XNAS · Industrial Distribution
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$49.01-0.35%
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TickerWhale Score
65/100
Positive
Score components
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Fastenal Company scores 65 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Risk is its strongest area and Valuation its weakest.
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- Technical
- Quality & growth
- Risk
What to watch
- Valuation
Quality & growth
30%96Strong
- Revenue growth 12.5%
- EPS growth 13.5%
Valuation
25%5Weak
- P/E 41.7
- EV/Sales 6.4
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.
#227 by market cap in our coverage · ~24,795 employees · Listed 1987-08-20 · www.fastenal.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#14 / 203sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 65 vs sector average 49.1 (+15.9)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 20%
Gross margin (industry)Top 10%
Return on equity (industry)Top 20%
P/E (industry)Pricier than 89%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
77/100Strong vs universe
Ranks 77th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 62/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Buy
2 buy · 1 sell · 5 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates FAST's technical setup strong — 77th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean buy, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
3 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+7.0%
- vs 50-day+0.0%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)46 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength10· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.110)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on neutral — 3 buy vs 3 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 2 buy · 1 sell · 4 neutral.
Result — 2 buy vs 1 sell of 8 votes = Buy. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)41.7
- P/S (TTM)6.4
- P/B13.9
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales6.4
- PEG3.10
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin44.7%
- Net margin15.4%
- ROE33.6%
- Debt/Equity0.03
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)12.5%
- EPS growth (YoY)13.5%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $56.4B
Fundamentals history
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FASTCurrentFastenal Company | 65 | 62 | 41.7 | — | 13.9 | 6.4 | $49.01 | -0.35% | +12.5% | ||
| ACAArcosa | 79 | 78 | 14.6 | — | 2.4 | 3.0 | $145.84 | +0.27% | +9.7% | ||
| IESCIES Holdings | 79 | 46 | 14.3 | — | 5.3 | 1.6 | $322.16 | +1.58% | +22.7% | ||
| KFYKorn Ferry | 79 | 55 | 14.3 | — | 2.0 | 1.2 | $76.78 | -0.44% | +6.9% | ||
| GEOGeo Group | 76 | 70 | 14.4 | — | 2.8 | 2.0 | $31.76 | -1.18% | +15.3% | ||
| DALDelta Air Lines | 74 | 54 | 13.3 | — | 2.4 | 0.9 | $79.62 | +0.24% | +10.3% |
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