Fastenal Company (FAS.DE) Research

Fastenal Company provides a comprehensive range of fasteners, tools, and industrial provisions, which are essential for manufacturing products, constructing structures, ensuring personnel safety, and maintaining facilities and equipment. Based in Winona, Minnesota, the organization currently employs 21,938 full-time staff. Its operations primarily involve the distribution of fasteners and a diverse array of non-fastener maintenance, repair, and operational (MRO) supplies. As of December 31, 2016, these supplies were distributed through an extensive network of approximately 2,500 stores. Fastenal's core customer base includes entities within the manufacturing and non-residential construction industries. The manufacturing market comprises both original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and businesses focused on maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO). Within non-residential construction, clients include general, electrical, plumbing, sheet metal, and road contractors. Furthermore, the company's offerings cater to a broad spectrum of other users, such as farmers, trucking companies, railway operators, oil exploration, production, and refinement firms, mining corporations, federal, state, and local governmental bodies, schools, and certain retail businesses. Fasteners and various other industrial and construction supplies, many marketed under the Fastenal brand, constitute its initial product lines.

Market snapshot

Symbol
FAS.DE
Price
$39.86
Day change
-0.54%
Market cap
$52.7B
P/E ratio
40.25x
52-week range
34.08-55.81
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Industrial - Distribution
Next earnings
in 24 days

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