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Fastenal

IndustrialsRetailS&P 500
Ticker FASTWINONA, MNFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $3.61Diluted shares 1.2B

Fastenal Company (Nasdaq: FAST) distributes fasteners and a broad range of industrial and construction supplies to businesses, primarily serving manufacturing customers as well as construction, reseller, transportation, and government markets. Its products include threaded fasteners, safety supplies, and other… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2025, Fastenal reported revenue of $8.20B, up 8.7% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $1.26B. Its operating margin was 20.2%, and operations generated $1.30B in cash. Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, revenue was $9.08B.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$8.20BFY2025
+8.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $9.08B
20.19%FY2025
+0.2 percentage points
Last 12 mo 20.54%
$1.26BFY2025
+9.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.42B
31.91%FY2025
+0.1 percentage points
Last 12 mo 34.18%
Cash & financing
$1.30BFY2025
+10.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.43B
$1.05BFY2025
+11.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.18B
0.03FY2025
Was 0.06× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.02
1.2BFY2025
+100.3% year over year
Last 12 mo 1.2B

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Fastenal does

In the company’s own words

Fastenal Company (Nasdaq: FAST) distributes fasteners and a broad range of industrial and construction supplies to businesses, primarily serving manufacturing customers as well as construction, reseller, transportation, and government markets. Its products include threaded fasteners, safety supplies, and other maintenance, repair, and operating materials; it also provides tool and hoist repair, fabrication, and other industrial services. Fastenal serves customers through a global network of locations and customer sites, with inventory-management programs such as FASTVend, FASTBin, and FASTStock, along with eBusiness and supply-chain services. It reports one operating business, with fasteners representing 30.5% of 2025 sales and safety supplies 22.2%; its private-label brands include Body Guard and ORMADUS. For fiscal 2025, revenue was $8.2 billion. The company began as a fastener distributor in 1967 and broadened its product range starting in 1993. At year-end 2025, it operated 1,595 locations in 25 countries and employed 24,489 people. Its website is www.fastenal.com.

Company details
Sector
Industrials
Industry (SIC)
Retail
Headquarters
WINONA, MN
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
815556
SIC
5200

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2013–2025 · USD
$-907.93M$1.82B$4.54B$7.26B$9.99B2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Fastenal — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

820
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$20.13B
held by funds, at market
37.6%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Fastenal’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.08%of fund net assets
VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND
VOO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.09%of fund net assets
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
SCHD · SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST
1.28%of fund net assets
VANGUARD MID-CAP INDEX FUND
VO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.53%of fund net assets
0.24%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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