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Applied Industrial Technologies vs Fastenal (AIT vs FAST)
The two stocks side by side, as of the latest close. Performance is rebased to 100 at the start of the window.
Over the past year Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) returned +9.9% and Fastenal (FAST) +27.1%; so far this year the figures are +10.4% and +32.0%.
Fastenal is the larger company by market value, about 5.9 times the size of Applied Industrial Technologies.
On trailing earnings, AIT trades at 25.1 times and FAST at 43.1 times.
Revenue grew +8.5% at AIT and +13.5% at FAST over the last year.
AIT yields 0.70%. FAST yields 1.89%.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| AIT | FAST | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $283.39 | $52.99 |
| 1-day | +0.89% | +0.17% |
| YTD | +10.37% | +32.05% |
| 1 year | +9.88% | +27.14% |
| 3 years | +82.51% | +79.90% |
| Market cap | $10.3B | $60.8B |
| P/E | 25.1 | 43.1 |
| P/S | 2.05 | 6.70 |
| P/B | 5.49 | 14.65 |
| Revenue growth | +8.50% | +13.50% |
| EPS growth | +8.80% | +15.00% |
| Gross margin % | 30.4 | 44.6 |
| Net margin % | 8.4 | 15.6 |
| ROE % | 22.5 | 34.2 |
| Debt / equity | 0.16 | 0.02 |
| FCF yield % | 4.1 | 1.9 |
| Dividend yield % | 0.70 | 1.89 |
| Beta | 0.87 | 0.51 |
| RSI (14) | 32.3 | 59.2 |
| Technical rating |