FAST - Latest News

Fastenal Company (FAST), operates in Industrials / Industrial - Distribution, trades on NASDAQ.

Market capitalization stands near $54.07B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 41.61. Beta to the broader market is 0.73.

The article list below shows the most recent FAST headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.

Recent FAST Headlines

Fastenal Likely To Report Higher Q2 Earnings; These Most Accurate Analysts Revise Forecasts Ahead Of Earnings Call

benzinga.com - Jun 30, 2026

Fastenal Company (NYSE:FAST) will release its second quarter earnings report before the opening bell on Monday, July 13.

Fastenal Company Announces Conference Call to Review 2026 Second Quarter Earnings

businesswire.com - Jun 26, 2026

WINONA, Minn. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fastenal Company (Nasdaq:FAST) ('Fastenal,' 'we,' 'our,' or 'us') announced the date and time for its conference call

EQPT vs. FAST: Which Stock Is the Better Value Option?

zacks.com - Jun 26, 2026

Investors interested in stocks from the Industrial Services sector have probably already heard of EquipmentShare. com Inc.

Is FAST Overvalued? DCF Says Worth $19

gurufocus.com - Jun 17, 2026

On June 17, 2026, we present a DCF analysis for Fastenal Co (FAST), a company that has shown a price performance of +16. 0% year-to-date and +11.

VSiN Launches 24/7 FAST Channel, Best Bets TV, Introducing Award-winning Content to New Broadcast and Streaming Audiences

globenewswire.com - Jun 16, 2026

LAS VEGAS, June 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VSiN, The Sports Betting Network, today announced the launch of its new Free Ad-Supported TV (FAST) chann

How News Affects FAST Options Pricing

Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track FAST's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.

Frequently asked FAST news questions

What is the latest FAST news headline?

The most recent FAST headline (Jun 30, 2026) is "Fastenal Likely To Report Higher Q2 Earnings; These Most Accurate Analysts Revise Forecasts Ahead Of Earnings Call". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.

How fresh is the FAST news on this page?

News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.

What FAST news moves options pricing?

Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.

How can I track unusual FAST options activity related to news?

Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.