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FCF Margin for Fastenal (FAST)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

13.8%

YoY change

+0.26pp

Trough year (1996)

-4.8%

Peak year (2023)

17.1%

FCF Margin history chart for Fastenal (FAST) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: 12.8%

FCF Margin change chart for Fastenal (FAST) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: +0.26pp

FCF Margin history table for Fastenal (FAST) from 1989 to 2025

  • 202512.8%+0.26pp
  • 202412.5%-4.60pp
  • 202317.1%+6.16pp
  • 202211.0%+0.78pp
  • 202110.2%-6.33pp
  • 202016.5%+5.35pp
  • 201911.2%+1.15pp
  • 201810.0%-0.57pp
  • 201710.6%+2.41pp
  • 20168.2%-1.93pp
  • 201510.1%+1.82pp
  • 20148.3%+2.00pp
  • 20136.3%-1.93pp
  • 20128.2%+2.86pp
  • 20115.4%-1.99pp
  • 20107.4%-5.78pp
  • 200913.1%+6.10pp
  • 20087.0%-1.32pp
  • 20078.3%+7.23pp
  • 20061.1%-2.55pp
  • 20053.7%+3.29pp
  • 20040.4%-3.67pp
  • 20034.1%+6.80pp
  • 2002-2.7%-8.41pp
  • 20015.7%+5.46pp
  • 20000.2%-2.55pp
  • 19992.8%+1.55pp
  • 19981.2%+4.73pp
  • 1997-3.5%+1.24pp
  • 1996-4.8%-3.95pp
  • 1995-0.8%-2.79pp
  • 19942.0%+2.97pp
  • 1993-1.0%-1.12pp
  • 19920.1%+0.12pp
  • 19910.0%-4.59pp
  • 19904.6%-0.02pp
  • 19894.6%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Fastenal's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Fastenal (FAST)

According to Fastenal's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 13.8%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

2025's annual free cash flow margin for Fastenal (FAST) came in at 12.81% – expanded 0.3 percentage points year-over-year.

The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 17.15%, reached in 2023; the historical low of -4.76% was recorded in 1996.

Fastenal FCF Margin by Year

Fastenal FCF Margin 2025: 12.8%

2025's free cash flow margin for Fastenal came in at 12.81%, expanded 0.3 percentage points from 2024.

Fastenal FCF Margin 2024: 12.5%

Fastenal posted free cash flow margin of 12.55% in 2024, contracted 4.6 percentage points from 2023.

Fastenal FCF Margin 2023: 17.1%

In 2023, Fastenal reported free cash flow margin of 17.15%, expanded 6.2 percentage points from 2022. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Fastenal FCF Margin 2022: 11.0%

Fastenal free cash flow margin in 2022 was 10.99%, expanded 0.8 percentage points from 2021.

Fastenal FCF Margin 2021: 10.2%

Fastenal free cash flow margin in 2021 was 10.21%.

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