Headquartered in Winona, MN Fiscal year ends December NASDAQ: FAST fastenal.com
Fastenal Company is a global industrial distribution and supply chain services company that sells fasteners, safety supplies, cutting tools, and a broad range of other industrial and construction products. The company serves manufacturing, non-residential construction, government, transportation, and other end markets through a network of customer sites, distribution hubs, and digital fulfillment technologies. Fastenal differentiates through its Onsite model (maintaining inventory at or near customer locations), proprietary digital technologies including FASTBin, FASTVend, and FASTStock managed inventory systems, and eBusiness/eProcurement integration. The company segments its business between contract customers (national, regional, and government accounts) and non-contract customers, with contract customers representing a growing majority of revenue. Fastenal classifies its product portfolio into fasteners, safety supplies, cutting tools, and other product lines, and further distinguishes between direct materials (OEM/production) and indirect materials (MRO/facilities maintenance). Updated
Fastenal just cleared its August 11 peak with a $52.49 close, a fresh 52-week high for the $60 billion distributor. The stock has climbed roughly 35% off last November's $38.91 low, and there's no overhead resistance left on the one-year chart.
A 10.38% jump to $52.21 follows Fastenal's Q3 earnings beat, a rare one-day repricing for a $60 billion industrial distributor that usually trades in inches. Keep an eye on whether the gain holds into the close.
A 5.9% jump to $50.10 is a rare one-day move for a slow-grind industrial distributor, and it follows this morning's Q3 earnings beat. Fastenal's fastener and MRO volumes double as a read on factory-floor demand, so the reaction matters beyond the stock.
Contract customers now drive 76.5% of sales, and that mix is what sellers focused on despite beats on both lines. Fastenal also trimmed its 2026 FASTBin/FASTVend signing goal to 27,000 to 29,000 devices, the first crack in a growth story the market had already paid up for.
Fastenal reports at 6:50 AM ET with consensus at $0.34 EPS on $2.44 billion in revenue. Three straight in-line quarters and zero beats in the last four mean the fastener distributor's read on industrial demand carries more weight than the number itself.
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Fastenal Company is a global industrial distribution and supply chain services company that sells fasteners, safety supplies, cutting tools, and a broad range of other industrial and construction products.
24/7 Wall St.'s 12-month price target for FAST is $57.67, rated Buy. The Wall Street consensus target is $51.07. FAST price prediction →
