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) Free cash flow margin

Fastenal Company's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 13.4%, up 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (13.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.50% (fiscal 2016) to 17.3% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 4.67% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.43%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 13.0% 0.28
FY2024 12.7% (4.61)
FY2023 17.3% 6.17
FY2022 11.2% 0.80
FY2021 10.4% (6.37)
FY2020 16.7% 5.42
FY2019 11.3% 1.08
FY2018 10.2% (0.55)
FY2017 10.8% 2.27
FY2016 8.50% (1.97)

Against its own ten years

Low 8.50% High 17.3%
Ten-year median 11.2%
Current reading's percentile 82

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
FAST Fastenal Company 13.4%
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 9.57%
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 9.57%
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 9.29%
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare 8.17%
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 8.16%
FERG Ferguson plc compare 3.85%
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 1.43%
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 0.62%
Industrial Distribution industry median 4.67%
Industrials sector median 2.43%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

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

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