Fastenal (FAST) Price to Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Fastenal's (FAST) Price to Earnings came in at 40.76 for Q2 2026, up 0.6% from 40.53 a year earlier but down 0.6% from the prior quarter.
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Fastenal (FAST) Price to Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Fastenal's Price to Earnings stood at 36.61, up 2.2% from FY2024.
- Annual Price to Earnings has increased for three consecutive years.
- In prior years, Fastenal's Price to Earnings was 35.84 in FY2024 (+11.7%), 32.07 in FY2023 (+29.1%), 24.85 in FY2022 (-37.6%) and 39.85 in FY2021 (+22.1%).
- Quarterly Price to Earnings has run from a low of 24.59 in Q3 2022 to a high of 45.90 in Q3 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Price to Earnings has increased in each of the last 13 quarters, with growth averaging 13.7% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Price to Earnings in the past five years was Q1 2024, with growth of 37.8%; the weakest was Q4 2022, with a decline of 37.6%.
- According to Business Quant data, Price to Earnings for the three prior quarters was 40.99 (Q1 2026), 36.61 (Q4 2025) and 45.90 (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Rentals | 66.45 Bn | 65.21 Bn | 1.73 Bn |
| 2 | W.W. Grainger | 62.58 Bn | 60.18 Bn | 1.98 Bn |
| 3 | Fastenal | 59.02 Bn | 57.94 Bn | 1.06 Bn |
| 4 | Ferguson Enterprises | 43.33 Bn | 40.54 Bn | 2.32 Bn |
| 5 | Sunbelt Rentals Holdings | 31.82 Bn | 31.70 Bn | 1.25 Bn |
| 6 | Reliance | 20.64 Bn | 19.68 Bn | 1.30 Bn |
| 7 | Wesco International | 17.76 Bn | 15.08 Bn | 1.46 Bn |
| 8 | Applied Industrial Technologies | 12.45 Bn | 12.32 Bn | 411.22 Mn |
| 9 | Watsco | 11.13 Bn | 8.82 Bn | 578.93 Mn |
| 10 | Avantor | 10.53 Bn | 9.33 Bn | 537.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 40.76 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 40.99 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 36.61 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 45.90 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 40.53 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 38.63 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 35.84 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 35.43 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 31.23 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 38.15 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 32.07 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 27.53 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 30.01 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 27.69 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 24.85 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 24.59 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 27.81 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 34.75 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 39.85 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 33.36 |
API Access
Fastenal Price to Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=FAST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "ticker": "FAST", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=FAST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();