Investigating a stock’s 52-week price history, covering the range of low and high prices, can provide significant information about its present state and future potential. Fastenal Co.’s current trading price is -3.97% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 51.84%. The stock’s price range during this period has varied between $49.99 and $79.04. The company, active in the Industrials sector, saw a trading volume of around 4.19 million for the day, considerably higher average daily volume of 3.94 million observed over the last three months.
In terms of market performance, Fastenal Co. had a somewhat regular. The highest value for the stock in the past year was $79.04 on 03/21/24, while the lowest value was $49.99 on 04/13/23.
How Financial Performance Impacts Market Capitalization
Fastenal Co. (FAST) has experienced a quarterly rise of 21.50% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 43.45B and boasts a workforce of 23201 employees.
The Role of Moving Averages and Trading Volume in Technical Analysis
Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 68.46, with a change in price of +16.26. Similarly, Fastenal Co. recorded 3,649,151 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of +27.26%.
How FAST’s Debt-to-Equity Ratio Affects Financial Health
A company’s financial condition and market reputation can be evaluated using the debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio. This ratio, calculated by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, indicates the proportion of debt a company employs to back its assets in relation to its shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for FAST stands at 0.16. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 0.11.
FAST Stock Stochastic Average
As of today, the raw stochastic average of Fastenal Co. over the last 50 days is at 72.58%. This shows a increasee from the raw stochastic average of the previous 20 days, which was recorded at 33.89%. Further, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the last 20 days were 43.32% and 42.89%, respectively.
FAST Stock Price Performance Analysis
The stock price performance over the year has been a mixed bag, resulting in a range of outlooks from optimistic to pessimistic depending on the observer. Until today this year the stock’s price performance recorded an increase of 17.18%. However, over the last six months, the performance has been weaker by 36.09%. The price of FAST increased 0.36% over the last 30 days. And in the last five days, it has fallen by -0.52%.
