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Fastenal (FAST) Change in Cash (2016 - 2026)

Fastenal filings provide 18 years of Change in Cash readings, the most recent being $31.9 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Cash rose 232.92% to $31.9 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $76.9 million, a 1550.94% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $21.0 million, down 39.13% from a year prior.
  • Change in Cash hit $31.9 million in Q1 2026 for Fastenal, up from -$11.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Cash ranged from a high of $53.9 million in Q3 2023 to a low of -$76.2 million in Q4 2023.
  • Median Change in Cash over the past 5 years was $6.0 million (2025), compared with a mean of $4.3 million.
  • The widest YoY moves for Change in Cash: up 585.0% in 2023, down 5342.86% in 2023.
  • Fastenal's Change in Cash stood at -$1.4 million in 2022, then crashed by 5342.86% to -$76.2 million in 2023, then soared by 52.23% to -$36.4 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 68.96% to -$11.3 million in 2025, then soared by 382.3% to $31.9 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Change in Cash were $31.9 million (Q1 2026), -$11.3 million (Q4 2025), and $50.3 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.