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.

51.02 0.64 +1.27%
Market cap
$57.8B
P/E
41.1×
Fwd P/E
37.8×
Dividend yield
1.88%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
29.34
Beneish M
−2.39
Dividend safety
51/100

Fastenal Company (FAST) EV/FCF

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As of 16 October 2026, Fastenal Company (FAST) trades at a EV/FCF of 49.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 25.5× (October 2023) to 65.0× (August 2025); the current reading is higher than 88% of that period.

EV/FCF, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
FY2025 43.1× 0.47%
FY2024 42.9× 50.08%
FY2023 28.6× (19.17%)
FY2022 35.3× (40.54%)
FY2021 59.5× 99.21%
FY2020 29.8× (15.74%)
FY2019 35.4× 17.20%
FY2018 30.2× (10.84%)
FY2017 33.9× (17.51%)
FY2016 41.1× 37.08%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
Sep 2026 47.8× 1.52%
Jun 2026 47.1× 4.47%
Mar 2026 45.1× 4.63%
Dec 2025 43.1× (24.84%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 25.5× High 65.0×
Ten-year median 35.2×
Current reading's percentile 87

EV/FCF against peers

What EV/FCF is

EV/Free CF shows how the value of a whole company, debt included, compares with the free cash its business produces.

((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)) ÷ (Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM))

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