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Fastenal Company (FAST) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for FAST, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index HALO Growth 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

HALO Growth 100 · as of 2026-10-06

DayWeekMonth3 months
FAST+1.7%+1.7%+2.4%+9.2%
Grid, Industrial & Specialty Materials+0.3%−0.4%−4.3%—
HALO Growth 100+0.5%+0.7%−4.9%—

Against the index: 1.0 pts ahead on the week, 7.3 pts ahead on the month; against its Grid, Industrial & Specialty Materials sleeve 6.7 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: +1.4% week · −1.8% month · −4.6% quarter · +7.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.96 · up 0.53 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-05
How it trades on rate days beta 0.18 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How FAST has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.18 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Fastenal Company moved 0.18% on average · correlation 0.07 · higher than 19% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.13 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.34% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.51% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against HALO Growth 100 · Grid, Industrial & Specialty Materials · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

HALO Growth 100 · Grid, Industrial & Specialty Materials

Switchgear, transformers, grid-tied power kit, specialty chemicals. The physical layer beneath every digital build-out.

Compared against FAST on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Fastenal Company

FAST in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Fastenal distributes fasteners and related industrial and construction supplies, including bolts, screws, anchors and framing systems, across North America and beyond. It serves manufacturers, maintenance and repair operations, construction firms, farmers, transport companies and government bodies. The company is headquartered in Winona, Minnesota.
Where it sits in the stack
Fastenal has no seat in our AI-build-out index; it sits in the HALO Growth 100 sleeve for Grid, Industrial & Specialty Materials, the physical layer beneath every digital build-out. It is a supplier of the fasteners and hardware that keep factories, grids and construction sites running, rather than a direct input to chips or data centres.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with grid and industrial-materials names — Cintas, Copart, Schneider Electric, Linde, Sika, Quanta Services, PACCAR and Deere — grouped as physical suppliers underneath the digital economy. The market also compares it with W.W. Grainger, another large industrial distributor.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Fastenal is a HALO Growth 100 constituent and a Nasdaq-100 member. It carries a Closelooknet score, but only one module has been scored so far, so the read is still being built.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether demand from manufacturing and construction customers holds up, since that flow is an early signal for broader industrial activity feeding the build-out.

Fastenal Company (FAST) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials. Constituent of HALO Growth 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 58/100 composite (momentum 71, quality 71, valuation 21) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.89%, quarterly · last 0.26 USD on 2026-07-28

Dividends and capital return

What FAST pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.96 USD per share · a 1.89% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +336.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.22 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.26 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-28
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.44 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.74 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-07-29
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 1.00 bn USD 81% of earnings
  • Share count +0.2% in FY2025 8 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 1.00 bn USD · 96% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Fastenal Company (FAST)?

Fastenal Company trades as FAST on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is FAST in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Fastenal Company is a constituent of HALO Growth 100, as of 2026-10-07.

What is Fastenal Company's Closelooknet composite score?

58 out of 100, with momentum 71, quality 71 and valuation 21 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does FAST trade against its moving averages?

Reclaimed its 50-day: Closed back above its 50-day line 3 sessions ago, with the 200-day still rising beneath it. As of 2026-10-05 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is FAST doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Fastenal Company is +2.4% against −4.9% for the HALO Growth 100 — 7.3 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-10-06. Its Grid, Industrial & Specialty Materials sleeve is −4.3% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does Fastenal Company compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (HALO Growth 100 · Grid, Industrial & Specialty Materials), Fastenal Company (FAST) sits 4.2% below its 52-week high, 1.5% above its 50-day average; Cintas Corporation (CTAS) is 10.8% below, Copart Inc (CPRT) is 44.8% below, Quanta Services Inc (PWR) is 13.4% below. Put any of them next to FAST in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Fastenal Company trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Fastenal Company had a beta of 0.18 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 19% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.34% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Fastenal Company do?

Fastenal distributes fasteners and related industrial and construction supplies, including bolts, screws, anchors and framing systems, across North America and beyond. It serves manufacturers, maintenance and repair operations, construction firms, farmers, transport companies and government bodies. The company is headquartered in Winona, Minnesota. Closelooknet's peer group places it with grid and industrial-materials names — Cintas, Copart, Schneider Electric, Linde, Sika, Quanta Services, PACCAR and Deere — grouped as physical suppliers underneath the digital economy. The market also compares it with W.W. Grainger, another large industrial distributor.

Where does Fastenal Company sit in the AI build-out?

Fastenal has no seat in our AI-build-out index; it sits in the HALO Growth 100 sleeve for Grid, Industrial & Specialty Materials, the physical layer beneath every digital build-out. It is a supplier of the fasteners and hardware that keep factories, grids and construction sites running, rather than a direct input to chips or data centres. Fastenal is a HALO Growth 100 constituent and a Nasdaq-100 member. It carries a Closelooknet score, but only one module has been scored so far, so the read is still being built.

Does Fastenal Company pay a dividend?

Fastenal Company has paid 0.96 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.89% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.26 USD on 2026-07-28. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 1.00 bn USD in dividends, 96% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.2% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for FAST, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Industrial Distribution. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.