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Fastenal FAST Net margin

Net margin at other companies

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9.7%-1.4pp
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AmazonAMZN
10.6%+0.5pp
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Parker-HannifinPH
16.6%-0.6pp
Howmet Aerospace logo
Howmet AerospaceHWM
20.2%+3.6pp
Dover logo
DoverDOV
13.3%-16.4pp
Nordson logo
NordsonNDSN
18.2%+1.7pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.2B+12.4%
Gross profit$982.9M+11.2%
Operating income$447.6M+13.6%
Net income$339.8M+13.8%
EPS (diluted)$0.30+15.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$308.6M+33.1%
Total debt$445.5M-10.2%
Total equity$4.0B+8.1%
Total assets$5.2B+7.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$378.4M+44.3%
CapEx$58.9M+5.8%
Free cash flow$319.5M+54.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$51.52B+19.8%
Enterprise value$51.66B+19.4%
P/E39.7×+2.3×
P/S6.1×+0.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin44.9%-0.1pp
Operating margin20.2%+0.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity33.8%+1.5pp
Debt / equity0.1×0.0×
Current ratio4.4×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Fastenal’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Fastenal’s 10-Q, filed April 16, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Fastenal's net margin?
Fastenal (FAST) reported net margin of 15.4% in Q1 2026.
How has Fastenal's net margin changed year-over-year?
Fastenal's net margin increased by 1.7% year-over-year, from 15.1% to 15.4%.
What is the long-term trend for Fastenal's net margin?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Fastenal's net margin has grown at a 0.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 61.1% to 61.1%.
What does net margin mean?
The share of every sales dollar that becomes bottom-line profit.
How do you interpret net margin?
Higher is better, but net margin mixes operating performance with financing and tax effects and one-off items — read it alongside operating margin to separate the operating story from the rest.
How does net margin compare across companies?
Comparable across peers but sensitive to leverage and tax structure; two operationally identical firms can show different net margins purely from financing.