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Fastenal Stock Gaps Lower After Q3 Profit Miss

By Fernanda Horner | October 13, 2025, 10:17 AM

Fastenal Co (NASDAQ:FAST) is down 5% to trade at $43.51 at last glance, after the company reported a third-quarter profit miss, while revenue was in line with expectations. The industrial supply giant noted economic uncertainty and changing trade policies hurt demand. 

The equity is now on track for its third-straight daily drop, as well as its sixth loss in the last seven sessions. The shares are also gapping below the 80-day moving average for the first time since April, as they pace for their worst day since April 2024. Year-to-date, the equity is still up 22%. 

The options pits have been much more bullish than usual over the last 10 weeks. At the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), the security's 50-day call/put volume ratio of 2.06 stands higher than 80% of annual readings. An unwinding of optimism could pressure the shares lower still.

Options volume is already running at 11 times the intraday average amount, with 1,833 calls and 2,056 exchanged so far today. The most popular contract is the October 42.50 put, with new positions being sold to open at the 43.75 put in that same series.

 

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