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Fastenal (FAST) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Fastenal filings provide 18 years of FCF Margin readings, the most recent being 14.51% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin rose 397.0% to 14.51% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 13.78%, a 237.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 12.81%, up 26.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin hit 14.51% in Q1 2026 for Fastenal, down from 15.2% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 19.08% in Q1 2023 to a low of 5.83% in Q2 2022.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 13.07% (2023), compared with a mean of 13.45%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: surged 781bps in 2022 and later plummeted -605bps in 2024.
  • Fastenal's FCF Margin stood at 15.28% in 2022, then increased by 18bps to 18.07% in 2023, then crashed by -32bps to 12.2% in 2024, then rose by 25bps to 15.2% in 2025, then fell by -5bps to 14.51% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 14.51% (Q1 2026), 15.2% (Q4 2025), and 15.31% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.