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Fastenal Company FAST

Industrials  —  Industrial Distribution
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) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Fastenal Company (FAST) trades at a price to free cash flow of 49.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 25.0× (October 2015) to 65.0× (August 2025); the current reading is higher than 88% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 22.5× and above the Industrials sector median of 20.6×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

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

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 47.2× 4.27%
Mar 2026 45.2× 4.64%
Dec 2025 43.2× (24.72%)
Sep 2025 57.4× 5.94%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 25.0× High 65.0×
Ten-year median 34.8×
Current reading's percentile 88

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 12.7×
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 17.4×
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 17.9×
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 27.0×
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare 38.1×
FAST Fastenal Company 49.5×
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 67.9×
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 116×
FERG Ferguson plc compare 341×
Industrial Distribution industry median 22.5×
Industrials sector median 20.6×
Market median 14.0×

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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