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) 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

Against its own ten years

Low 11.5× High 33.2×
Ten-year median 18.6×
Current reading's percentile 97

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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