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FAST Financials Fastenal

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 7.7% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown in line with revenue (7.9% vs 7.7% per year).
  • Operating margin has been roughly flat, at 20.2% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has grown 2.4% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • The company holds more cash ($277M) than total debt ($125M).
  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (-21.0% vs 7.7% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense 267× in the latest year.
  • Total debt is 0.1× EBITDA.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 15 consecutive years, consuming 79.8% of earnings and 95.6% of free cash flow.
  • The dividend has grown 4.6% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
$0 $4B $8B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
0% 25% 50% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $630M $1B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $278M $555M 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$1B $76M $1B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $8.2B $1.3B 45.0% 20.2% $1.1B $125M $277M
2024 $7.5B $1.2B 45.1% 20.0% $947M $200M $256M
2023 $7.3B $1.2B 45.7% 20.8% $1.3B $260M $221M
2022 $7.0B $1.1B 46.1% 20.8% $767M $555M $230M
2021 $6.0B $925M 46.2% 20.3% $614M $390M $236M
2020 $5.6B $859M 45.5% 20.2% $934M $405M $246M
2019 $5.3B $791M 47.2% 19.8% $596M $345M $175M
2018 $5.0B $752M 48.3% 20.1% $498M $500M $167M
2017 $4.4B $579M 49.3% 20.1% $465M $415M $117M
2016 $4.0B $499M 49.6% 20.1% $330M $390M $113M
2015 $516M $395M $365M $129M
2014 $494M $310M $90M $114M
2013 $449M $210M $59M
2012 $421M $258M $80M
2011 $358M $148M $118M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced FAST against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 24.8 49.6 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 3.8 7.6 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 1.4 2.8 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is FAST growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Fastenal's revenue has grown 7.7% per year, and net income grown 7.9% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does FAST have?

As of FY2025, Fastenal reported $125M of total debt against $277M of cash; operating income covered interest expense 267×.

What is FAST's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 45.0%, operating margin 20.2%, and net margin 15.3%.

What is FAST's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Fastenal traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 42.8× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.