Fastenal Company (FAST) Revenue-to-Profit Sankey Flow & SEC XBRL Financials

$52.55 +2.14% NASDAQ • Public Delayed / 60s Snapshot

Fastenal Company (FAST) earns a Roarable Rating of B (Buy) with 73/100 RQD Confidence. High-quality cash engine (45% profit margin, 27% return on capital) with steady institutional support. Even if the broader market gets choppy, the company’s underlying cash engine and big-money support put the odds in buyers’ favor.

ROARABLE B • BUY Cap $60.29B
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VISUAL REVENUE-TO-PROFIT SANKEY WATERFALL • FY 2025 (10-K)

How FAST Turns Every Dollar of Sales Into Real Bottom-Line Profit

Free Cash Flow:$1.05B (12.8% FCF Margin)
Revenue$8.20BGross Profit $3.69B (45%)Cost of Sales $4.51BOp Profit $1.66B (20.2%)OpEx (R&D/SG&A) $2.04BNet Profit$1.26B (15.3%)Tax/Other $397.3M

Multi-Year SEC EDGAR XBRL Revenue, Net Profit & Free Cash Flow Trajectory

■ Revenue■ Net Profit■ Free Cash Flow
FY23
Rev $7.35B
FY24
Rev $7.55B
FY25
Rev $8.20B
Fiscal YearRevenueGross MarginOp MarginNet ProfitFree Cash FlowROIC %
FY 2025$8.20B45%20.2%$1.26B$1.05B34.7%
FY 2024$7.55B45.1%20%$1.15B$946.8M34.2%
FY 2023$7.35B44%20.8%$1.16B$1.10B6%
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FAST Dilution Monitor, Expectations Hurdle, Butterfly Connections & Policy Exposure

Share Count & Dilution Monitor (#25)

Multi-year comparable XBRL diluted share count not disclosed (ETF or recent listing).

Reverse-DCF Expectations Hurdle (#30)
35.2%/yr Implied 5Y Growth

vs. +8.7% actual YoY revenue growth (assuming 9.25% cost of equity & 16.5x terminal multiple).

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How profitable is Fastenal Company (FAST)?

In FY 2025 (10-K), FAST converted $8.2B of revenue into a 45% gross margin, 20.2% operating margin, and $1.1B in free cash flow (12.8% FCF margin).