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) Free cash flow margin
Fastenal Company's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 13.1%, up 0.1 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
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Annual newest first
| 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
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| FAST Fastenal Company | 13.1% |
| WSO Watsco, Inc. compare | 9.57% |
| WSO.B 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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