3.8%, respectively.
FAST support price is $52.03 and resistance is $53.77 (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.
