FASTENAL CO (FAST) Free cash flow
- Free cash flow · 12 months (USD): Value $1.16B; Formula and calculation Operating cash flow minus capital spending; distinct from the saved levered FCF quote figure. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Price / free cash flow · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Market cap / trailing-year free cash flow; inverse of FCF yield before percent scaling. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Free cash flow yield · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / current market cap. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Free cash flow margin · 12 months: Value 13.21%; Formula and calculation (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30..
Free cash flow
Overview →Financial period ending 2026-06-30; current quote (m). Amounts retain their stated periods and units.
| Metric | Value | Formula and calculation |
|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow · 12 months (USD) | $1.16B | Operating cash flow minus capital spending; distinct from the saved levered FCF quote figure. Period ending 2026-06-30. $1.40B − $243.30M ≈ $1.16B |
| Price / free cash flow · 12 months | (m) | Market cap / trailing-year free cash flow; inverse of FCF yield before percent scaling. Period ending 2026-06-30. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Free cash flow yield · 12 months | (m) | (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / current market cap. Period ending 2026-06-30. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Free cash flow margin · 12 months | 13.21% | (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30. $1.16B ÷ $8.75B × 100 ≈ 13.21% |
| Free cash flow per share · 12 months | (m) | (Trailing-year operating cash flow − capital spending) / reported quarter-end common shares. Period ending 2026-06-30. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Operating cash flow · 12 months | $1.40B | Cash generated by operating activities. Period ending 2026-06-30. |
| Operating cash flow / net income · 12 months | 1.03× | Operating cash flow / net income. Period ending 2026-06-30. $1.40B ÷ $1.35B ≈ 1.03× |
Calculation inputs
| Input | Amount with unit | Raw financial data |
|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 1.40B USD | Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities |
| Capital spending | 243.30M USD | Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment |
| Market cap | (m) | |
| Free cash flow | 1.16B USD | Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities · Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment |
| Revenue | 8.75B USD | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax |
| Quarter-end shares | (m) | Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding |
| Net income | 1.35B USD | Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent |
Calculated history
Changes compare with the next older row (previous quarter), unless explicitly labeled otherwise. Rolling 12-month growth compares two successive quarter-end rolling totals; it is not year-over-year growth.
| Period ending | Free cash flow | FCF per share | Operating cash flow | Capital spending (USD) | Market cap (USD) | Revenue (USD) | Quarter-end shares (shares) | Net income (USD) | Price / FCF | FCF yield | FCF margin | Cash conversion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | $1.16B | (m) | $1.40B | $243.30M | (m) | $8.75B | (m) | $1.35B | (m) | (m) | 13.21% | 1.03× |
| 2026-03-31 | $1.16B | (m) | $1.41B | $248.50M | (m) | $8.44B | (m) | $1.30B | (m) | (m) | 13.78% | 1.09× |
| 2025-12-31 | $1.05B | (m) | $1.30B | $245.30M | (m) | $8.20B | (m) | $1.26B | (m) | (m) | 12.81% | 1.03× |
| 2025-09-30 | $965.10M | (m) | $1.21B | $245.50M | (m) | $8.00B | (m) | $1.23B | (m) | (m) | 12.07% | 0.99× |
| 2025-06-30 | $875.90M | (m) | $1.12B | $244.60M | (m) | $7.77B | (m) | $1.19B | (m) | (m) | 11.27% | 0.94× |
| 2025-03-31 | $868.50M | (m) | $1.10B | $231.40M | (m) | $7.61B | (m) | $1.15B | (m) | (m) | 11.41% | 0.96× |
| 2024-12-31 | $946.80M | (m) | $1.17B | $226.50M | (m) | $7.55B | (m) | $1.15B | (m) | (m) | 12.55% | 1.02× |
| 2024-09-30 | $1.04B | (m) | $1.24B | $202.60M | (m) | $7.48B | (m) | $1.15B | (m) | (m) | 13.93% | 1.08× |
| 2024-06-30 | $1.15B | (m) | $1.34B | $190.10M | (m) | $7.42B | (m) | $1.15B | (m) | (m) | 15.45% | 1.16× |
| 2024-03-31 | $1.19B | (m) | $1.38B | $189.90M | (m) | $7.38B | (m) | $1.16B | (m) | (m) | 16.12% | 1.19× |
| 2023-12-31 | $1.26B | (m) | $1.43B | $172.80M | (m) | $7.35B | (m) | $1.16B | (m) | (m) | 17.15% | 1.24× |
| 2023-09-30 | $1.20B | (m) | $1.38B | $179.30M | (m) | $7.28B | (m) | $1.13B | (m) | (m) | 16.49% | 1.22× |
| 2023-06-30 | $1.07B | (m) | $1.25B | $180.40M | (m) | $7.24B | (m) | $1.12B | (m) | (m) | 14.78% | 1.11× |
| 2023-03-31 | $927.50M | (m) | $1.10B | $172.00M | (m) | $7.14B | (m) | $1.11B | (m) | (m) | 13.00% | 0.99× |
| 2022-12-31 | $767.20M | (m) | $941.00M | $173.80M | (m) | $6.98B | (m) | $1.09B | (m) | (m) | 10.99% | 0.87× |
| 2022-09-30 | $622.60M | (m) | $795.50M | $172.90M | (m) | $6.82B | (m) | $1.07B | (m) | (m) | 9.13% | 0.74× |
| 2022-06-30 | $532.70M | (m) | $705.00M | $172.30M | (m) | $6.57B | (m) | $1.03B | (m) | (m) | 8.11% | 0.68× |
| 2022-03-31 | $565.90M | (m) | $725.30M | $159.40M | (m) | $6.30B | (m) | $984.00M | (m) | (m) | 8.99% | 0.74× |
| 2021-12-31 | $613.50M | (m) | $770.10M | $156.60M | (m) | $6.01B | (m) | $925.00M | (m) | (m) | 10.21% | 0.83× |
| 2021-09-30 | $775.40M | (m) | $934.70M | $159.30M | (m) | $5.84B | (m) | $889.90M | (m) | (m) | 13.28% | 1.05× |
| 2021-06-30 | $910.90M | (m) | $1.06B | $145.40M | (m) | $5.70B | (m) | $867.90M | (m) | (m) | 15.99% | 1.22× |
| 2021-03-31 | $983.50M | (m) | $1.14B | $152.00M | (m) | $5.70B | (m) | $867.10M | (m) | (m) | 17.26% | 1.31× |
| 2020-12-31 | $933.70M | (m) | $1.10B | $168.10M | (m) | $5.65B | (m) | $859.10M | (m) | (m) | 16.53% | 1.28× |
| 2020-09-30 | $847.60M | (m) | $1.03B | $185.60M | (m) | $5.57B | (m) | $841.70M | (m) | (m) | 15.23% | 1.23× |
| 2020-06-30 | $788.20M | (m) | $1.00B | $213.30M | (m) | $5.53B | (m) | $833.70M | (m) | (m) | 14.25% | 1.20× |
| 2020-03-31 | $638.10M | (m) | $878.90M | $240.80M | (m) | $5.39B | (m) | $799.40M | (m) | (m) | 11.84% | 1.10× |
| 2019-12-31 | $596.30M | (m) | $842.70M | $246.40M | (m) | $5.33B | (m) | $790.90M | (m) | (m) | 11.18% | 1.07× |
| 2019-09-30 | $504.80M | (m) | $768.30M | $263.50M | (m) | $5.29B | (m) | $781.00M | (m) | (m) | 9.55% | 0.98× |
| 2019-06-30 | $456.80M | (m) | $695.60M | $238.80M | (m) | $5.19B | (m) | $765.10M | (m) | (m) | 8.80% | 0.91× |
| 2019-03-31 | $520.20M | (m) | $719.40M | $199.20M | (m) | $5.09B | (m) | $771.70M | (m) | (m) | 10.22% | 0.93× |
| 2018-12-31 | $497.90M | (m) | $674.20M | $176.30M | (m) | $4.97B | (m) | $751.90M | (m) | (m) | 10.03% | 0.90× |
| 2018-09-30 | $491.20M | (m) | $625.50M | $134.30M | (m) | $4.82B | (m) | $735.50M | (m) | (m) | 10.19% | 0.85× |
| 2018-06-30 | $480.40M | (m) | $603.50M | $123.10M | (m) | $4.67B | (m) | $681.00M | (m) | (m) | 10.28% | 0.89× |
| 2018-03-31 | $404.30M | (m) | $534.50M | $130.20M | (m) | $4.53B | (m) | $618.70M | (m) | (m) | 8.93% | 0.86× |
| 2017-12-31 | $465.30M | (m) | $585.20M | $119.90M | (m) | $4.39B | (m) | $578.60M | (m) | (m) | 10.60% | 1.01× |
| 2017-09-30 | $472.85M | (m) | $583.00M | $110.15M | (m) | $4.25B | (m) | $541.08M | (m) | (m) | 11.13% | 1.08× |
| 2017-06-30 | $395.65M | (m) | $553.80M | $158.15M | (m) | $4.13B | (m) | $524.88M | (m) | (m) | 9.58% | 1.06× |
| 2017-03-31 | $376.95M | (m) | $557.90M | $180.95M | (m) | $4.02B | (m) | $507.48M | (m) | (m) | 9.37% | 1.10× |
| 2016-12-31 | $324.55M | (m) | $514.00M | $189.45M | (m) | $3.96B | (m) | $499.48M | (m) | (m) | 8.19% | 1.03× |
| 2016-09-30 | $328.59M | (m) | $526.27M | $197.68M | (m) | $3.94B | (m) | $496.58M | (m) | (m) | 8.35% | 1.06× |
| 2016-06-30 | $377.97M | (m) | $533.84M | $155.87M | (m) | $3.92B | (m) | $506.15M | (m) | (m) | 9.64% | 1.05× |
| 2016-03-31 | $387.27M | (m) | $528.20M | $140.93M | (m) | $3.90B | (m) | $514.98M | (m) | (m) | 9.92% | 1.03× |
| 2015-12-31 | $391.77M | (m) | $546.94M | $155.17M | (m) | $3.87B | (m) | $516.36M | (m) | (m) | 10.13% | 1.06× |
| 2015-09-30 | $403.05M | (m) | $568.43M | $165.39M | (m) | $3.87B | (m) | $522.85M | (m) | (m) | 10.41% | 1.09× |
| 2015-06-30 | $357.68M | (m) | $537.62M | $179.93M | (m) | $3.86B | (m) | $519.67M | (m) | (m) | 9.27% | 1.03× |
| 2015-03-31 | $335.37M | (m) | $536.20M | $200.83M | (m) | $3.81B | (m) | $509.82M | (m) | (m) | 8.80% | 1.05× |
| 2014-12-31 | $309.92M | (m) | $499.39M | $189.47M | (m) | $3.73B | (m) | $494.15M | (m) | (m) | 8.30% | 1.01× |
| 2014-09-30 | $229.26M | (m) | $433.79M | $204.53M | (m) | $3.62B | (m) | $474.99M | (m) | (m) | 6.33% | 0.91× |
| 2014-06-30 | $213.65M | (m) | $425.18M | $211.54M | (m) | $3.50B | (m) | $461.02M | (m) | (m) | 6.11% | 0.92× |
| 2014-03-31 | $215.58M | (m) | $399.17M | $183.59M | (m) | $3.40B | (m) | $451.52M | (m) | (m) | 6.35% | 0.88× |
| 2013-12-31 | $209.58M | (m) | $416.12M | $206.54M | (m) | $3.33B | (m) | $448.64M | (m) | (m) | 6.30% | 0.93× |
| 2013-09-30 | $226.83M | (m) | $422.47M | $195.64M | (m) | $3.27B | (m) | $448.12M | (m) | (m) | 6.94% | 0.94× |
| 2013-06-30 | $239.74M | (m) | $419.73M | $179.99M | (m) | $3.21B | (m) | $438.09M | (m) | (m) | 7.46% | 0.96× |
| 2013-03-31 | $258.64M | (m) | $424.35M | $165.71M | (m) | $3.17B | (m) | $429.39M | (m) | (m) | 8.16% | 0.99× |
| 2012-12-31 | $257.89M | (m) | $396.29M | $138.41M | (m) | $3.13B | (m) | $420.54M | (m) | (m) | 8.23% | 0.94× |
| 2012-09-30 | $247.52M | (m) | $363.40M | $115.89M | (m) | $3.07B | (m) | $409.29M | (m) | (m) | 8.05% | 0.89× |
| 2012-06-30 | $242.94M | (m) | $357.64M | $114.70M | (m) | $3.00B | (m) | $396.77M | (m) | (m) | 8.10% | 0.90× |
| 2012-03-31 | $199.34M | (m) | $326.39M | $127.05M | (m) | $2.90B | (m) | $378.58M | (m) | (m) | 6.89% | 0.86× |
| 2011-12-31 | $148.45M | (m) | $268.49M | $120.04M | (m) | $2.77B | (m) | $357.93M | (m) | (m) | 5.37% | 0.75× |
| 2011-09-30 | $144.94M | (m) | $268.38M | $123.43M | (m) | $2.64B | (m) | $335.62M | (m) | (m) | 5.48% | 0.80× |
| 2011-06-30 | $124.53M | (m) | $222.24M | $97.71M | (m) | $2.52B | (m) | $313.81M | (m) | (m) | 4.94% | 0.71× |
| 2011-03-31 | $149.08M | (m) | $235.74M | $86.67M | (m) | $2.39B | (m) | $288.87M | (m) | (m) | 6.24% | 0.82× |
| 2010-12-31 | $166.89M | (m) | $240.49M | $73.60M | (m) | $2.27B | (m) | $265.36M | (m) | (m) | 7.35% | 0.91× |
| 2010-09-30 | $164.13M | (m) | $219.18M | $55.05M | (m) | $2.17B | (m) | $244.73M | (m) | (m) | 7.55% | 0.90× |
| 2010-06-30 | $205.93M | (m) | $258.05M | $52.11M | (m) | $2.06B | (m) | $217.33M | (m) | (m) | 10.01% | 1.19× |
| 2010-03-31 | $249.92M | (m) | $291.56M | $41.64M | (m) | $1.96B | (m) | $191.70M | (m) | (m) | 12.74% | 1.52× |
| 2009-12-31 | $253.53M | (m) | $306.07M | $52.54M | (m) | $1.93B | (m) | $184.36M | (m) | (m) | 13.13% | 1.66× |
| 2009-09-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-06-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-03-31 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-12-31 | $164.59M | (m) | $259.90M | $95.31M | (m) | $2.34B | (m) | $279.70M | (m) | (m) | 7.03% | 0.93× |
| 2008-09-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-06-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2007-12-31 | $172.14M | (m) | $227.90M | $55.76M | (m) | $2.06B | (m) | $232.62M | (m) | (m) | 8.35% | 0.98× |
(m) means missing inputs. Historical market-based ratios use the saved close on or immediately before period ending and that period’s reported shares; current quotes are not substituted. Five-year projections repeat historical CAGR, not analyst forecasts.
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