Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Fastenal Co shares valued at $650,931 were sold by Broersma Anthony Paul on Jul 24 ’25. At $47.93 per share, Broersma Anthony Paul sold 13,582 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 0 shares worth approximately $0.0 following the completion of this transaction.
Also, ANTHONY P. BROERSMA purchased 13,582 shares, netting a total of over 650,930 in proceeds.
Before that, Lisowski Sheryl Ann had sold 21,052 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $951,832, the Interim CFO and EVP-CAO/Treas. traded Fastenal Co shares for $45.21 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 21,052 shares, worth approximately $0.47 million.
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] plunged -0.41% to $46.41. The stock’s lowest price that day was $46.06, but it reached a high of $46.875 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.15%. Over the course of the year, Fastenal Co shares have jumped approximately 31.90%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Fastenal Co (FAST)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 63.56 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 2025-07-15 dropping by -4.44 million shares to 25.33 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 29.77 million shares. A decline of -17.52% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.67 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.67.
Which companies own the most shares of Fastenal Co (FAST)?
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 75.97% from the previous closing price of $46.6. 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.
