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FASTENAL CO
USDSector · Trading Companies & DistributorsMarket cap · $53.2BBeta · 0.85
LAST · MARKET CLOSE · OCT 05
50.80
+0.05 ▲ 0.10%PREV CLOSE · $50.75
§ 01 · PRICE
Price action
1D5D1M6MYTD1YMAX
OPEN 50.69HIGH 50.88LOW 49.9952W 35.30 — 50.63
EVENTSAUG 11 · AMJ SELLJUN 30 · EARNINGS −1.3%

§ 03 · SIGNAL STACK · WHAT THE INPUTS SAY

13F FLOW
714 increased/new, 541 decreased/exited (13F)
AC 13F Analysis
INSIDER
−$2M
3 txns · 90d

§ 04 · FUNDAMENTALS · THE BOOKS

P/E42.2P/B11.68
EPS (TTM)1.09Dividend2.14%
§ 05 · WHO OWNS IT
Top institutional holders
All holders →
FundShares% portΔ Q/Q
BlackRock, Inc.104.8M0.1%+0%
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC74.6Mn/an/a
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC64.4Mn/an/a
State Street55.6M0.1%+2%
Charles Schwab Investment Mgmt39.4M0.3%−17%
Geode Capital Management38.9M0.1%+3%
◇ AC INTELLIGENCE

Top institutional owners for FAST as of the most recent 13F reporting period (Q1 2026 · Period ended Mar 31). Δ Q/Q reflects share-count change vs. the prior filing — positive green means adding, negative red means trimming. Cross-reference with the ownership-mix bars below to see which strategy cohort is driving the flow.

§ 06 · WHO OWNS IT · BY STRATEGY

OTHER10.0% · 0 holders
OTHER40.6% · 1,194 holders
PASSIVE / INDEX19.6% · 13 holders
DEALER / BANK18.3% · 95 holders
QUALITY / COMPOUNDER6.9% · 38 holders
INCOME / DEFENSIVE3.4% · 51 holders
SYSTEMATIC / QUANT0.7% · 18 holders
TACTICAL / MACRO0.4% · 5 holders
GROWTH / MOMENTUM0.2% · 2 holders
ACTIVIST0.0% · 1 holder
DEEP VALUE0.0% · 2 holders
◇ AC INTELLIGENCE

Ownership mix by behavioral cohort. Top bars indicate which style of capital dominates the float — passive indexing, quality compounders, dealer/bank, systematic quant, etc. Big quality-compounder share means concentrated active conviction; heavy passive share means flows are dictated by index rebalances, not fundamentals.

§ 07 · INSIDER ACTIVITY · LAST 180 DAYS

DateInsiderActionShares$ value
AUG 11Ancius Michael JSELL3K−$156K
AUG 06Heise Rita J.SELL25K−$1M
JUL 29Ancius Michael JSELL3K−$147K
◇ AC INTELLIGENCE

0 insider buys, 3 sells in the last 180 days. Scheduled 10b5-1 sales are pre-programmed and neutral; discretionary clusters are the tape worth reading. Cross-reference with the signal stack above for context.

§ 08 · COVERAGE · OUR RECENT NOTES