Fastenal Co. FAST
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What this company does
Written from the business description in FASTENAL CO's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 5 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Growth
Revenue compounded at +7.7% a year over the five years to FY2025 — but profit grew faster: net income at +7.9%.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Profitability
Each USD of equity produced 33 cents of profit this year.
The 19-year record
EPS, diluted, dividend per share and shares outstanding are shown without shading, and a vertical line marks the year the share count changed — the series crosses a large, unexplained change in share count, so the years on either side are not on a comparable scale.
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Operating income $B | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| EBITDA $B | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Income tax $B | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Net income $B | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Free cash flow $B | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 1.09 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.89 | 1.60 | 1.49 | 1.38 | 1.31 | 1.00 | 1.73 | 1.77 | 1.66 | 1.51 | 1.42 | 1.21 | 0.90 | 0.62 | ◌ | ◌ |
| Dividend / sh $ | 0.88 | 0.78 | 0.89 | 1.24 | 1.12 | 1.40 | 0.87 | 0.77 | 0.64 | 1.20 | 1.12 | 1.00 | 0.80 | 1.24 | 0.65 | 0.62 | 0.36 | 0.79 | ◌ |
| Payout % | 80 | 78 | 88 | 65 | 70 | 94 | 63 | 59 | 64 | 69 | 63 | 60 | 53 | 87 | 54 | 69 | 58 | 42 | 28 |
| ROE % | 33.3 | 33.0 | 35.5 | 35.0 | 32.0 | 31.8 | 31.8 | 34.2 | 28.7 | 26.7 | 27.8 | 26.8 | 26.9 | 27.9 | 26.1 | 21.5 | 15.8 | 26.0 | 23.0 |
| Shares out B | 1.15 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | ◌ |
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This company against its peers
Company facts, as filed
Reconciled in 19 of the 19 fiscal years we could check. Two checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2008. Two checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2009.