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Fastenal FAST Return on assets

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19.7%-2.7pp
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10.1%-1.1pp
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11.7%+0.1pp
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14.6%+2.8pp
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8.4%-10.2pp
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8.8%+0.8pp

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$52.68B+19.8%
Enterprise value$52.82B+19.4%
P/E40.5×+2.4×
P/S6.2×+0.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin44.9%-0.1pp
Operating margin20.2%+0.4pp
Net margin15.4%+0.3pp

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 return on assets?
Fastenal (FAST) reported return on assets of 25.8% in Q1 2026.
How has Fastenal's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Fastenal's return on assets increased by 5.3% year-over-year, from 24.5% to 25.8%.
What is the long-term trend for Fastenal's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Fastenal's return on assets has grown at a 3.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 86.4% to 99.9%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.