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) Operating cash flow

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Fastenal Company's operating cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $1.3B, up 10.4% from $1.2B in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $1.4B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $519.9M (fiscal 2016) to $1.4B (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. Fastenal Company ranks 3rd of 22 Industrial Distribution companies by operating cash flow.

Operating cash flow, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating cash flow Change
FY2025 $1.3B 10.45%
FY2024 $1.2B (18.11%)
FY2023 $1.4B 52.25%
FY2022 $941.0M 22.19%
FY2021 $770.1M (30.11%)
FY2020 $1.1B 30.75%
FY2019 $842.7M 24.99%
FY2018 $674.2M 15.21%
FY2017 $585.2M 12.56%
FY2016 $519.9M (5.52%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating cash flow Change
Sep 2026 $421.6M 58.68%
Jun 2026 $265.7M (29.78%)
Mar 2026 $378.4M 2.80%
Dec 2025 $368.1M (4.88%)
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Against its own ten years

Low $519.9M High $1.4B
Ten-year median $842.7M
Current reading's percentile 91

Operating cash flow against peers

What Operating cash flow is

Operating Cash Flow shows how much cash a company’s day-to-day business actually brings in, after paying suppliers, staff and taxes.

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