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Is a Surprise Coming for Fastenal (FAST) This Earnings Season?

Zacks Equity Research
·2 min read

Investors are always looking for stocks that are poised to beat at earnings season and Fastenal Company FAST may be one such company. The firm has earnings coming up pretty soon, and events are shaping up quite nicely for their report.

That is because Fastenal is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity as of late, which is generally a precursor to an earnings beat. After all, analysts raising estimates right before earnings — with the most up-to-date information possible — is a pretty good indicator of some favorable trends underneath the surface for FAST in this report.

In fact, the Most Accurate Estimate for the current quarter is currently at 38 cents per share for FAST, compared to a broader Zacks Consensus Estimate of 35 cents per share. This suggests that analysts have very recently bumped up their estimates for FAST, giving the stock a Zacks Earnings ESP of +7.89% heading into earnings season.

Fastenal Company Price and EPS Surprise

Fastenal Company Price and EPS Surprise
Fastenal Company Price and EPS Surprise

Fastenal Company price-eps-surprise | Fastenal Company Quote

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Given that FAST has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and an ESP in positive territory, investors might want to consider this stock ahead of earnings. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

Clearly, recent earnings estimate revisions suggest that good things are ahead for Fastenal, and that a beat might be in the cards for the upcoming report.

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