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Fastenal vs Watsco (FAST vs WSO)
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 Fastenal (FAST) returned +27.1% and Watsco (WSO) -15.0%; so far this year the figures are +32.0% and -9.7%.
Fastenal is the larger company by market value, about 5.2 times the size of Watsco.
On trailing earnings, FAST trades at 43.1 times and WSO at 26.7 times.
Revenue grew +13.5% at FAST and +0.3% at WSO over the last year.
FAST yields 1.89%. WSO yields 4.24%.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| FAST | WSO | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $52.99 | $304.34 |
| 1-day | +0.17% | -2.19% |
| YTD | +32.05% | -9.68% |
| 1 year | +27.14% | -14.96% |
| 3 years | +79.90% | -15.03% |
| Market cap | $60.8B | $11.7B |
| P/E | 43.1 | 26.7 |
| P/S | 6.70 | 1.58 |
| P/B | 14.65 | 3.87 |
| Revenue growth | +13.50% | +0.30% |
| EPS growth | +15.00% | -10.90% |
| Gross margin % | 44.6 | 27.2 |
| Net margin % | 15.6 | 6.3 |
| ROE % | 34.2 | 15.5 |
| Debt / equity | 0.02 | 0.16 |
| FCF yield % | 1.9 | 5.7 |
| Dividend yield % | 1.89 | 4.24 |
| Beta | 0.51 | 0.90 |
| RSI (14) | 59.2 | 49.1 |
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