The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Fastenal Co shares valued at $121,983 were sold by Papenfuss Donnalee Kathleen on Jun 05 ’25. At $41.27 per share, Papenfuss Donnalee Kathleen sold 2,956 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 0 shares worth approximately $0.0 following the completion of this transaction.
Also, DONNALEE K. PAPENFUSS purchased 2,956 shares, netting a total of over 121,983 in proceeds.
Before that, Soderberg John Lewis had sold 16,362 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,349,068, the Senior EVP-IT traded Fastenal Co shares for $82.45 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 16,362 shares, worth approximately $0.0.
As published in a research note from Wolfe Research on April 03, 2025, Fastenal Co [FAST] has been rated up from an Underperform to a Peer perform. Analysts at William Blair upgraded the stock from ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early March. As of December 11, 2024, Stifel has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for FAST. Earlier on December 11, 2024, HSBC Securities downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Reduce” for FAST stock which previously was a “a Hold”.
Analyzing FAST Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Fastenal Co [NASDAQ: FAST] rose 0.49% to $42.86. The stock’s lowest price that day was $42.28, but it reached a high of $43.1 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.68%. Over the course of the year, Fastenal Co shares have jumped approximately 19.20%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Fastenal Co (FAST)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 66.36 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Fastenal Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Fastenal Co saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by -1.36 million shares to 28.01 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 29.37 million shares. A decline of -4.87% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.89 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.89.
