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) Operating margin
Fastenal Company's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 20.3%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (20.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 19.8% (fiscal 2019) to 21.4% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 8.06% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.15%.
Operating margin, annual
Annual
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 20.2% | 0.18 |
| FY2024 | 20.0% | (0.80) |
| FY2023 | 20.8% | (0.01) |
| FY2022 | 20.8% | 0.57 |
| FY2021 | 20.3% | 0.03 |
| FY2020 | 20.2% | 0.40 |
| FY2019 | 19.8% | (0.30) |
| FY2018 | 20.1% | 0.04 |
| FY2017 | 20.1% | (0.01) |
| FY2016 | 20.1% | (1.33) |
Quarterly
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 21.0% | 0.69 |
| Mar 2026 | 20.3% | 1.38 |
| Dec 2025 | 19.0% | (1.75) |
| Sep 2025 | 20.7% | (0.26) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Low 19.8%
High 21.4%
Ten-year median
20.2%
Current reading's percentile
55
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FAST Fastenal Company | 20.3% |
| GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare | 14.6% |
| AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare | 11.1% |
| FERG Ferguson plc compare | 9.73% |
| CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare | 9.64% |
| WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare | 9.40% |
| WSO Watsco, Inc. compare | 9.40% |
| WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare | 5.38% |
| QXO QXO, Inc. compare | −3.40% |
| Industrial Distribution industry median | 8.06% |
| Industrials sector median | 5.15% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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