Stock · FAST · Industrials
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1990 · Revenue 12 mo. $9.1B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Fastenal Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally.
Fastenal Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and internationally. It offers fasteners, and related industrial and construction supplies under the Fastenal name. The company's fastener products include threaded fasteners, bolts, nuts, screws, studs, and related washers that are used in manufactured products and construction projects, as well as in the maintenance and repair of machines. It offers miscellaneous supplies and hardware, including pins, machinery keys, concrete anchors, metal framing systems, wire ropes, strut products, rivets, and related accessories. The company serves the manufacturing market comprising original equipment manufacturers; maintenance, repair, and operations customers; non-residential construction market; farmers, truckers, railroads, mining companies, schools, and retail trades; and oil exploration, production, and refinement companies, as well as federal, state, and local governmental entities. Fastenal Company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Winona, Minnesota.
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Summary
57.0 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €942.8M (2025), it supports €10.5B. The remaining €43.4B of the market value assume it grows 22.8% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
22.8%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 42.5×, above its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 28.6× to 40.6×, median 35.4×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
8 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., FCF, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 31.91% | 13.10% | Rank 88 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 39.45% | 19.33% | Rank 73 |
| EBIT margin | 20.19% | 11.28% | Rank 83 |
| FCF margin | 12.81% | 8.50% | Rank 76 |
| Gross margin | 45.01% | 28.98% | Rank 85 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 8.67% | 5.15% | Rank 68 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 5.03% | 8.01% | Rank 42 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 7.95% | 12.89% | Rank 30 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 2.99% | 4.02% | Rank 37 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 2.06% | 4.42% | Rank 11 |
| FCF yield | 1.75% | 3.98% | Rank 20 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 7.34 | 2.08 | Rank 8 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 36.37 | 19.47 | Rank 12 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 20.37% | −0.01% | Rank 81 |
| Share price, 6 months | 20.45% | −1.43% | Rank 89 |
| Share price, 3 months | 7.35% | 0.53% | Rank 71 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −0.41% | −16.36% | Rank 98 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 3.97% | 1.39% | Rank 28 |
| Change in share countlower is better | 0.15% | −0.44% | Rank 17 |
| Dividend streak in years | 1 | 5 | Rank 21 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 2.02% | 0.27% | Rank 67 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 78.05% | 39.65% | Rank 98 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 0.09 | 1.38 | Rank 74 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.11 | 0.61 | Rank 90 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 24.38% | 32.95% | Rank 81 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4.0 | 20.1% | $324.5M | 1.16B | 277.3 |
| 2017 | 4.4 | 20.1% | $465.3M | 1.15B | 298.1 |
| 2018 | 5.0 | 20.1% | $497.9M | 1.15B | 332.8 |
| 2019 | 5.3 | 19.8% | $596.3M | 1.15B | 415.7 |
| 2020 | 5.6 | 20.2% | $933.7M | 1.15B | 404.4 |
| 2021 | 6.0 | 20.3% | $613.5M | 1.15B | 400.6 |
| 2022 | 7.0 | 20.8% | $767.2M | 1.15B | 572.0 |
| 2023 | 7.3 | 20.8% | $1.3B | 1.15B | 313.7 |
| 2024 | 7.5 | 20.0% | $946.8M | 1.15B | 229.6 |
| 2025 | 8.2 | 20.2% | $1.1B | 1.15B | 165.1 |
4 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Fastenal Company mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Fastenal Company is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
4 of 7 rules met
6 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Fastenal Company.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 48.4 | 22.5 |
| P/B ratio | 15.5 | 2.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 31.9% | 13.1% |
| Equity ratio | 78.0% | 39.7% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.11 | 0.61 |
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | 2.0% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| FAST | Fastenal Companythis page | |
| GWW | WW Grainger Inc | Low3.6 |
| FERG | Ferguson Plc | Low2.7 |
| WCC | WESCO International Inc | locked |
| WSO | Watsco Inc | locked |
| DPLM.L | Diploma PLC | locked |
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