Fastenal Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Fastenal ratio analysis
Fastenal earned a net margin of 15.3% in FY 2025, up from 15.2% a year earlier. Gross margin was 45.0% compared with a median of 46.2% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 31.9%, meaning Fastenal generated 0.32 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.03 versus 0.06 the year before, and the current ratio was 4.85. At the end of FY 2025, FAST traded at 37.1 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 6.8 to 37.1, with a median of 15.0. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Fastenal financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 37.10 | 35.85 | 32.06 | 12.52 | 20.02 | 16.39 | 13.25 | 9.92 | 13.67 | 6.79 |
| Price / sales | 5.66 | 5.44 | 5.04 | 1.94 | 3.06 | 2.48 | 1.97 | 1.50 | 1.80 | 0.86 |
| Price / book | 11.77 | 11.35 | 11.05 | 4.29 | 6.05 | 5.13 | 3.93 | 3.24 | 3.76 | 1.76 |
| Gross margin | 45.0% | 45.1% | 45.7% | 46.1% | 46.2% | 45.5% | 47.2% | 48.3% | 49.3% | 49.6% |
| Operating margin | 20.2% | 20.0% | 20.8% | 20.8% | 20.3% | 20.2% | 19.8% | 20.1% | 20.1% | 20.1% |
| Net margin | 15.3% | 15.2% | 15.7% | 15.6% | 15.4% | 15.2% | 14.8% | 15.1% | 13.2% | 12.6% |
| Free cash flow margin | 12.8% | 12.5% | 17.1% | 11.0% | 10.2% | 16.5% | 11.2% | 10.0% | 10.6% | 8.3% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 31.9% | 31.8% | 34.5% | 34.4% | 30.4% | 31.4% | 29.7% | 32.7% | 27.6% | 25.8% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 24.9% | 24.5% | 25.9% | 23.9% | 21.5% | 21.7% | 20.8% | 22.6% | 19.9% | 18.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| Current ratio | 4.85 | 4.67 | 4.57 | 3.96 | 4.19 | 4.08 | 4.51 | 5.30 | 5.51 | 6.24 |
| Revenue growth | 8.7% | 2.7% | 5.2% | 16.1% | 6.4% | 5.9% | 7.4% | 13.1% | 10.8% | 2.4% |
| EPS growth | 9.0% | -1.0% | -46.6% | 18.1% | 7.4% | 8.0% | 5.3% | 31.0% | -42.2% | -2.3% |