Fastenal FAST Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin | 180.2%-1.2pp | 181.4%-1.4pp | 182.8%-2.6pp | 185.4%+2.3pp | |
| Operating margin | 80.4%-1.1pp | 81.4%-1.6pp | 83.1%+0.1pp | 83%+2.0pp | |
| Net margin | 61.1%-0.8pp | 61.9%-0.5pp | 62.4%-0.2pp | 62.6%+1.5pp | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 131%-2.9pp | 133.8%-4.8pp | 138.6%+1.4pp | 137.3%+12.3pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 123%-0.6pp | 123.6%-0.1pp | 123.7%+2.7pp | 121.1%+10.5pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 6.5×+0.1× | 6.5×+0.1× | 6.4×+0.3× | 6.1×+0.4× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 17.6×-0.7× | 18.3×+1.1× | 17.2×+1.5× | 15.7×-0.8× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.5×0.0× | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.7×-0.2× | 0.9×+0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×-0.2× | 0.8×-0.5× | 1.3×+0.2× | |
| Per Share | |||||
| Book value per share | $13.33-12.9% | $15.30-25.7% | $20.58-6.2% | $21.94+8.4% | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $194.47B+19.9% | $162.23B+22.2% | $132.72B+13.9% | $116.48B-7.1% | |
| Price / earnings | 161.2×+20.6× | 140.6×+23.3× | 117.3×+5.0× | 112.2×-28.8× | |
| Price / sales | 24.6×+2.9× | 21.8×+3.5× | 18.3×+0.7× | 17.6×-4.0× | |
| Price / book | 50.7×+4.8× | 45.9×+6.5× | 39.4×+2.6× | 36.9×-6.0× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 110.7×+14.3× | 96.4×+16.8× | 79.6×+3.0× | 76.5×-17.7× | |
| Dividend yield | 8%-2.2pp | 10.1%+0.3pp | 9.9%+0.3pp | 9.6%-0.7pp |
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- What are Fastenal's profit margins?
- Fastenal (FAST) runs a 44.9% gross margin and a 20.2% operating margin, with a 15.4% net margin.
- Where do Fastenal's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Fastenal's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
