Fastenal Company
FAST Industrials Industrial Distribution
Fastenal Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $8.2 billion, up 8.67% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to September 2026, revenue grew 15.5%, EPS grew 20.7%, free cash flow grew 5.27% and total debt fell 48.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for ten; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Fastenal Company (FAST) EV/EBITDA
As of 16 October 2026, Fastenal Company (FAST) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 29.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.5× (October 2015) to 33.2× (August 2025); the current reading is higher than 97% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 14.6× and above the Industrials sector median of 12.6×.
EV/EBITDA, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | EV/EBITDA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 25.0× | 2.50% |
| FY2024 | 24.4× | 14.55% |
| FY2023 | 21.3× | 26.19% |
| FY2022 | 16.9× | (36.62%) |
| FY2021 | 26.6× | 23.27% |
| FY2020 | 21.6× | 22.03% |
| FY2019 | 17.7× | 31.35% |
| FY2018 | 13.5× | (15.08%) |
| FY2017 | 15.9× | 3.19% |
| FY2016 | 15.4× | 16.01% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | EV/EBITDA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 29.0× | 3.04% |
| Jun 2026 | 28.2× | 0.15% |
| Mar 2026 | 28.1× | 12.38% |
| Dec 2025 | 25.0× | (20.08%) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/EBITDA against peers
| Company | EV/EBITDA |
|---|---|
| CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare | 10.7× |
| WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare | 13.9× |
| WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare | 14.6× |
| WSO Watsco, Inc. compare | 15.0× |
| AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare | 20.2× |
| GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare | 21.5× |
| FAST Fastenal Company | 29.9× |
| QXO QXO, Inc. compare | 33.4× |
| FERG Ferguson plc compare | 126× |
| Industrial Distribution industry median | 14.6× |
| Industrials sector median | 12.6× |
| Market median | 11.0× |
What EV/EBITDA is
Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.
((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)
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