Seasonality
FAST seasonality — Fastenal
Over the last 11 years, FAST's strongest month on average has been November (+6.5%) and its weakest September (-1.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.02% | +3.60% | 70% | +15.6% | -11.5% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.36% | +1.85% | 70% | +7.0% | -9.2% | 10 |
| Mar | +3.35% | +2.67% | 80% | +15.4% | -8.7% | 10 |
| Apr | -0.98% | -1.68% | 40% | +15.9% | -13.2% | 10 |
| May | -0.04% | -0.80% | 50% | +13.9% | -13.3% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.79% | +1.22% | 60% | +9.6% | -9.6% | 10 |
| Jul | +5.06% | +4.11% | 60% | +18.3% | -5.5% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.08% | +0.69% | 50% | +7.7% | -3.5% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.22% | -0.92% | 40% | +6.8% | -8.5% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.81% | +4.89% | 70% | +10.6% | -16.1% | 10 |
| Nov | +6.46% | +6.58% | 78% | +15.3% | -1.8% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.20% | -0.78% | 40% | +8.3% | -13.9% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — FAST
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 0.8 | -3.2 | -1.6 | 8.7 | -0.7 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 2.1 | +32.0% | |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 9.8 | 7.7 | -1.2 | -16.1 | -1.8 | -0.7 | +11.6% |
| 2024 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 5.7 | -11.9 | -2.9 | -4.8 | 12.6 | -3.5 | 4.6 | 9.5 | 6.9 | -13.9 | +11.0% |
| 2023 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 4.6 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 9.6 | -0.6 | -1.8 | -5.1 | 6.8 | 2.8 | 8.0 | +36.9% |
| 2022 | -11.5 | -9.2 | 15.4 | -6.9 | -3.2 | -6.8 | 2.9 | -2.0 | -8.5 | 5.0 | 6.6 | -8.1 | -26.1% |
| 2021 | -6.6 | 1.7 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 1.4 | -2.0 | 5.3 | 2.0 | -7.6 | 10.6 | 3.7 | 8.3 | +31.2% |
| 2020 | -5.6 | -1.9 | -8.7 | 15.9 | 13.9 | 3.8 | 9.8 | 3.9 | -7.7 | -4.1 | 14.4 | -1.2 | +32.1% |
| 2019 | 15.6 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 9.7 | -13.3 | 6.5 | -5.5 | -0.6 | 6.7 | 10.0 | -1.2 | 4.0 | +41.3% |
| 2018 | 0.5 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -8.4 | 6.5 | -9.6 | 18.3 | 2.5 | -0.6 | -11.4 | 15.3 | -11.8 | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 2.9 | -13.2 | -3.4 | 0.8 | -1.3 | -0.7 | 6.8 | 3.0 | 11.5 | 4.4 | +16.4% |
| 2016 | -0.9 |