Fastenal Co’s recently made public that its Officer JOHN SODERBERG acquired Company’s shares for reported $1.66 million on Aug 08 ’25. In the deal valued at $48.03 per share,34,612 shares were bought.
Then, JEFFERY WATTS bought 48,724 shares, generating $2,341,202 in total proceeds.
Before that, Broersma Anthony Paul sold 13,582 shares. Fastenal Co shares valued at $650,931 were divested by the EVP-Operations at a price of $47.93 per share. As a result of the transaction, Broersma Anthony Paul now holds 0 shares, worth roughly $0.0.
Robert W. Baird upgraded its Fastenal Co [FAST] rating to an Outperform from a a Neutral in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Wolfe Research’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early April from “an Underperform” to “a Peer perform”. William Blair also remained covering FAST and has increased its forecast on March 10, 2025 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Mkt perform” rating. Stifel revised its rating on December 11, 2024. It rated FAST as “a Hold” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of FAST
On Friday, Fastenal Co [NASDAQ:FAST] saw its stock jump 1.07% to $47.99. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 5.61%. Fastenal Co shares have risen nearly 46.38% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 33.47% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Fastenal Co?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Fastenal Co stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -4.44 million shares to a total of 25.33 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 29.77 million shares. There was a decline of -17.52%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
