Fastenal (FAST) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Fastenal has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.86 in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 27.8% year-over-year to 0.86; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.89 (down 15.88% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.96, up 1.31% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.86, up from 0.82 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 1.72 in Q2 2022, with the low at 0.56 in Q1 2023.
• Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.95 across 5 years, with a median of 0.86 in 2026.
• The largest YoY upside for FCF Payout Ratio was 92.38% in 2023 against a maximum downside of 52.83% in 2023.
• Fastenal's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.68 in 2022, then jumped by 92.38% to 1.31 in 2023, then slipped by 23.59% to 1.0 in 2024, then retreated by 18.31% to 0.82 in 2025, then increased by 5.21% to 0.86 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.86 (Q1 2026), 0.82 (Q4 2025), and 0.77 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.