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Fastenal Co (FAST) stock

FASTNasdaqRetail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden SupplyFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Oct 19, 2026Score 16/3092% above fair value
$55.55+0.06 (+0.11%)

Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $63.73BP/E 44.8Yield 1.58%

Fastenal statistics

114 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.

Important dates

Next earnings
Jan 19, 2027 (estimated, before the open)
Last ex-dividend date
Oct 28, 2026
Fundamentals through
Sep 30, 2026
Share price as of
Nov 12, 2026

Valuation ratiosIndustry

Market Cap
$63.73B
$12.78B
Enterprise Value
$63.62B
$16.08B
PE Ratio
44.80
28.33
PS Ratio
7.02
1.13
PB Ratio
15.36
4.61
P/TBV Ratio
15.36
2.44
P/FCF Ratio
54.16
24.38
P/OCF Ratio
44.45
14.79

Enterprise valuationIndustry

EV / Sales
7.01
1.18
EV / EBITDA
34.12
12.51
EV / EBIT
34.12
17.56
EV / FCF
54.06
28.85

Share statisticsIndustry

Shares Outstanding
1.15B
108M
Shares Change (YoY)
0.04%
-0.20%
Shares Change (QoQ)
-0.02%
-0.25%
Float
1.15B
172M
Shares Held by Insiders
0.10%
0.32%
Shares Held by Institutions
85.6%
81.3%

Short sellingIndustry

Short Interest
38M
–
Short Interest Change
3.47%
-6.40%
Short % of Float
3.34%
2.53%
Short % of Shares Outstanding
3.34%
2.93%
Days to Cover
5.12
3.28

Stock price statisticsIndustry

52-Week High
$56.27
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52-Week Low
$38.97
–
20-Day Moving Average
$52.76
–
50-Day Moving Average
$51.15
–
200-Day Moving Average
$47.66
–
Average True Range (14)
$1.31
–
Price Change (1 Week)
5.01%
-0.41%
Price Change (1 Month)
6.83%
11.2%
Price Change (3 Months)
8.88%
-2.10%
Price Change (6 Months)
26.3%
10.2%
Price Change (YTD)
38.4%
-11.8%
Price Change (1 Year)
34.6%
-13.3%
Price Change (3 Years)
86.3%
-21.8%
Price Change (5 Years)
84.4%
-14.4%
Price Change (10 Years)
401.8%
168.2%
Average Volume (10 Days)
7M
–
Average Volume (20 Days)
7M
–
Average Volume (90 Days)
8M
–
Relative Volume
0.61
0.72
Relative Strength Index (14)
70.7
52.7
Volatility (1 Year)
24.5%
42.2%
Beta (5 Years)
0.78
0.90

MarginsIndustry

Gross Margin
44.6%
33.1%
Operating Margin
20.5%
6.45%
Pretax Margin
20.6%
7.10%
Profit Margin
15.6%
7.35%
EBITDA Margin
20.5%
11.4%
FCF Margin
13.0%
7.48%

Returns on capitalIndustry

Return on Equity (ROE)
35.3%
22.6%
Return on Assets (ROA)
26.7%
7.17%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
36.1%
16.9%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
41.2%
10.6%

Financial positionIndustry

Current Ratio
3.93
1.38
Quick Ratio
1.88
0.39
Debt / Equity
0.02
0.99
Debt / EBITDA
0.05
1.69
Debt / FCF
0.08
3.83
Net Debt / EBITDA
-0.06
1.59
Interest Coverage
503.92
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GrowthIndustry

Revenue Growth (YoY)
13.5%
2.16%
Net Income Growth (YoY)
15.6%
4.06%
EPS Growth (YoY)
15.9%
1.68%
FCF Growth (YoY)
21.9%
6.11%
Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
5.52%
-1.16%
Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
7.75%
4.82%
EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
4.87%
2.02%
EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
7.91%
7.90%

EfficiencyIndustry

Asset Turnover
1.71
1.32
Inventory Turnover
2.87
3.38
Revenue Per Employee
$370.75K
$450.33K
Profits Per Employee
$57.91K
$23.79K
Employee Count
24,489
24,489
WACC
8.79%
8.71%

Income statement (TTM)Industry

Revenue
$9.08B
$11.72B
Gross Profit
$4.05B
$4.07B
Operating Income
$1.86B
$306.09M
Pretax Income
$1.87B
$306.30M
Net Income
$1.42B
$828.97M
EBITDA
$1.86B
$729.28M
EPS (Diluted)
$1.24
$1.24

Balance sheetIndustry

Cash & Short-Term Investments
$211.90M
$198.88M
Total Debt
$100.00M
$4.62B
Net Cash (Debt)
$111.90M
$21.23K
Net Cash Per Share
$0.10
$0.00
Equity (Book Value)
$4.15B
$2.57B
Book Value Per Share
$3.62
$4.65
Tangible Book Value
$4.15B
$6.83M
Working Capital
$2.85B
$1.16B

Cash flow (TTM)Industry

Operating Cash Flow
$1.43B
$609.38M
Capital Expenditures
-$257.00M
-$436.32M
Free Cash Flow
$1.18B
$759.67M
FCF Per Share
$1.03
$2.81

Dividends and yieldsIndustry

Earnings Yield
2.23%
3.15%
FCF Yield
1.85%
4.12%
Dividend Yield
1.58%
2.09%
Shareholder Yield
1.58%
3.18%
Dividend Per Share
$0.88
$3.16
Dividend Growth (YoY)
12.2%
4.55%
Years of Dividend Growth
1
16
Payout Ratio
77.7%
40.5%
FCF Payout Ratio
93.6%
61.1%

Taxes and interestIndustry

Interest Expense
$3.70M
$72.45M
Income Tax
$448.10M
$161.40M
Effective Tax Rate
24.0%
23.4%

Scores and fair valueIndustry

Graham Number
$10.04
$34.59
Graham Upside
-81.9%
-79.0%
Altman Z-Score
32.88
3.21
Piotroski F-Score
6
6
Beneish M-Score
-2.39
-2.42
Lynch Fair Value
$9.81
–
Lynch Upside
-82.3%
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Total return vs. the S&P 500

Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 12, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.

PeriodFASTS&P 500DifferenceFAST per yearS&P 500 per year
1 month+8.4%-2.7%+11.1 pts
3 months+6.9%-1.7%+8.7 pts
Year to date+41.4%+11.9%+29.5 pts
1 year+38.5%+12.0%+26.5 pts
3 years+98.7%+78.2%+20.6 pts+25.7%+21.2%
5 years+108.0%+73.2%+34.8 pts+15.8%+11.6%
10 years+549.3%+309.6%+239.6 pts+20.6%+15.1%

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.

38M FAST shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, up 3.5% from the previous report, or 3.34% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 5.1 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 60.3% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.

Settlement dateShares shortChangeAvg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 202638,315,307+3.5%7,478,9755.1
Oct 15, 202637,031,117+7.0%8,732,3924.2
Sep 30, 202634,618,329-2.9%7,533,2084.6
Sep 15, 202635,653,332+2.9%6,168,2425.8
Aug 31, 202634,649,070+11.0%5,524,8816.3
Aug 14, 202631,204,882-13.1%7,876,1184.0
Jul 31, 202635,899,233+14.1%8,315,5884.3
Jul 15, 202631,475,902+1.8%9,245,0453.4
Jun 30, 202630,905,562-1.3%8,236,3913.8
Jun 15, 202631,320,552+10.1%6,509,8964.8
May 29, 202628,459,231+1.1%6,899,6174.1
May 15, 202628,159,863+14.8%6,480,6554.3

Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.

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