TTM
20.3%
YoY change
+0.18pp
Trough year (FY2002)
13.2%
Peak year (FY2012)
21.5%
Latest annual
20.2%
Operating Margin history chart for Fastenal (FAST) from 2016 to 2025
Latest: 20.2%
Operating Margin change chart for Fastenal (FAST) from 2016 to 2025
Latest: +0.18pp
Operating Margin history table for Fastenal (FAST) from 1987 to 2025
| FY2025 | 20.2% | +0.18pp | ||
| FY2024 | 20.0% | -0.80pp | ||
| FY2023 | 20.8% | -0.02pp | ||
| FY2022 | 20.8% | +0.57pp | ||
| FY2021 | 20.3% | +0.03pp | ||
| FY2020 | 20.2% | +0.40pp | ||
| FY2019 | 19.8% | -0.30pp | ||
| FY2018 | 20.1% | +0.04pp | ||
| FY2017 | 20.1% | -0.00pp | ||
| FY2016 | 20.1% | -1.33pp | ||
| FY2015 | 21.4% | +0.32pp | ||
| FY2014 | 21.1% | -0.33pp | ||
| FY2013 | 21.4% | -0.07pp | ||
| FY2012 | 21.5% | +0.73pp | ||
| FY2011 | 20.8% | +1.83pp | ||
| FY2010 | 18.9% | +3.61pp | ||
| FY2009 | 15.3% | -3.91pp | ||
| FY2008 | 19.2% | +0.99pp | ||
| FY2007 | 18.3% | +0.56pp | ||
| FY2006 | 17.7% | +0.11pp | ||
| FY2005 | 17.6% | +0.86pp | ||
| FY2004 | 16.7% | +3.14pp | ||
| FY2003 | 13.6% | +0.41pp | ||
| FY2002 | 13.2% | -0.49pp | ||
| FY2001 | 13.7% | -3.72pp | ||
| FY2000 | 17.4% | +0.02pp | ||
| FY1999 | 17.4% | +0.04pp | ||
| FY1998 | 17.3% | +0.43pp | ||
| FY1997 | 16.9% | -1.68pp | ||
| FY1996 | 18.6% | -1.92pp | ||
| FY1995 | 20.5% | +1.40pp | ||
| FY1994 | 19.1% | +1.13pp | ||
| FY1993 | 18.0% | +0.24pp | ||
| FY1992 | 17.7% | +1.34pp | ||
| FY1991 | 16.4% | -2.37pp | ||
| FY1990 | 18.7% | +2.48pp | ||
| FY1989 | 16.3% | +0.14pp | ||
| FY1988 | 16.1% | +0.35pp | ||
| FY1987 | 15.8% | — |
- FY202520.2%+0.18pp
- FY202420.0%-0.80pp
- FY202320.8%-0.02pp
- FY202220.8%+0.57pp
- FY202120.3%+0.03pp
- FY202020.2%+0.40pp
- FY201919.8%-0.30pp
- FY201820.1%+0.04pp
- FY201720.1%-0.00pp
- FY201620.1%-1.33pp
- FY201521.4%+0.32pp
- FY201421.1%-0.33pp
- FY201321.4%-0.07pp
- FY201221.5%+0.73pp
- FY201120.8%+1.83pp
- FY201018.9%+3.61pp
- FY200915.3%-3.91pp
- FY200819.2%+0.99pp
- FY200718.3%+0.56pp
- FY200617.7%+0.11pp
- FY200517.6%+0.86pp
- FY200416.7%+3.14pp
- FY200313.6%+0.41pp
- FY200213.2%-0.49pp
- FY200113.7%-3.72pp
- FY200017.4%+0.02pp
- FY199917.4%+0.04pp
- FY199817.3%+0.43pp
- FY199716.9%-1.68pp
- FY199618.6%-1.92pp
- FY199520.5%+1.40pp
- FY199419.1%+1.13pp
- FY199318.0%+0.24pp
- FY199217.7%+1.34pp
- FY199116.4%-2.37pp
- FY199018.7%+2.48pp
- FY198916.3%+0.14pp
- FY198816.1%+0.35pp
- FY198715.8%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at Fastenal (FAST)
According to Fastenal's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 20.3%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Fastenal (FAST) operating margin is 20.19% – expanded 0.2 percentage points year-over-year.
2012 marks the peak operating margin at 21.50%, with the historical low of 13.17% recorded in 2002.
Fastenal Operating Margin by Year
Fastenal Operating Margin 2025: 20.2%
2025's operating margin for Fastenal came in at 20.19%, expanded 0.2 percentage points from 2024.
Fastenal Operating Margin 2024: 20.0%
Fastenal posted operating margin of 20.01% in 2024, contracted 0.8 percentage points from 2023.
Fastenal Operating Margin 2023: 20.8%
In 2023, Fastenal reported operating margin of 20.81%, contracted 0.0 percentage points from 2022.
Fastenal Operating Margin 2022: 20.8%
Fastenal operating margin in 2022 was 20.82%, expanded 0.6 percentage points from 2021.
Fastenal Operating Margin 2021: 20.3%
Fastenal operating margin in 2021 was 20.25%.
See more financial history for Fastenal (FAST).
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| 39.9% | |
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