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) Debt to equity

Fastenal Company's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 0.0×, down 0.0× from fiscal 2025 (0.0×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (fiscal 2025) to 0.2× (fiscal 2018) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Industrial Distribution industry median of 0.5× and below the Industrials sector median of 0.3×.

Debt to equity, annual

Annual

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.0× (42.68%)
FY2024 0.1× (28.74%)
FY2023 0.1× (55.78%)
FY2022 0.2× 36.90%
FY2021 0.1× (13.50%)
FY2020 0.1× 14.53%
FY2019 0.1× (40.40%)
FY2018 0.2× 9.70%
FY2017 0.2× (1.88%)
FY2016 0.2× (0.44%)

Quarterly

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 0.0× (5.75%)
Mar 2026 0.0× (1.26%)
Dec 2025 0.0× (36.73%)
Sep 2025 0.1× (17.05%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 0.2×
Ten-year median 0.1×
Current reading's percentile 9

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 0.0×
FAST Fastenal Company 0.0×
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 0.0×
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 0.1×
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare 0.5×
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 0.6×
FERG Ferguson plc compare 0.8×
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 1.1×
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 1.2×
Industrial Distribution industry median 0.5×
Industrials sector median 0.3×
Market median 0.2×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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