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Fastenal (FAST) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026)

Fastenal filings provide 18 years of Share-based Compensation readings, the most recent being $2.6 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 30.0% to $2.6 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $8.9 million, a 11.25% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $8.4 million, up 5.0% from a year prior.
  • Share-based Compensation hit $2.6 million in Q1 2026 for Fastenal, up from $2.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $2.8 million in Q4 2022 to a low of $1.4 million in Q3 2022.
  • Median Share-based Compensation over the past 5 years was $2.0 million (2024), compared with a mean of $2.0 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: surged 115.38% in 2022 and later crashed 39.29% in 2023.
  • Fastenal's Share-based Compensation stood at $2.8 million in 2022, then tumbled by 39.29% to $1.7 million in 2023, then grew by 17.65% to $2.0 million in 2024, then increased by 10.0% to $2.2 million in 2025, then rose by 18.18% to $2.6 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Share-based Compensation were $2.6 million (Q1 2026), $2.2 million (Q4 2025), and $2.1 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.