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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
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Fastenal Company (FAST) Return on invested capital
Fastenal Company's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 28.9%, up 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (27.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 22.5% (fiscal 2016) to 28.2% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 7.52% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 27.3% | 0.78 |
| FY2024 | 26.5% | (1.69) |
| FY2023 | 28.2% | 2.15 |
| FY2022 | 26.1% | 2.24 |
| FY2021 | 23.8% | (0.86) |
| FY2020 | 24.7% | 1.37 |
| FY2019 | 23.3% | (0.40) |
| FY2018 | 23.7% | 0.69 |
| FY2017 | 23.0% | 0.51 |
| FY2016 | 22.5% | (2.93) |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| FAST Fastenal Company | 28.9% |
| GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare | 28.8% |
| FERG Ferguson plc compare | 18.8% |
| AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare | 17.2% |
| WSO Watsco, Inc. compare | 14.6% |
| WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare | 14.2% |
| CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare | 10.9% |
| WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare | 8.56% |
| QXO QXO, Inc. compare | −1.53% |
| Industrial Distribution industry median | 7.52% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.86% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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