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FASTENAL CO

Industrials, Trading Companies & Distributors

$51.84

close 7 Aug 2026

+8.36%

52-week change

$59.49B

market cap

$38.97

$51.90

52-week range

Expected price

$38.14 – $46.62

Current price

$51.84

Signal

Could be overvalued

A historical-multiple reference, never a fair-value claim. The band uses only data public at each date and ends at the latest month — no forward estimates.

Current multiples

P/E (TTM)44.31x

P/S (TTM)6.80x

P/B14.62x

EV/EBITDA (TTM)30.39x

FCF yield (TTM)1.94%

PEG (TTM, GAAP)9.09

Context

P/E, own 5-year average35.19x

P/E, sector median29.72x*

Price at 5-year median P/E$41.71*

Indicated dividend yield2.01%

Forward — analyst consensus

Forward P/E (FY2026)41.19x*

Forward P/E (FY2027)37.24x

Forward PEG3.89*

Consensus EPS FY2026 (15 analysts)$1.26

EPS growth (FY2026→FY2027)10.60%

Revenue growth (FY2026)13.09%

Street view

Price target (mean)$48.07*

Target upside-7.27%

Ratings (buy / hold / sell)6 / 7 / 5

FY2026 EPS revisions, 30d (up / down)9 / 1

5-year history

Dashed line: average of month-end values

P/E (TTM)

P/S (TTM)

P/B

FCF yield (TTM)

Dividend yield

period to 30 Jun 2026, filed 16 Jul 2026, close 7 Aug 2026

Discounted cash flow

Ten projected years plus a perpetuity, prefilled from filings — a model to argue with, never a fair-value claim.

Free cash flow, last ten years and TTM

5Y CAGR +2.39%10Y CAGR +10.27%

Assumptions

Growth rate, years 1–10%

Perpetual growth%Discount rate%

Base FCF$M

As filed — not assumptions

Current price$51.84

Cash & equivalents$204.70M

Total debt$120.00M

Shares outstanding1.15B

Result

DCF price per share$18.69

Current price$51.84

Margin of safety-63.95%

PV of years 1–10$8.72B

PV of terminal value$12.64B

Equity value$21.44B

Market-implied growth+15.55%

Projected FCF, years 1–10

Hover for PV and growth

Projection detail

Override growth for any year; blank years use the uniform rate

Year	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034	2035	Terminal
Growth, %											2.5
FCF	$1.18B	$1.21B	$1.24B	$1.27B	$1.30B	$1.33B	$1.36B	$1.40B	$1.43B	$1.46B	$27.28B
PV	$1.10B	$1.04B	$984.97M	$933.80M	$885.30M	$839.31M	$795.71M	$754.38M	$715.19M	$678.04M	$12.64B

period to 30 Jun 2026, filed 16 Jul 2026, close 7 Aug 2026