What Are Wall Street Analysts' Target Price for Fastenal Stock?

Winona, Minnesota-based Fastenal Company (FAST) engages successful the wholesale organisation of concern and operation supplies successful North America and internationally. Valued astatine approximately $46.9 cardinal by marketplace cap, Fastenal offers assorted concern and construction-related products done its company-owned stores.

The concern elephantine has lagged down the broader marketplace implicit the past year. FAST banal prices have gained 13.6% connected a YTD ground and dropped 1.7% implicit the past 52 weeks, compared to the S&P 500 Index’s ($SPX) 14.4% gains successful 2025 and 12.7% returns implicit the past year.

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Narrowing the focus, Fastenal has besides underperformed the Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund’s (XLI) 16.4% surge successful 2025 and 9.1% gains implicit the past year.

Fastenal’s banal prices plunged 7.5% successful a azygous trading league pursuing the merchandise of its mixed Q3 results connected Oct. 13. While the concern accumulation was inactive sluggish successful Q3, the company’s show was positively impacted by erstwhile lawsuit declaration signings. Its topline for the 4th surged 11.7% year-over-year to $2.1 billion, but missed the Street’s expectations by 11 bps. Meanwhile, its adjusted EPS accrued by a notable 12.3% year-over-year to $0.29, but missed the consensus estimates by 3.3%.

For the afloat fiscal 2025, ending successful December, analysts expect FAST to present an adjusted EPS of $1.11, up 11% year-over-year. The institution has a mixed net astonishment history. While it missed the Street’s bottom-line estimates doubly implicit the past 4 quarters, it met the projections connected 2 different occasions.

Among the 17 analysts covering the FAST stock, the statement standing is simply a “Hold.” That’s based connected 4 “Strong Buys,” 12 “Holds,” and 1 “Strong Sell.”

This configuration has remained mostly accordant implicit the past 3 months.

On Oct. 14, Barclays (BCS) expert Guy Hardwick maintained an "Equal-Weight" standing connected FAST, but lowered the terms people from $49 to $45.

FAST’s mean terms people of $45.82 represents a 12.2% premium to existent terms levels. Meanwhile, the street-high people of $50 suggests a 22.4% upside potential.

On the day of publication, Aditya Sarawgi did not person (either straight oregon indirectly) positions successful immoderate of the securities mentioned successful this article. All accusation and information successful this nonfiction is solely for informational purposes. This nonfiction was originally published connected Barchart.com