- Prev close
- $49.65
- Day range
- $49.57 – $50.20
Fastenal’s -0.3% session move was essentially in line with a mixed tape, while the business still shows solid 12.5% TTM revenue growth and 44.7% gross margins; the picture is more valuation-sensitive than fundamentally damaged.
FAST
FASTENAL CO
As of Sep 20, 2026
56/100
Worth keeping an eye onHealth ScoreMove driver
The stock’s own move was -0.3%, while the S&P 500 was -0.1% and the Nasdaq 100 was +0.6%, so this looks like ordinary market noise rather than a stock-specific event. The intraday path was also quiet — open $49.06, high $49.285, low $48.565, close $49.01 — which points to a narrow, low-conviction session instead of a decisive reaction to new company news.
Volatility check
This looks like normal volatility for a high-quality but richly valued industrial name. Fastenal still has revenue growth of +12.5% YoY (TTM), latest quarter +14.7% YoY, EPS +13.6% YoY (TTM), and margins of gross +44.7%, operating +20.3%, and net +15.4%, so the operating picture is intact. But the valuation is demanding at PE 41.6, forward PE 34.8, and PEG 3.15 — a PEG of 3.15 means investors are paying 3.15x the growth rate, so stronger growth is already priced in and even small moves can be amplified.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is not available this period, so a precise preview window cannot be pinned down from the facts provided. What is clear is the setup the market will focus on: revenue growth of +12.5% YoY (TTM), latest quarter +14.7% YoY, EPS growth of +13.6% YoY (TTM), and margins of gross +44.7%, operating +20.3%, and net +15.4%. The company’s recent read-through from the facts is that a prior quarter showed 14.7% revenue growth and 15.9% EPS growth with flat margins and a stretched 39x 2026E valuation, so the main questions remain whether growth holds near the current pace, whether margins stay stable, and whether the premium multiple is still supported by execution.
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