Is the price fair?
What FAST's price assumes
Fastenal trades at 43.7× earnings against 27.2× for the median Industrial Distribution name, more expensive than its own group.
43.7
Trailing P/E · Industrial Distribution median 27.2 · 1.61× the median: the market pays up for this one
- Price / sales
- 6.29
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 2.2%
Free cash flow yield · Industrial Distribution median 3.5%
- Growth the price implies
- +17%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +17% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +2.6% a year over the last three.
Details›
- Price / book2026-Q1
- 13.3
- EV / EBIT2026-Q1
- 31.0
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 6.27
- Industrials median P/E346 names
- 29.9
- Industrial Distribution median P/E17 names
- 27.2
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $1.16B
- Market capitalisation
- $52.7B
- 3-year revenue growth
- +6.5%
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- +2.6%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| What its own history would imply | not meaningful, 40.5× today against a 12.7× median |
| 52-week range | $38.73 – $52.39 |
| Today | $51.16 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Industrial Distribution
Ranks #3 of 17 by Smart Score