Fastenal vs Tractor Supply
FAST and TSCO side by side, both in consumer discretionary. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FAST and TSCO compare
Fastenal is the larger company, worth 3.3 times as much as Tractor Supply ($63.3B against $19.0B).
Fastenal grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.5% versus 3.5% for Tractor Supply).
Fastenal keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 15.6% compared with 11.6% at Tractor Supply.
Both pay dividends: Fastenal yields 1.8% and Tractor Supply 2.6%.
Tractor Supply scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 16 for Fastenal), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FAST | TSCO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $63.3B | $19.0B |
| Share price | $55.19 | $36.45 |
| Change, 1 year | 34.7% | −34.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 80.9% | −21.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.78 | 0.68 |
| Employees | 24K | 52K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 6 | 6 |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 44.5× | – |
| P/S | 7.0× | 1.2× (better) |
| P/B | 15.3× | 7.1× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 33.9× | 11.5× (better) |
| P/FCF | 53.8× (better) | 65.4× |
| PEG | 9.13 | – |
| FCF yield | 1.9% (better) | 1.5% |
| Fair value | $28.52 | $34.45 |
| Margin of safety | −93.5% | −5.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 13.5% (better) | 3.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.7% | 7.9% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 15.6% | 67.0% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 15.9% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 7.9% | 10.1% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 44.6% (better) | 36.2% |
| Operating margin | 20.5% (better) | 8.2% |
| Net margin | 15.6% (better) | 11.6% |
| FCF margin | 13.0% (better) | 1.8% |
| Return on equity | 35.3% | 70.5% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 36.1% (better) | 23.5% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.02 (better) | 0.84 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.06 | 1.11 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 504× (better) | 18.0× |
| Current ratio | 3.93 (better) | 1.38 |
| Altman Z-score | 32.69 (better) | 3.86 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | 2.6% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 77.7% | 27.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | 1 | 16 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.6% | 25.1% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 2.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.8% | 5.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 85.6% | 94.7% |
| Held by insiders | 0.10% | 0.32% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$5.0M (better) | −$11.3M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.3% | 7.6% |
Go deeper
- FAST stock overview
- FAST income statement
- FAST valuation and score
- TSCO stock overview
- TSCO income statement
- TSCO valuation and score
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