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FASTFastenal Company

Industrials · Trading Companies & Distributors · Large

$51.91−1.56%
As of 23 Oct 2026Mkt cap $55.0B
Stage 13
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Fundamentals
43.9/75
Technical
5.1/15
Independent
48.9/90

GCAE viewbusiness is credible but technical recovery is not yet actionable

Price

1M
+2.3%
3M
+9.0%
6M
+16.2%
1Y
+21.9%

Financials & valuation

Cached filing evidence · as of 2026-10-19

Valuation

P/E
41.9xHist median 39.2x
Forward P/E
—No validated forward-estimate source
Price / FCF
50.7x
FCF yield
2.0%

Quality

ROIC
31.7%
Operating margin
20.2%
FCF margin
12.8%
Current ratio
4.9x

Growth

Revenue growth
+8.7%Latest FY YoY
Revenue CAGR
+8.1%
EPS CAGR
+8.0%
FCF CAGR
+14.4%

Capital

Share-count trend
+0.2%3Y annualised
Net debt
$165M0.1x OCF

Annual trend

CAGR 2021–2025
+8.1%
Latest · 2025
$8B
YoY
+8.7%
Quality Research
PRE-AI
Acceleration Radar
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THE ONE
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Final / Opportunity
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Key takeaway

business is credible but technical recovery is not yet actionable

Unresolved question

No reliable unresolved question is available from the current committed evidence.

Watch next

  • Next earnings · 2027-01-19
More details & evidence

Production decision

Stage 13
WATCH
Technical state
approaching-support
Rotation
headwind
Evidence
fresh

Presentation freshness

Stage 11 market
2026-10-23 · Massive
Financial cache
2026-10-19
Quality Research
CURRENT
THE ONE
NOT FLAGGED

Authority

Company page
Presentation only
Scores
Frozen GCAE production outputs
Research
Research-only lanes; no score override
Private portfolio
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