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Fastenal (FAST) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Fastenal filings provide 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.86 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 27.8% to 0.86 in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.89, a 15.88% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.96, up 1.31% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.86 in Q1 2026 for Fastenal, up from 0.82 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.72 in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.56 in Q1 2023.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.86 (2026), compared with a mean of 0.95.
  • The widest YoY moves for FCF Payout Ratio: up 92.38% in 2023, down 52.83% in 2023.
  • Fastenal's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.68 in 2022, then soared by 92.38% to 1.31 in 2023, then decreased by 23.59% to 1.0 in 2024, then fell by 18.31% to 0.82 in 2025, then grew by 5.21% to 0.86 in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.86 (Q1 2026), 0.82 (Q4 2025), and 0.77 (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.