FAST — FASTENAL CO
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
Technicals
Dividends
Measured signals that fired on FAST
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | Breakout to a 52-week high price | -1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-08-05 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-27 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-14 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-04 | Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression structure | -0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-03 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | Papenfuss Donnalee Kathleen EVP-Strategy and Communication | Open-market sale | 7.9K | 51.38 | 405.6K |
| 2026-08-13 | Papenfuss Donnalee Kathleen EVP-Strategy and Communication | Option exercise | 7.9K | 19.00 | 150.0K |
| 2026-08-13 | Papenfuss Donnalee Kathleen EVP-Strategy and Communication | Open-market sale | 1.4K | 51.42 | 70.1K |
| 2026-08-13 | Papenfuss Donnalee Kathleen EVP-Strategy and Communication | Option exercise | 1.4K | 13.75 | 18.8K |
| 2026-08-13 | Ancius Michael J Director | Gift | 400 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-08-10 | Ancius Michael J Director | Open-market sale | 3.0K | 52.00 | 156.0K |
| 2026-08-10 | Ancius Michael J Director | Option exercise | 3.0K | 13.75 | 41.2K |
| 2026-08-05 | Heise Rita J. Director | Open-market sale | 25.0K | 50.05 | 1.2M |
| 2026-08-05 | Heise Rita J. Director | Open-market sale | 10.0K | 50.05 | 500.5K |
| 2026-08-05 | Heise Rita J. Director | Option exercise | 25.0K | 19.00 | 474.3K |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 4.9B | 104.8M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 3.5B | 74.6M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 3.0B | 64.4M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 2.6B | 55.6M |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 1.8B | 39.4M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1.8B | 38.9M |
| MORGAN STANLEY | 1.2B | 25.7M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1.1B | 24.7M |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | 769.9M | 16.6M |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | 756.0M | 16.3M |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Latest SEC filings
| form | filed | period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2026-08-17 | 2026-08-13 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-08-17 | 2026-08-13 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 144 | 2026-08-13 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-08-11 | 2026-08-10 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 144 | 2026-08-10 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-08-06 | 2026-08-05 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 144 | 2026-08-05 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-28 | on EDGAR ↗ |
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
Recent headlines
- ONEOK Moves Up In Market Cap Rank, Passing Fastenal · 2026-08-20
- FASTENAL CO (FAST) filed form 4 · 2026-08-17 · SEC EDGAR
- FASTENAL CO (FAST) filed form 4 · 2026-08-17 · SEC EDGAR
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