Fastenal (FAST) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)

Fastenal has reported Return on Invested Capital for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.0% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.0%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.01%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 stood at 0.0%, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Return on Invested Capital was 0.06% in Q2 2024, with the low at 0.0% in Q4 2022.
• Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.01% across 5 years, with a median of 0.01% in 2023.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Return on Invested Capital grew 5 bps — and 2025, when it slipped 5 bps.
• Fastenal's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.0% in 2022, then grew by 8 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then jumped by 77 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then sank by 45 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then advanced by 3 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.0% (Q1 2026), 0.0% (Q4 2025), and 0.01% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.