FASTENAL CO. DL-,01
stock DE:FAS (FRANKFURT)

Alternative ID: US3119001044

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Exchange: FRANKFURT
Sector: Industrial Goods
Industry: Industrial Distribution
Market Cap: Large (28.12B)
Data in EUR

EPS: 1.25
Current PE: 41.16
BVPS: 4.54
Price/BVPS: 11.74
Dividend: 1.03 / 2.2%

Hist Grade: B (68.66)
YOY Grade: C (64.51)
Debt/FCF: 0.66
ROIC: 24.8%
PEG: 6.50
PEGY: 4.85

Value Price: 21.38
MOS Price: 10.69
MOS %: -59.9%
Graham Number: 11.31
Graham MOS %: -78.8%
IRT: 16.99

Market Price

53.30

1.77 3.4%

as of Mar 20 '23

52 Week Range:

44.97 92.29

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Financial Statements

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Explains information presented in the Financial Statements section of the S2O Stock Analyzer: financial statements charts, absolute values and growth rates.

Growth Grade and Financial Ratios

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Demonstrates how to use Growth Grade & Financial Ratios section; shows the difference between historical and year-over-year Growth Grade on the real life example.

Demonstrates how to use Value Price (intrinsic value) and the Graham Number, MOS (margin of safety) and IRT - Investment Recovery Time; explains 3 different projection models used to compute value price - pessimistic, moderate and optimistic.

Price Charts

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Demonstrates basic rules of how to read a candlestick chart, long and short term moving averages, stochastic, MACD and relative strength (RS) charts. Explains how bull or bear market condition is computed.

General Info

Exchange: FRANKFURT
Sector: Industrial Goods
Industry: Industrial Distribution
Market Cap: Large (28.12B)
Inst. Ownership: 79.33%
Insider Ownership: 0.18%
Full Time Employees: 19519

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.

Financial Statements

The charts below show selected Annual and Quarterly Financial Data.

The purpose of these charts is to discover long and short term change dynamics. When numbers are growing year after year in the annual statements chart, the business become stronger and stronger and this is a good sign.

Quarterly Data Chart can be used to do a short term analysis. It makes sense to pay attention to the quarterly dynamics and do not wait for the next yearly statement. We should be alerted if we see that quarterly numbers are going down.

You can check "Annual Financial Statements" and "Quarterly Financial Statements" sections for exact numbers and growth rates.

Annual Statements

On a charts below the Line shows absolute values and the Bar chart shows Year-Over-Year Growth Rate for selected financial statement item. A consistent GROWTH is generally considered necessary to fund future growth from within a business.
NOTE: Growth Rate is not provided if either the latest period or the year-ago period contains a net loss. (source: WSJ Digest of Earnings)
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Financial Statements

Income Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Balance Sheet

Liquidity Ratios

Current Ratio

Current Ratio measures the ability to meet short term obligations. Generally accepted standard is 2 (current assets should be 2 times or 200% of current liabilities).

Quick Ratio

Measures immediate liquidity or the cash available to cover immediate liabilities. A safe margin would be at least 1 (100%).

Financial Leverage

Defined as total assets divided by total shareholders' equity. The higher the ratio, the more debt a company uses in its capital structure.

Profitability Ratios

ROA

Return on Assets (ROA) measures the income (profit) that is generated by the use of the assets of the business.

ROE

Return on Equity (ROE) is a measure of profitability that calculates how many dollars of profit a company generates with each dollar of shareholders equity. ROE is sometimes called "return on net worth."

ROIC

The Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) measure gives a sense of how well a company is using its money to generate returns. Some investors use this figure as a final evaluation to determine whether or not to invest in a company.

Annual Statements

Item Name	Dec '11	Dec '12	Dec '13	Dec '14	Dec '15	Dec '16	Dec '17	Dec '18	Dec '19	Dec '20	Dec '21
Equity (BVPS)	1.84	2.12	2.14	2.64	2.82	3.12	2.95	3.54	4.03	4.10	4.54
growth rate		15.2%	0.9%	23.4%	6.8%	10.6%	-5.5%	20.0%	13.8%	1.7%	10.7%
Earnings BIT	447.07	524.09	554.65	786.63	827.40	795.30	880.80	998.70	1,057.20	1,141.80	1,217.40
growth rate		17.2%	5.8%	41.8%	5.2%	-3.9%	10.8%	13.4%	5.9%	8.0%	6.6%
Avg.PE	36.36	33.00	31.45	10.12	10.12	27.38	21.61	20.79	20.79	20.79	36.24
growth rate		-9.2%	-4.7%	-67.8%	0.0%	170.6%	-21.1%	-3.8%	0.0%	0.0%	74.3%
ROA	22.70	24.03	23.06	22.28	21.11	19.21	20.74	24.13	22.21	22.13	22.39
growth rate		5.9%	-4.0%	-3.4%	-5.3%	-9.0%	8.0%	16.4%	-8.0%	-0.4%	1.2%
ROE	26.11	27.86	26.92	26.80	27.79	26.75	28.71	34.18	31.84	31.83	32.03
growth rate		6.7%	-3.4%	-0.5%	3.7%	-3.7%	7.3%	19.1%	-6.9%	0.0%	0.6%
ROIC	26.09	27.84	26.89	25.56	23.16	22.42	24.17	28.65	26.44	26.09	26.40
growth rate		6.7%	-3.4%	-5.0%	-9.4%	-3.2%	7.8%	18.5%	-7.7%	-1.3%	1.2%
Cur. Ratio	6.58	6.30	5.87	4.22	4.46	6.24	5.51	5.30	4.51	4.08	4.19
growth rate		-4.3%	-6.8%	-28.1%	5.7%	39.9%	-11.7%	-3.8%	-14.9%	-9.5%	2.7%
Quick Ratio	2.57	2.21	1.97	1.54	1.60	2.22	2.06	2.02	1.68	1.66	1.67
growth rate		-14.0%	-10.9%	-21.8%	3.9%	38.8%	-7.2%	-1.9%	-16.8%	-1.2%	0.6%
Leverage	1.15	1.16	1.17	1.23	1.41	1.38	1.38	1.44	1.43	1.45	1.41
growth rate		0.9%	0.9%	5.1%	14.6%	-2.1%	0.0%	4.4%	-0.7%	1.4%	-2.8%
Balance Sheet	Dec '11	Dec '12	Dec '13	Dec '14	Dec '15	Dec '16	Dec '17	Dec '18	Dec '19	Dec '20	Dec '21
Acct.Receivable	263.23	289.35	322.08	462.08	468.38	499.70	607.80	714.30	741.80	769.40	900.20
growth rate		9.9%	11.3%	43.5%	1.4%	6.7%	21.6%	17.5%	3.9%	3.7%	17.0%
Acct.Payable				103.91	125.97	108.80	147.50	193.60	192.80	207.00	233.10
growth rate					21.2%	-13.6%	35.6%	31.3%	-0.4%	7.4%	12.6%
Cur.Assets	960.94	1,000.28	1,094.97	1,583.27	1,664.78	1,720.80	1,935.70	2,316.20	2,457.20	2,499.60	2,856.60
growth rate		4.1%	9.5%	44.6%	5.2%	3.4%	12.5%	19.7%	6.1%	1.7%	14.3%
Total Assets	1,309.84	1,411.60	1,613.73	2,359.10	2,532.46	2,668.90	2,910.50	3,321.50	3,799.90	3,964.70	4,299.00
growth rate		7.8%	14.3%	46.2%	7.4%	5.4%	9.1%	14.1%	14.4%	4.3%	8.4%
Cash	91.50	61.88	45.48	114.50	129.02	112.70	116.90	167.20	174.90	245.70	236.20
growth rate		-32.4%	-26.5%	151.8%	12.7%	-12.7%	3.7%	43.0%	4.6%	40.5%	-3.9%
Inventory	502.36	556.15	609.56	869.22	913.26	993.00	1,092.90	1,278.70	1,366.40	1,337.50	1,523.60
growth rate		10.7%	9.6%	42.6%	5.1%	8.7%	10.1%	17.0%	6.9%	-2.1%	13.9%
Cur.Liabilities	146.00	158.75	186.42	375.35	373.17	275.70	351.00	437.40	544.70	612.70	682.20
growth rate		8.7%	17.4%	101.4%	-0.6%	-26.1%	27.3%	24.6%	24.5%	12.5%	11.3%
Liabilities	175.69	198.63	235.63	443.89	731.17	735.80	813.60	1,018.80	1,134.30	1,231.50	1,256.80
growth rate		13.1%	18.6%	88.4%	64.7%	0.6%	10.6%	25.2%	11.3%	8.6%	2.1%
LT Debt	0.00	0.00			302.95	379.50	412.00	497.00	342.00	365.00	330.00
growth rate						25.3%	8.6%	20.6%	-31.2%	6.7%	-9.6%
Equity	1,134.23	1,213.06	1,378.10	1,915.22	1,801.29	1,933.10	2,096.90	2,302.70	2,665.60	2,733.20	3,042.20
growth rate		7.0%	13.6%	39.0%	-6.0%	7.3%	8.5%	9.8%	15.8%	2.5%	11.3%
Common Shares	592.00	594.00	595.00	595.00	584.00	578.00	577.00	2.90	2.90	5.70	5.80
growth rate		0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	-1.9%	-1.0%	-0.2%	-99.5%	0.0%	96.6%	1.8%
Cash Flow Statement	Dec '11	Dec '12	Dec '13	Dec '14	Dec '15	Dec '16	Dec '17	Dec '18	Dec '19	Dec '20	Dec '21
Capital Expenditures	90.57	104.09	156.72	189.47	155.20	189.50	119.90	176.30	246.40	168.10	156.60
growth rate		14.9%	50.6%	20.9%	-18.1%	22.1%	-36.7%	47.0%	39.8%	-31.8%	-6.8%
Cash Dividends	149.03	285.54	184.63	296.58	327.10	346.60	369.10	441.90	498.60	573.86	643.70
growth rate		91.6%	-35.3%	60.6%	10.3%	6.0%	6.5%	19.7%	12.8%	15.1%	12.2%
Cash From OA	208.73	308.08	323.48	499.39	550.30	519.90	585.20	674.20	842.70	1,101.80	770.10
growth rate		47.6%	5.0%	54.4%	10.2%	-5.5%	12.6%	15.2%	25.0%	30.8%	-30.1%
FCF per Share	0.19	0.31	0.28	0.32	0.63	0.54	0.69	0.75	0.79	1.20	1.18
growth rate		63.2%	-9.7%	14.3%	96.9%	-14.3%	27.8%	8.7%	5.3%	51.9%	-1.7%
Sale Purchase of Stock				7.70	19.10	29.30	9.50
growth rate					148.2%	53.4%	-67.6%
FCF	148.00	258.00	210.00	310.00	392.00	325.00	465.00	497.00	596.00	934.00	614.00
growth rate		74.3%	-18.6%	47.6%	26.5%	-17.1%	43.1%	6.9%	19.9%	56.7%	-34.3%
Income Statement	Dec '11	Dec '12	Dec '13	Dec '14	Dec '15	Dec '16	Dec '17	Dec '18	Dec '19	Dec '20	Dec '21
Sales	2,150.99	2,436.06	2,585.71	3,733.51	3,869.20	3,962.00	4,390.50	4,965.10	5,333.70	5,647.30	6,010.90
growth rate		13.3%	6.1%	44.4%	3.6%	2.4%	10.8%	13.1%	7.4%	5.9%	6.4%
Op.Income	446.69	523.73	554.05	786.63	827.40	795.30	880.80	998.70	1,057.20	1,141.80	1,217.40
growth rate		17.3%	5.8%	42.0%	5.2%	-3.9%	10.8%	13.4%	5.9%	8.0%	6.6%
IBT	447.08	524.12	554.67	787.43	826.10	789.70	873.10	987.00	1,043.70	1,132.70	1,207.80
growth rate		17.2%	5.8%	42.0%	4.9%	-4.4%	10.6%	13.1%	5.7%	8.5%	6.6%
Net Income	278.23	326.90	348.74	494.15	516.40	499.40	578.60	751.90	790.90	859.10	925.00
growth rate		17.5%	6.7%	41.7%	4.5%	-3.3%	15.9%	30.0%	5.2%	8.6%	7.7%
EPS	0.60	0.71	0.76	0.83	0.89	0.86	1.00	1.31	1.38	1.49	1.60
growth rate		18.3%	7.0%	9.2%	7.2%	-3.4%	16.3%	31.0%	5.3%	8.0%	7.4%
Gross Profit	1,114.95	1,255.11	1,336.66	1,897.40	1,948.90	1,964.80	2,163.60	2,398.90	2,515.40	2,567.80	2,777.20
growth rate		12.6%	6.5%	42.0%	2.7%	0.8%	10.1%	10.9%	4.9%	2.1%	8.2%

Quarterly Statements

Item Name	Sep '21	Dec '21	Mar '22	Jun '22	Sep '22
Earnings BIT	318.40	300.90	358.00	383.40	379.20
growth rate		-5.5%	19.0%	7.1%	-1.1%
Balance Sheet	Sep '21	Dec '21	Mar '22	Jun '22	Sep '22
Acct.Receivable	949.40	900.20	1,071.60	1,103.90	1,110.60
growth rate		-5.2%	19.0%	3.0%	0.6%
Acct.Payable	256.90	233.10	289.90	291.80	277.20
growth rate		-9.3%	24.4%	0.7%	-5.0%
Cur.Assets	2,770.30	2,856.60	3,034.00	3,152.70	3,195.60
growth rate		3.1%	6.2%	3.9%	1.4%
Total Assets	4,222.50	4,299.00	4,466.70	4,592.30	4,627.40
growth rate		1.8%	3.9%	2.8%	0.8%
Cash	250.50	236.20	234.20	247.90	231.50
growth rate		-5.7%	-0.9%	5.9%	-6.6%
Inventory	1,401.10	1,523.60	1,600.80	1,665.20	1,678.10
growth rate		8.7%	5.1%	4.0%	0.8%
Cur.Liabilities	662.50	682.20	745.50	849.00	802.60
growth rate		3.0%	9.3%	13.9%	-5.5%
Liabilities	1,257.80	1,256.80	1,324.70	1,413.60	1,466.20
growth rate		-0.1%	5.4%	6.7%	3.7%
LT Debt	330.00	330.00	330.00	310.00	404.70
growth rate		0.0%	0.0%	-6.1%	30.6%
Equity	2,964.70	3,042.20	3,142.00	3,178.70	3,161.20
growth rate		2.6%	3.3%	1.2%	-0.6%
Common Shares	2.90	5.80	5.80	5.80	5.80
growth rate		100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Cash Flow Statement	Sep '21	Dec '21	Mar '22	Jun '22	Sep '22
Capital Expenditures	47.40	41.90	35.50	47.50	48.00
growth rate		-11.6%	-15.3%	33.8%	1.1%
Cash Dividends	161.00	161.10	178.40	178.50	177.50
growth rate		0.1%	10.7%	0.1%	-0.6%
Cash From OA	167.40	156.40	230.00	151.20	257.90
growth rate		-6.6%	47.1%	-34.3%	70.6%
Sale Purchase of Stock
growth rate
FCF	120.00	114.50	194.50	103.70	209.90
growth rate		-4.6%	69.9%	-46.7%	102.4%
Income Statement	Sep '21	Dec '21	Mar '22	Jun '22	Sep '22
Sales	1,554.20	1,531.90	1,704.10	1,778.60	1,802.40
growth rate		-1.4%	11.2%	4.4%	1.3%
Op.Income	318.40	300.90	358.00	383.40	379.20
growth rate		-5.5%	19.0%	7.1%	-1.1%
IBT	316.10	298.50	355.70	380.70	375.30
growth rate		-5.6%	19.2%	7.0%	-1.4%
Net Income	243.50	231.20	269.60	287.10	284.60
growth rate		-5.1%	16.6%	6.5%	-0.9%
EPS
growth rate
Gross Profit	720.20	712.90	793.30	827.60	826.50
growth rate		-1.0%	11.3%	4.3%	-0.1%

Growth Grade & Financial Ratios

All financial ratios below are calculated based on latest annual statements available and present the most up to date snapshot of a company finances.

Growth Grade

Historical Growth Grade:

B (68.66)

YOY Growth Grade:

C (64.51)

Click on buttons above for detailed yearly growth rates.

Market Ratios

Dividend Yield: 2.2%
Beta: 1.18
Beta of 1.1805 suggests that the asset is more volatile than the rest of the market.
PE: 41.16
EY: 2.4%
PEG: 6.50
PEG Ratio of 6.50 suggests that stock is overpriced.
PEGY: 4.85
PEGY Ratio of 4.85 suggests that stock is overpriced.
Price/BVPS: 11.74

Profitability Ratios

ROE: 32.0%
Return on Equity (ROE) of 32.0% suggests that a company is doing well.
ROS: 20.3%
The value of Return on Sales depends on the business and/or industry. Usually the higher ratio the better.
ROA: 28.1%
Return on Assets (ROA). Low ratio usually means poor performance, or ineffective use of assets by management. High ratio usually means good performance.
ROI: 39.7%
Return on Investment (ROI) of 39.7% suggests that a company is doing well.
ROIC: 24.8%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) of 24.8% suggests that a company is doing well.

Liquidity Ratios

Current Ratio: 4.19
Current Ratio of 4.19 suggests that money that could be working for the business is tied up in government securities, cash savings or other safe funds.
Quick Ratio: 1.67
Quick Ratio of 1.67 suggests that a company is doing well.
Cash Turnover: 2.76
Turnover Of Cash Ratio of 2.76 suggests that a company may have funds tied up in short-term low-yielding assets or may have a cash surplus, which is not invested in the business.
Equity Ratio: 70.8%
Equity Ratio of 70.8% suggests that a large percent of the company's assets financed by shareholder equity, which is good.
Debt/Equity: 41.3%
Debt to Equity Ratio of 41.3% suggests that a company is doing well.
Debt/FCF: 0.66
Debt/FCF of 0.66 suggests that a company is doing well and can pay off its long term debt within three years.

Efficiency Ratios

Avg Collection Period: 54.66
Average Collection Period of 54.66 days suggests that a company is doing well.
Inventory Turnover: 2.12
Inventory Turnover Ratio of 2.12 suggests a large inventory, a never-out-of-stock situation, perhaps some obsolete items, or it could indicate poor liquidity and possible overstocking of items.
Cash Flow Ratio: 10.40
Cash Flow Ratio of 10.40 suggests a company is doing OK, but lower inventory is generally viewed as a positive trend.
Profit Margin: 15.4%

Value Price

PE and EPS

	Historical	Current	Forward
PE	38.88	42.57	28.47
EPS / Growth	11.9%	1.25	6.3%

Value Price & Investment Recovery Time

Read more about Stock2Own value price in Stock Market: Fundamental Analysis.

Equity Growth Rate: 9.5%

Estimates	Pessimistic	Moderate	Optimistic
Rate of Return	15.0%
MOS Price %	50 %
Future EPS Growth	6.3%	9.2%	9.2%
Future PE	12.66	28.60	28.60
Future EPS	2.31	3.02	3.02
Value Price MOS %	7.24 -86.4%	21.38 -59.9%	21.38 -59.9%
MOS Price	3.62	10.69	10.69
IRT	20.56	17.28	17.28

Graham Number:

NOTE: The Graham Number applies only to certain types of stocks in combination with a number of other criteria.

Read more about Graham Number in Stock Market: Fundamental Analysis.

Graham Number: 11.31
Graham MOS: -78.8%

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