Fastenal Company FAST
- Market cap
- $58.1B
- P/E
- 42.7×
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Fastenal Company (FAST) EV/EBITDA
As of 25 September 2026, Fastenal Company (FAST) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 29.6×. 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 15.1× and above the Industrials sector median of 12.9×.
EV/EBITDA, daily
Annual
| 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
| Period | EV/EBITDA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 28.2× | 0.15% |
| Mar 2026 | 28.1× | 12.38% |
| Dec 2025 | 25.0× | (20.08%) |
| Sep 2025 | 31.3× | 13.13% |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/EBITDA against peers
| Company | EV/EBITDA |
|---|---|
| CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare | 10.8× |
| WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare | 14.8× |
| WSO Watsco, Inc. compare | 16.1× |
| WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare | 16.6× |
| GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare | 20.2× |
| AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare | 20.3× |
| FAST Fastenal Company | 29.6× |
| QXO QXO, Inc. compare | 36.8× |
| FERG Ferguson plc compare | 122× |
| Industrial Distribution industry median | 15.1× |
| Industrials sector median | 12.9× |
| 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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- Revenue
- Net income
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/Sales
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
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