Fastenal (FAST) reported $2.08 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 8.6%. EPS of $0.29 for the same period compares to $0.25 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.88% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.06 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.28, the EPS surprise was +3.57%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Fastenal performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Business days: 64.00 Days versus 64.00 Days estimated by six analysts on average.
- Daily sales: $32.50 versus the five-analyst average estimate of $31.80.
- Weighted FASTBin/FASTVend signings (MEUs): 6,458 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 7,615.
- Number of branch locations: 1,596 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1,595.
- Weighted FASTBin/FASTVend installations (MEUs; end of period): 132,174 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 133,889.
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Shares of Fastenal have returned +2.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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