FAST (FAST) Stock

About FAST

FAST is led by CEO Daniel L. Florness, employs 21,339 people, headquartered in Winona, US, publicly traded since 1987.

FAST stock trades at $48.63 with a market capitalization of $55.80B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 42.19, price-to-book of 14.04, price-to-sales of 6.53. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $38.97 and $52.92, and currently trades 8.1% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.09%.

On profitability, FAST generates a return on equity (ROE) of 34.03% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 40.24%, an operating margin of 20.33%, a net profit margin of 15.45%.

In its most recent fiscal year, FAST reported annual revenue of $8.2B, net profit of $1.3B, revenue has compounded at 7.7% a year over the last five years, profit at 7.9% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 4.39, total assets of $5.1B, $277.0M in cash and equivalents.

FAST has a beta of 0.71 (less volatile than the overall market).