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Fastenal Co Consumer Discretionary Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply S&P 500Nasdaq-100Russell 3000
$51.91Close
$59.6BMarket cap
$38.52 – $52.5552-week range
Mid-januaryNext report · estimated
Highlights
Strengths
- In a stage-2 uptrend all 8 trend conditions pass
- Near its high 1% below its 52-week high
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
1%
1wk
up 0.5%
price change
1mo
up 5.3%
price change
12-month return
up 27%
market up 11% ·
its own up 18%
F-score
7 / 9
Strong
Altman Z″
12.01
Low risk
P/E
47.4×
price / earnings
PEG
5.15
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
15.1×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 2.8%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
29%
of the market · expensive
Revenue growth
up 9%
year on year
EPS growth
up 20%
latest quarter · +4 pts
Sales growth
up 15%
latest quarter · +1 pts
ROE
up 33%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 13%
$1.1B FCF
D/E
0.03
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
-0.1×
net cash
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- issued more shares
- gross margin narrowed
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profitability improving
- profits backed by cash
- reduced long-term debt
- short-term liquidity improved
- assets working harder
Repair signals
- Long-term debt down 20% ($0.1B → $0.1B)
Trade setup
ATR%
2.5%
$1.28 a day · 2×ATR $49.35
RS
72 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
8 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
1.6×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
1.18
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no scheduled report
Trend template · 8 of 8
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- No restatement or impairment
- Equity positive
- Interest covered
- No material dilution
- Profits tracking cash
- Margins and revenue not shrinking
Last reported
Oct 14, 2026
Results reaction
Oct 14, 2026-1% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$645,50528.6% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 45%
- Net 15%
- Free cash 13%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Dec 31, 2020 | FY2021Dec 31, 2021 | FY2022Dec 31, 2022 | FY2023Dec 31, 2023 | FY2024Dec 31, 2024 | FY2025Dec 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.6B | $6.0B | $7.0B | $7.3B | $7.5B | $8.2B |
| Gross margin | 45% | 46% | 46% | 46% | 45% | 45% |
| Operating income | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.7B |
| Net income | $859.1M | $925.0M | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.3B |
| Net margin | 15% | 15% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 15% |
| Earnings per share | $0.75 | $0.80 | $0.94 | $1.01 | $1.00 | $1.09 |
| Free cash flow | $933.7M | $613.5M | $767.2M | $1.3B | $946.8M | $1.1B |
| Free cash margin | 17% | 10% | 11% | 17% | 13% | 13% |
| Cash | $245.7M | $236.2M | $230.1M | $221.3M | $255.8M | $276.8M |
| Long-term debt | $365.0M | $330.0M | $353.2M | $200.0M | $125.0M | $100.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $2.7B | $3.0B | $3.2B | $3.3B | $3.6B | $3.9B |
| Shares outstanding | 1.15bn | 1.15bn | 1.14bn | 1.14bn | 1.15bn | 1.15bn |
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $49 – $55 ±5.2% by Nov 20, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- Bigger 28.6% priced · 22.3% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Choppier
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: costs less
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $645,505 calls $563,952 · puts $81,552 · latest session
- 0.14× -0.19 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls +1.44k · puts +2.50k past week
For options traders: ATM IV 28.6% (+5.6% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 1.07 · 25Δ skew 3.0 pts · Net GEX $7.6M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2026 | 19d |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2026 | 16d |
| Apr 16, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2026 | 16d |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2025 | 36d |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2025 | 16d |
| Jul 17, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2025 | 17d |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2025 | 16d |
| Feb 6, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2024 | 37d |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2024 | 16d |
| Jul 17, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 17d |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 16d |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 37d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Material agreement · New obligation ↗ |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Results ↗ |