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) Net margin
Fastenal Company's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 15.6%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.6% (fiscal 2016) to 15.7% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 4.95% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.22%.
Net margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Net margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 15.4% | 0.10 |
| FY2024 | 15.3% | (0.47) |
| FY2023 | 15.7% | 0.15 |
| FY2022 | 15.6% | 0.18 |
| FY2021 | 15.4% | 0.18 |
| FY2020 | 15.2% | 0.38 |
| FY2019 | 14.8% | (0.31) |
| FY2018 | 15.1% | 1.96 |
| FY2017 | 13.2% | 0.58 |
| FY2016 | 12.6% | (0.75) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Net margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 16.3% | 0.26 |
| Jun 2026 | 16.0% | 0.61 |
| Mar 2026 | 15.4% | 0.93 |
| Dec 2025 | 14.5% | (1.23) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Net margin against peers
| Company | Net margin |
|---|---|
| FAST Fastenal Company | 15.6% |
| GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare | 9.92% |
| AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare | 8.35% |
| FERG Ferguson plc compare | 7.15% |
| WSO Watsco, Inc. compare | 6.54% |
| WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare | 6.54% |
| CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare | 5.96% |
| WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare | 2.86% |
| QXO QXO, Inc. compare | −6.63% |
| Industrial Distribution industry median | 4.95% |
| Industrials sector median | 2.22% |
| Market median | 0.45% |
What Net margin is
Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.
Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue
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