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.

Revenue
+15.5%
EPS
+20.7%
Free cash flow
+5.27%
Total debt
−48.7%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

52.80 0.41 −0.77%
Market cap
$60.7B
P/E
42.6×
Fwd P/E
40.8×
Dividend yield
1.89%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
29.34
Beneish M
−2.39
Dividend safety
51/100

Fastenal Company (FAST) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Fastenal Company (FAST) trades at a price to free cash flow of 51.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 25.0× (October 2015) to 65.0× (August 2025); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 18.7× and above the Industrials sector median of 19.6×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 43.2× 0.67%
FY2024 42.9× 50.45%
FY2023 28.5× (18.29%)
FY2022 34.9× (41.00%)
FY2021 59.2× 99.51%
FY2020 29.7× (15.54%)
FY2019 35.1× 18.85%
FY2018 29.6× (11.12%)
FY2017 33.3× (17.39%)
FY2016 40.3× 37.00%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 47.9× 1.57%
Jun 2026 47.2× 4.27%
Mar 2026 45.2× 4.64%
Dec 2025 43.2× (24.72%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 25.0× High 65.0×
Ten-year median 34.9×
Current reading's percentile 91

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 13.9×
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 17.1×
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 17.8×
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 24.5×
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 33.9×
FERG Ferguson plc compare 36.1×
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare 39.1×
FAST Fastenal Company 51.1×
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 63.7×
Industrial Distribution industry median 18.7×
Industrials sector median 19.6×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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