FAST Fastenal Co stock chart & analysis
Conviction 65IndustrialsScan · Fri, Nov 6, 2026Fastenal Co (FAST) closed at $52.99 (+0.17%) on Nov 6, 2026. Price is above its 50-day and above its 200-day moving average. RSI(14) 59, RS Rating 85, -3.6% from its 52-week high, +32.0% year to date. Sector: Industrials · Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply.
Financials as of Wed, Sep 30, 2026 · quarterly.
FAST technical analysis
Trend
FAST is in an uptrend: price is above the 50-day, which is above the 200-day moving average. It closed 4.6% above the 50-day ($50.65) and 11.7% above the 200-day ($47.44). ADX(14) at 12 points to a weak trend — more range than direction. It meets 8 of 8 trend-template criteria.
Momentum
RSI(14) is 59, in the bullish half of its range. The MACD histogram is positive. Its RS Rating of 85 puts its weighted 12-month performance ahead of about 85% of the US market, and its RS line is at a new high.
Volume and volatility
Volume on the latest session ran 0.6× its 20-day average. It trades about $461.8M a day on average. ATR(14) is $1.35, 2.5% of price — its typical daily range. Bollinger Bands are in a squeeze (9 sessions) — volatility is compressed. On-balance volume is trending up. Chaikin Money Flow (0.11) shows accumulation.
Key levels
The chart pattern's support is $47.91 and its resistance $53.01. The 52-week range is $38.97 to $54.96; price is 3.6% below the high and 36.0% above the low. The VWAP anchored at the 52-week high is $53.25, above price.
Performance
FAST returned +2.1% (1 week), +5.0% (1 month), +1.6% (3 months), +20.0% (6 months), +27.1% (1 year), +32.0% (year to date).
About Fastenal Co
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.
Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply · Listed 1987 · 24,675 employees
Signal lifecycle
How this symbol has moved through the lanes across 60 scans — each scan is re-classified from that day's price, so gaps are days it dropped off the board entirely.
- Setting upAug 18 – Aug 265 scans
- Breaking out nowSep 231 scan
- Broke outSep 241 scan
- Retesting breakoutSep 251 scan
- Setting upSep 28 – Nov 45 scans
Congress activity
Disclosed STOCK Act trades in FAST · 2 recent
Insider activity
SEC Form 4 transactions in FAST · open-market 3 sells
| Insider | Side | Shares | Value | Traded | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ancius Michael J Director · Common Stock · 2026-08-13 | Gift | 400 | — | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-17 |
Papenfuss Donnalee Kathleen EVP-Strategy and Communication · Common Stock · 2026-08-13 | Exercise | 1.36K | $19K | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-17 |
Papenfuss Donnalee Kathleen EVP-Strategy and Communication · Common Stock · 2026-08-13 | Sell | 1.36K | $70K | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-17 |
Papenfuss Donnalee Kathleen EVP-Strategy and Communication · Common Stock · 2026-08-13 | Exercise | 7.89K | $150K | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-17 |
Papenfuss Donnalee Kathleen EVP-Strategy and Communication · Common Stock · 2026-08-13 | Sell | 7.89K | $406K | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-17 |
Papenfuss Donnalee Kathleen EVP-Strategy and Communication · Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) · 2026-08-13 | Exercise | 1.36K | — | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-17 |
Papenfuss Donnalee Kathleen EVP-Strategy and Communication · Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) · 2026-08-13 | Exercise | 7.89K | — | 2026-08-13 | 2026-08-17 |
Ancius Michael J Director · Common Stock · 2026-08-10 | Exercise | 3K | $41K | 2026-08-10 | 2026-08-11 |
Ancius Michael J Director · Common Stock · 2026-08-10 | Sell | 3K | $156K | 2026-08-10 | 2026-08-11 |
Ancius Michael J Director · Stock Option (Right to Buy) · 2026-08-10 | Exercise | 3K | — | 2026-08-10 | 2026-08-11 |
SEC filings
EDGAR filings in FAST · 10 recent
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