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Fastenal (FAST) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)

Fastenal filings provide 18 years of Return on Invested Capital readings, the most recent being 0.0% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% to 0.0% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.0%, a 0.0% change, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.01%, changed 0.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.0% in Q1 2026 for Fastenal, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.06% in Q2 2024 to a low of 0.0% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.01% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.01%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: rose 5bps in 2024 and later decreased -5bps in 2025.
  • Fastenal's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.0% in 2022, then rose by 8bps to 0.0% in 2023, then soared by 77bps to 0.01% in 2024, then tumbled by -45bps to 0.0% in 2025, then grew by 3bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.0% (Q1 2026), 0.0% (Q4 2025), and 0.01% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.