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) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Fastenal Company (FAST) trades at a P/E ratio of 41.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 18.9× (October 2018) to 48.5× (August 2025); the current reading is higher than 94% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 27.6× and above the Industrials sector median of 24.7×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 36.5× 1.96%
FY2024 35.8× 14.28%
FY2023 31.3× 25.51%
FY2022 24.9× (37.30%)
FY2021 39.8× 22.20%
FY2020 32.6× 21.57%
FY2019 26.8× 34.73%
FY2018 19.9× (26.77%)
FY2017 27.1× 0.58%
FY2016 27.0× 16.97%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Sep 2026 39.9× (1.87%)
Jun 2026 40.7× 0.00%
Mar 2026 40.7× 11.57%
Dec 2025 36.5× (20.40%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 18.9× High 48.5×
Ten-year median 28.2×
Current reading's percentile 93

P/E ratio against peers

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CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 17.3×
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 23.5×
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 24.9×
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 25.6×
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 29.8×
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare 33.9×
FAST Fastenal Company 41.1×
FERG Ferguson plc compare 52.7×
Industrial Distribution industry median 27.6×
Industrials sector median 24.7×
Market median 18.1×

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Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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