Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Common Stock Data

Dollar amounts in this section are stated in whole numbers.

Our shares are traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol 'FAST'. As of January 19, 2024, there were approximately 900 record holders of our common stock, which include nominees or broker dealers holding stock on behalf of an estimated 662,000 beneficial owners.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The table below sets forth information regarding purchases of our common stock during each of the last three months of 2023:


		(a)		(b)		(c)		(d)
Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (1)		Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (1)
October 1-31, 2023		0		$0.00		0		6,200,000
November 1-30, 2023		0		$0.00		0		6,200,000
December 1-31, 2023		0		$0.00		0		6,200,000
Total		0		$0.00		0		6,200,000


(1)			As of December 31, 2023, we had remaining authority to repurchase 6,200,000 shares under the July 12, 2022 authorization. This authorization does not have an expiration date.

Purchases of shares of our common stock, if applicable, are described later in this Form 10-K under the heading 'Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations' under 'Liquidity and Capital Resources' - 'Stock Purchases'.

Fastenal Company Common Stock Comparative Performance Graph

Set forth below is a graph comparing, for the five years ended December 31, 2023, the yearly cumulative total shareholder return on our common stock with the yearly cumulative total shareholder return of the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones US Industrial Suppliers Index.

The comparison of total shareholder returns in the performance graph assumes that $100 was invested on December 31, 2018 in Fastenal Company, the S&P 500 Index, and the Dow Jones US Industrial Suppliers Index, and that dividends were reinvested when and as paid.

Comparison of Five-Year Cumulative Total Return Among Fastenal Company, the S&P 500 Index, and the Dow Jones US Industrial Suppliers Index

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		2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Fastenal Company	$	100.00	145.04	198.08	265.50	200.88	283.77
S&P 500 Index		100.00	131.49	155.68	200.37	164.08	207.21
Dow Jones US Industrial Suppliers Index		100.00	132.23	167.18	223.37	193.89	287.68

Note - The graph and index table above were obtained from Zacks SEC Compliance Services Group.

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