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) P/B ratio

As of 25 September 2026, Fastenal Company (FAST) trades at a P/B ratio of 14.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.8× (October 2015) to 15.2× (August 2025); the current reading is higher than 98% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 3.6× and above the Industrials sector median of 2.4×.

P/B ratio, daily

Annual

Period P/B ratio Change
FY2025 11.7× 2.53%
FY2024 11.4× 5.05%
FY2023 10.8× 26.10%
FY2022 8.6× (28.96%)
FY2021 12.1× 18.05%
FY2020 10.3× 29.01%
FY2019 7.9× 21.99%
FY2018 6.5× (13.12%)
FY2017 7.5× 6.85%
FY2016 7.0× 6.19%

Quarterly

Period P/B ratio Change
Jun 2026 13.5× 1.44%
Mar 2026 13.4× 14.35%
Dec 2025 11.7× (19.21%)
Sep 2025 14.5× 14.19%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 5.8× High 15.2×
Ten-year median 9.0×
Current reading's percentile 98

P/B ratio against peers

Company P/B ratio
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 1.0×
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 3.4×
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 3.5×
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 3.6×
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 3.8×
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 6.7×
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare 13.0×
FAST Fastenal Company 14.2×
FERG Ferguson plc compare 69.6×
Industrial Distribution industry median 3.6×
Industrials sector median 2.4×
Market median 1.8×

What P/B ratio is

Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.

Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))

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