Fastenal Company (FAST) Stock Profile & Financial OverviewFastenal Company
FAST Company Overview & Business Description
Fastenal Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, North America, and internationally. It offers fasteners, and related industrial and construction supplies under the Fastenal name. The company's fastener products include threaded fasteners, bolts, nuts, screws, studs, and related washers, which are used in manufactured products and construction projects, as well as in the maintenance and repair of machines. It also offers miscellaneous supplies and hardware, including pins, machinery keys, concrete anchors, metal framing systems, wire ropes, strut products, rivets, and related accessories. The company serves the manufacturing market comprising original equipment manufacturers; maintenance, repair, and operations; and non-residential construction market, which includes general, electrical, plumbing, sheet metal, and road contractors. It also serves farmers, truckers, railroads, mining companies, schools, and retail trades; and oil exploration, production, and refinement companies, as well as federal, state, and local governmental entities. The company distributes its products through a network of 3,209 in-market locations and 15 distribution centers. Fastenal Company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Winona, Minnesota.
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Current Trend for FAST
An assessment of the current trend environment for FAST, based on the latest closing price data and intended to describe the market context heading into the next trading session.
As of 2025-12-24, the current trend for FAST is a Sideways Consolidation (Range-Bound Environment).
The weekly trend is in a consolidation regime, which automatically downgrades the daily signal to sideways conditions. This environment favors short-term mean-reversion rather than trend-following.
- The weekly context is non-trending (sideways), which typically caps the duration and magnitude of daily trend moves.
- Price is currently significantly overextended (stretched), sitting 3.56 ATR away from the adaptive KAMA baseline.
- The current market structure is holding within recent defined ranges.
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Adaptive Trend Model · Daily & Weekly (2025-12-24 ET)
This model uses an adaptive trend algorithm based on daily and weekly price data to identify whether a stock is in an uptrend, downtrend, or consolidation over a multi-week to multi-month horizon. Compared with traditional moving-average systems, it filters short-term noise more effectively, captures trend continuation more reliably, and provides a stronger basis for position sizing and risk-management decisions such as stop-loss and take-profit levels.
As of 2025-12-24, FAST in a non-directional consolidation; Long-term trend is bearish.
Trend Strength: FAST last closed at 41.83, trading 3.5 ATR above the adaptive KAMA baseline (27.44). Technical Classification: Non-Directional / Range-Bound.
Trend Score: Technical Score: 35/100. Classification: Sideways. Alignment: Indeterminate. Logic: Price action is range-bound or lacking sufficient slope for trend confirmation.
Overbought / Oversold Extension: Price deviation is measured at 3.5 ATR from the KAMA baseline, indicating a significant statistical extension from the mean.
SuperTrend Risk: Risk indicators: No active structural constraints identified.
Risk Skew: Multi-timeframe risk skew is currently assessed as Non-Directional. Price is oscillating within a low-momentum range. Risk is two-sided, favoring mean-reversion strategies over trend-following.
Key Levels: Key technical references: Spot 41.83, KAMA 27.44.