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🏭 Industrials

Fastenal Company

Conservative #42Aggressive #435Low Risk

$46.22+0.02%

Day High$46.80

Day Low$44.83

Volume11.7M

Mkt Cap$53.1B

52W Low $3552W High $51

Market Cap

$53.3B

P/E Ratio

42.6

Sector avg: 30.0

Rev Growth

8.7%

Sector avg: 2.6%

Earnings Growth

9.4%

Profit Margin

15.3%

Sector avg: 15.7%

Debt/Equity

0.11

Score Breakdown

Overall Score80.0

Fundamental Score70.2

ML Score91.5

Score by Horizon

3 Month

82.3

6 Month

91.9

Primary

1 Year

96.8

Quality Assessment

Earnings Grade

Strong fundamentals, high earnings quality

Position Sizing

Suggested Allocation

Confidence

high

Analysis Signals

Positive Signals

Fundamental: 70.2 (sector-relative)

ML percentile=91.5 (pre-ranked by batch)

Procyclicality dampener: ML weight reduced to 9.0% (S&P 500 return=25.0% > 20% (extended rally); Yield curve inverted (-10bp) — recession signal; Late-cycle score 2/3 → ML weight ×0.90)

Blend: 91% fund (70.2) + 9% ML (91.5) = 72.1

Market-cap adj: +3.5pt ($53.3B)

Risk Signals

Risk (low): Very low vol 6.6% → +8.7pt stability bonus; Drawdown 19% → -4.3pt

Sector Peer Comparison(Industrials — 11 stocks in universe)

Stock	Score	P/E	Rev Growth	Margin	Mkt Cap
FASTFastenal Company	80.0	42.6	8.7%	15.3%	$53.3B
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc	85.2	13.0	3.8%	11.6%	$34.3B
CSXCSX Corporation	82.7	26.5	-3.1%	20.5%	$76.0B
PCARPACCAR Inc.	82.5	28.2	-4.2%	12.4%	$66.7B
NDSNNordson Corporation	80.9	35.1	3.8%	17.4%	$16.6B
ODFLOld Dominion Freight Line, Inc.	80.8	39.8	-0.9%	20.4%	$40.6B
Sector Average	80.0	30.0	2.6%	15.7%	—

Why This Stock

IndustrialsHealthy profit marginHigh quality

Scores are generated by a multi-stage ML pipeline combining fundamental analysis, ensemble predictions, and structural risk signals. All data is for research purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.