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Fastenal (FAST) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2026)

Fastenal filings provide 18 years of Retained Earnings readings, the most recent being -$59.2 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings rose 28.42% to -$59.2 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was -$59.2 million, a 28.42% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$51.1 million, up 44.15% from a year prior.
  • Retained Earnings hit -$59.2 million in Q1 2026 for Fastenal, down from -$51.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $3.8 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of -$91.5 million in Q4 2024.
  • Median Retained Earnings over the past 5 years was -$28.4 million (2022), compared with a mean of $1.6 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Retained Earnings: skyrocketed 16970.21% in 2022 and later plummeted 113.03% in 2023.
  • Fastenal's Retained Earnings stood at $3.2 billion in 2022, then grew by 4.29% to $3.4 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 102.73% to -$91.5 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 44.15% to -$51.1 million in 2025, then fell by 15.85% to -$59.2 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Retained Earnings were -$59.2 million (Q1 2026), -$51.1 million (Q4 2025), and $3.8 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.