Fastenal Company FAST

50.43 (0.30) (0.59%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$58.1B
P/E
42.7×
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Fastenal Company (FAST) Current ratio

Fastenal Company's current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 4.2×, down 0.7× from fiscal 2025 (4.9×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.0× (fiscal 2022) to 6.2× (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 2.5× and above the Industrials sector median of 1.8×.

Current ratio, annual

Annual

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 4.9× 3.79%
FY2024 4.7× 2.33%
FY2023 4.6× 15.46%
FY2022 4.0× (5.51%)
FY2021 4.2× 2.64%
FY2020 4.1× (9.57%)
FY2019 4.5× (14.81%)
FY2018 5.3× (3.98%)
FY2017 5.5× (11.64%)
FY2016 6.2× 39.91%

Quarterly

Period Current ratio Change
Jun 2026 4.2× (4.85%)
Mar 2026 4.4× (9.47%)
Dec 2025 4.9× 13.93%
Sep 2025 4.3× 0.91%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.0× High 6.2×
Ten-year median 4.6×
Current reading's percentile 73

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
FAST Fastenal Company 4.2×
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 4.1×
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 3.2×
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 3.2×
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare 2.8×
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 2.6×
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 2.5×
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 2.1×
FERG Ferguson plc compare 1.7×
Industrial Distribution industry median 2.5×
Industrials sector median 1.8×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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