STOCK REPORT · FAST · NASDAQ
Fastenal Company
Overall grade
85 pointsTop bandOverall 85 points · Grade S, top band
Financial summary
Fastenal Company (FAST) has an overall grade of S from financial statements, with a score of 85 out of 100. Category scores are Earnings 91 (Grade S), Financial health 100 (Grade S) and Dividends 54 (Grade B). Data as of Oct 15, 2026.
Reported figures: ROE 34.33%, Operating margin 21.02%, Revenue growth +14.7%, Debt ratio 10.85%, Current ratio 418%, Interest coverage 267.05x, Dividend yield 1.87%, Payout ratio 78.63%, Dividend streak 30+ yrs. Valuation: PER 44.07x, PBR 15.14x, Market cap $59.7B.
This summary restates reported financial figures. It does not forecast share prices or returns.
Valuation
52-week range
Now at 93% of rangeWithin their own 52-week ranges, 91.5% of major US stocks sit lower than this one.
About these metrics
- PER
- Price to earnings ratio (market cap ÷ annual net profit). A lower value means a lower price relative to profit.
- PBR
- Price to book ratio (market cap ÷ net assets). Below 1x, the market value is below book value.
- Market cap
- Share price × shares outstanding. The value the market puts on the whole company.
- 52-week high
- The highest share price over the past year.
- 52-week low
- The lowest share price over the past year.
Scores by category
Each metric out of 100 · category score is the average of threeEarnings · Profitability
40% of overall · Top bandEach metric is scored out of 100, and the 91 above is the average of the three scores.
Metrics with values3 of 3
As of Jun 2026
About these metrics
- ROE
- Return on equity. How much profit the company made on its own capital (equity).
- Operating margin
- Operating profit as a share of revenue. It shows the profitability of the core business.
- Revenue growth
- How much revenue changed compared with a year earlier.
Financial health
35% of overall · Top bandEach metric is scored out of 100, and the 100 above is the average of the three scores.
Metrics with values3 of 3
Interest coverage is divided by interest expense from the income statement.
About these metrics
- Debt ratio
- Liabilities as a share of equity. A lower ratio means the company relies less on debt.
- Current ratio
- Assets that can turn into cash within a year, as a share of debts due within a year. At 100% or more they cover those debts.
- Interest coverage
- How many times operating profit covers interest expense. Below 1x, operating profit does not cover interest.
Dividends
25% of overall · Middle bandEach metric is scored out of 100, and the 54 above is the average of the three scores.
Metrics with values3 of 3
About these metrics
- Dividend yield
- Dividends paid over a year as a share of the current share price.
- Payout ratio
- The share of profit paid out as dividends. A very high ratio can be hard to keep up.
- Dividend streak
- How many years in a row the company has paid a dividend.
Metric scores are shown rounded to one decimal place, so a category score can differ by up to 1 point from a plain average of the three shown.
Strengths · Weaknesses
Strengths
- High profit relative to equity (ROE 34.33%)Above the median 14.1% of 92 Industrials stocks
- High profitability in the core business (operating margin 21.02%)Above the median 11.1% of 95 Industrials stocks
- Low debt burden (debt ratio 10.85%)Below the median 95.3% of 93 Industrials stocks
- Ample short-term liquidity (current ratio 418%)
- Wide room to cover interest (interest coverage 267.05x)
Weaknesses
- Share price is high relative to earnings (PER 44.07x)Above the median 33.6x of 86 Industrials stocks
A summary of only the metrics that stand out as notably good or weak against general benchmarks. Where a comparison is possible, the position against the median of stocks in the same sector is shown too. The stock count on each sector line covers only stocks with that metric, so it differs by metric.
Metrics that moved the overall score
- ROE+6.7 pts
- Debt ratio+5.8 pts
- Current ratio+5.8 pts
- Interest coverage+5.8 pts
- Operating margin+5.5 pts
- Revenue growth+4.6 pts
- Dividend streak+4.2 pts
- Dividend yield+0.2 pts
- Payout ratio-3.3 pts
Metric scores run up to 100, and the middle score is 50. If all nine metrics scored 50, the overall score would also be 50. Each bar is the contribution of one metric: how far its score sits from the 50 baseline, converted by that metric weight. Right means it raised the overall score, left means it lowered it.
Adding the nine contributions above to the baseline gives 85.3 points, and this stock's overall score is 85. The overall score is calculated from unrounded metric scores and then truncated, while the contributions here are rounded to one decimal place, so the two can differ by up to 1 point. Metrics that are not measured values still carry a contribution, because their scores did go into the overall score and hiding them would hide part of the basis of the grade.
| Metric | Fastenal Company | Sector median | Rank in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| PER | 44.1x | 33.6x | |
| PBR | 15.1x | 5.8x | |
| ROE | 34.3% | 14.1% | |
| Operating margin | 21.0% | 11.1% | |
| Debt ratio | 10.8% | 95.3% | |
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | 1.3% |
Grey values on the right are sector medians
Metric ranks in sector
Closer to 1st sits further left- PERRank 58 of 86, top 67%
- PBRRank 78 of 93, top 84%
- ROERank 14 of 92, top 15%
- Operating marginRank 20 of 95, top 21%
- Debt ratioRank 5 of 93, top 5%
- Dividend yieldRank 27 of 76, top 36%
On the rank strip, the left end is 1st. PER, PBR and debt ratio are ranked from the lowest value, and ROE, operating margin and dividend yield from the highest.
Industrials stocks close in market cap rank
Sector medians cover the 95 Industrials stocks listed on Jupick. Typical levels differ by sector, so this is reference information for a simple comparison and not a basis for investment decisions.
About these metrics
- PER
- Price to earnings ratio (market cap ÷ annual net profit). A lower value means a lower price relative to profit.
- PBR
- Price to book ratio (market cap ÷ net assets). Below 1x, the market value is below book value.
- ROE
- Return on equity. How much profit the company made on its own capital (equity).
- Operating margin
- Operating profit as a share of revenue. It shows the profitability of the core business.
- Debt ratio
- Liabilities as a share of equity. A lower ratio means the company relies less on debt.
- Dividend yield
- Dividends paid over a year as a share of the current share price.
Where this score sits
97.2% of the major stocks graded by Jupick score lower than this. Stocks in the same Grade S: 11.
- SThis stock112.8%
- A10927.3%
- B19248.1%
- C7117.8%
- D164%
Grade S is open above 85 points, so there is no higher grade to measure against. This stock's 85 points sit exactly on that boundary.
Within the Industrials sector alone, it ranks No. 1 of 95 stocks with an overall score, and the median overall score of the sector is 61.
Unlike metric values, the overall score uses the same baseline for every market and currency, so Korean and US stocks share one sample. The grade boundaries of 85, 70, 50 and 30 points apply equally to every stock, so the counts above are how the sample actually splits at those boundaries. Because one point can decide a grade, two stocks with different grades can be closer in score than two stocks with the same grade. The shares and ranks here describe only the major stocks Jupick covers, not every listed stock.
Schedule
Earnings release
The day the company publishes quarterly or annual results. Only the release date is covered, not the results. Release times are not covered, so only the date (Korea time) is shown. After the release, metrics such as revenue growth are updated at the next data refresh.
Dividend dates
Payment date: not announced yet.
- Ex-dividend date
- Shares acquired from this date do not carry the dividend for that period. From this date the shares trade without the right to it.
- Payment date
- The day the confirmed dividend reaches shareholder accounts. It comes weeks to months after the ex-dividend date, and Korean year-end dividends are set only after the shareholder meeting confirms them.
These are the announced ex-dividend and payment dates. The next period is not shown until its dates are set. Days remaining are counted in Korea time when the page was updated, so they can be off by about a day. The dates are copied as announced and can change. For the size of the dividend, see dividend yield. For information only. Not investment advice.
Stocks with similar score profiles
| Stock | Earnings | Financial health | Dividends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastenal Company (FAST, this stock) | 91 | 100 | 54 |
| SAlphabet Inc. | 98 | 99 | 51 |
| AOld Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | 90 | 94 | 58 |
| SMicron Technology, Inc. | 100 | 98 | 56 |
| SApplied Materials, Inc. | 98 | 98 | 58 |
Fastenal Company (FAST) has category scores of Earnings 91 · Financial health 100 · Dividends 54. These are the four major stocks graded in all three categories whose profiles come closest, and no category differs by more than 9 points.
The three scores are given by Jupick from public financial metrics, each out of 100. A similar profile means similar grading results only. It does not mean the share prices move alike.
Metrics to read together
Read one at a time, metrics split into strengths and weaknesses, but side by side two of them can be two sides of the same fact.
- ROEDebt ratio
ROE achieved without leaning on debt
ROE is high at 34.33% while the debt ratio is light at 10.85%. ROE tends to run high at companies with a lot of debt, because it grows as equity gets thinner, but this figure did not come that way.
This explains how reported figures relate to each other. It says nothing about future results or share prices. Metrics without measured values are left out.
Ratios as amounts
Base ₩10,000Every ratio metric of this stock, restated on the same amount. If each line used a different base, the amounts could not be compared, so every line starts from ₩10,000.
For every ₩10,000 of revenue: operating profit ₩2,100.Operating margin 21.0%
- For every ₩10,000 of equityyearly net profit ₩3,430
- If last year's revenue was ₩10,000this year's revenue ₩11,470
- For every ₩10,000 of equitydebt owed ₩1,080
- For every ₩10,000 of debt due within a yearassets turning into cash within a year ₩41,800
- For every ₩10,000 of interestoperating profit ₩2,671,000
- For every ₩10,000 worth of sharesdividends over the last year ₩190
- For every ₩10,000 of net profitdividends paid to shareholders ₩7,860
- For ₩10,000 of net profitmarket value ₩441,000
- For ₩10,000 of book equitymarket value ₩151,000
The ₩10,000 base is an assumption chosen for easy reading, not this company's actual revenue or equity. The values multiply the ratios shown as they are and round to the nearest won, so they can differ from the source by a few won. Metrics that make no sense as amounts are left out: values that are not measured, values that cannot be confirmed as measured, and loss-making cases where the base amount does not hold. This stock does not report in won, but ratios do not depend on currency, so the amounts are shown in won.
Metrics that decide the grade
Overall 85 · Grade SThe overall score recalculated with just one of the nine metrics set to the middle score of 50. Only one metric changes at a time, and the other eight stay as they are.
7 of the nine metrics would each take the overall score out of Grade S if only that metric were 50.
Overall score with only this metric at 50
- ROEAgrade78.3 pts
- Debt ratioAgrade79.2 pts
- Current ratioAgrade79.2 pts
- Interest coverageAgrade79.2 pts
- Operating marginAgrade79.5 pts
- Revenue growthAgrade80.4 pts
- Dividend streakAgrade80.8 pts
The scores above add up this stock's metric scores again with one of them set to 50. They are not new grades, and this stock's grade stays at S. Metric scores and contributions are rounded to one decimal place, so a change within 1 point of a boundary is not reported as a grade change. Changing two or more metrics at once was not calculated.
Where the share price enters the grade
The grade above turns 9 metrics into scores and combines them. Counting how many of them use the share price shows whether the grade moves when the price moves.
1 of the 9 graded metrics divide by the share price.
- Earnings grade metrics (3)Does not use the share price0 of 3 metrics use the share price
- Financial health grade metrics (3)Does not use the share price0 of 3 metrics use the share price
- Dividend grade metrics (3)Only Dividend yield divides by the share price1 of 3 metrics use the share price
- PER and PBRCome from the share price but are not scoredNot graded
For US stocks, only Dividend yield divides dividends by the share price. It is recalculated when the price changes, and the other 8 metrics come from financial statements and dividend history.
Stocks with a value for each metric
The grade above uses 9 metrics. Each line shows how many major stocks have a value for that metric, so you can tell whether a blank is specific to this stock or common to most stocks.
All 9 graded metrics have values.
- ROEHas a value378 of 399 stocks have a value
- Operating marginHas a value371 of 399 stocks have a value
- Revenue growthHas a value375 of 399 stocks have a value
- Debt ratioHas a value370 of 399 stocks have a value
- Current ratioHas a value360 of 399 stocks have a value
- Interest coverageHas a value190 of 399 stocks have a value
- Dividend yieldHas a value352 of 399 stocks have a value
- Payout ratioHas a value348 of 399 stocks have a value
- Dividend streakHas a value398 of 399 stocks have a value
All 9 metrics of this stock are measured values.
Position in the market distribution
US stocksWhere the value of Fastenal Company sits when the US stocks on Jupick are lined up from the smallest value, ignoring sector. Left is smaller, right is larger, and the shaded part is the middle half.
The thin lower axis counts the position again within the same sector (Industrials) only. 2 of the metrics with a lower axis sit in a different band from the whole market. On those lines, the bracket under the upper axis marks the middle half that the sector's stocks take on the market axis, and the short line inside is their middle.
- PER44.1x
- PBR15.1xOn the upper axis, the middle half of these 33 stocks sits between 39.4% and 83.3%, with the middle at 65.6%.
- ROE34.3%
- Operating margin21.0%On the upper axis, the middle half of these 35 stocks sits between 13.4% and 53.1%, with the middle at 38.7%.
- Debt ratio10.8%
- Dividend yield1.9%
Won and dollar stocks have different metric levels, so they are counted in separate samples. This is only where a value sits in a line-up, not a sign of good or bad and not an investment judgement. Stocks without the metric, and loss-making stocks where PER or PBR does not hold, are left out of the sample. The remaining sample size is shown on each line. The sector axis is not drawn when the same-currency, same-sector sample has fewer than 8 stocks.
In Korean won
Dollar amounts converted at the exchange rate below, to compare their size with Korean stocks in the same unit.
Reference values calculated at the rate shown above. Actual trades and currency exchange use the rate and fees of the broker, so amounts differ. The 52-week high and low are not converted, because it is not known when they were set and so no rate can be chosen.
Korean and US yardsticks
Industrials sectorWhere one value of Fastenal Company sits among US stocks in the same sector, and among Korean stocks. Only ratio metrics that compare across currencies are used.
4 of the 6 compared metrics sit in different bands on the two yardsticks.
- PER 44.1x US 35 stocks · highest quarter · 91.4% have a smaller value Korean 51 stocks · lower middle · 49% have a smaller value Gap between yardsticks 42.4 pp
- ROE 34.3% US 33 stocks · upper middle · 60.6% have a smaller value Korean 59 stocks · highest quarter · 98.3% have a smaller value Gap between yardsticks 37.7 pp
- Operating margin 21.0% US 35 stocks · upper middle · 62.9% have a smaller value Korean 60 stocks · highest quarter · 88.3% have a smaller value Gap between yardsticks 25.4 pp
- PBR 15.1x US 33 stocks · upper middle · 72.7% have a smaller value Korean 60 stocks · highest quarter · 88.3% have a smaller value Gap between yardsticks 15.6 pp
Only metrics with at least 8 stocks on both sides are compared.
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