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) Free cash flow

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Fastenal Company's free cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $1.1B, up 11.1% from $959.2M in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $1.2B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $336.9M (fiscal 2016) to $1.3B (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. Fastenal Company ranks 3rd of 22 Industrial Distribution companies by free cash flow.

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
FY2025 $1.1B 11.07%
FY2024 $959.2M (24.60%)
FY2023 $1.3B 63.38%
FY2022 $778.6M 25.20%
FY2021 $621.9M (34.14%)
FY2020 $944.3M 56.63%
FY2019 $602.9M 18.82%
FY2018 $507.4M 7.34%
FY2017 $472.7M 40.31%
FY2016 $336.9M (16.81%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 $349.8M 70.55%
Jun 2026 $205.1M (36.07%)
Mar 2026 $320.8M 3.35%
Dec 2025 $310.4M (6.59%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $336.9M High $1.3B
Ten-year median $621.9M
Current reading's percentile 91

Free cash flow against peers

What Free cash flow is

Free Cash Flow tells an investor how much cash a company’s operations generate after paying for its investment in physical and intangible assets.

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

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