Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Fastenal Co shares valued at $951,832 were sold by Lisowski Sheryl Ann on Jul 17 ’25. At $45.21 per share, Lisowski Sheryl Ann sold 21,052 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 10,192 shares worth approximately $0.48 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, SHERYL LISOWSKI purchased 21,052 shares, netting a total of over 951,831 in proceeds.
Before that, Papenfuss Donnalee Kathleen had sold 2,956 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $121,983, the EVP-Strategy and Communication traded Fastenal Co shares for $41.27 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,956 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 0.74% to $47.43. The stock’s lowest price that day was $47.14, but it reached a high of $47.59 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.01%. Over the course of the year, Fastenal Co shares have jumped approximately 39.73%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $47.62 on 07/23/25 and a 52-week low of $35.31 on 04/08/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Fastenal Co (FAST)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 47.17, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 46.92. In the upper region, resistance lies at 47.65. The next price resistance is at 47.88. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 80.40 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is Fastenal Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Fastenal Co saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-06-30 dropping by -0.16 million shares to 27.85 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-30 was 28.01 million shares. A decline of -0.57% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.9 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.9.
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In terms of Fastenal Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 82 in the next 12 months, up nearly 74.17% from the previous closing price of $47.08. Analysts anticipate Fastenal Co stock to reach 86 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 40. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked Fastenal Co stock as Hold at the end of 2025.
