Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Fastenal Co shares valued at $333,012 were sold by Drazkowski William Joseph on Aug 15 ’25. At $48.67 per share, Drazkowski William Joseph sold 6,842 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 11,994 shares worth approximately $0.57 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, WILLIAM DRAZKOWSKI purchased 6,842 shares, netting a total of over 333,012 in proceeds.
Before that, FLORNESS DANIEL L had sold 84,612 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $4,098,673, the CEO traded Fastenal Co shares for $48.44 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 84,612 shares, worth approximately $26.96 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Northcoast on August 21, 2025, Fastenal Co [FAST] has been a Neutral. Analysts at Robert W. Baird upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early August. As of April 03, 2025, Wolfe Research has increased its “an Underperform” rating to a “Peer perform” for FAST. Earlier on March 10, 2025, William Blair upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for FAST stock which previously was a “a Mkt perform”.
Analyzing FAST Stock Performance
On last trading session, Fastenal Co [NASDAQ: FAST] plunged -2.69% to $47.72. The stock’s lowest price that day was $47.56, but it reached a high of $49.085 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.38%. Over the course of the year, Fastenal Co shares have jumped approximately 33.45%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $50.63 on 08/25/25 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 47.16, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 46.60. In the upper region, resistance lies at 48.68. The next price resistance is at 49.65. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 47.26 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 2025-09-15 dropping by -0.45 million shares to 24.26 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 24.71 million shares. A decline of -1.83% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.2 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.2.
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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 67.21% from the previous closing price of $49.04. 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. On December 11, 2024, Stifel assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $86.
