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Fastenal (FAST) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Fastenal (FAST) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.82 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio fell 18.31% year-over-year to 0.82, compared with a TTM value of 0.96 through Dec 2025, up 1.31%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.96, up 1.31% over the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.82 for Q4 2025 at Fastenal, up from 0.77 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 1.72 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.56 in Q1 2023.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.99, with a median of 0.93 recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Payout Ratio surged 139.05% in 2021, then tumbled 52.83% in 2023.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.41 in 2021, then crashed by 51.47% to 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.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for FAST at 0.82 in Q4 2025, 0.77 in Q3 2025, and 1.21 in Q2 2025.