Fastenal forward PE FAST

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 37.7×
10-year median: 28.7×
Against its 10-year history: 95th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 18.2× to 42.6×
Peer median: 23.4×

Fastenal's forward PE is 37.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 28.7×, higher than on 95% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 18.2× in Oct 2018 to 42.6× in Aug 2025.

The median for 8 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 23.4×.

Forward PE over time

median 28.7×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	37.7×	33.0×	38.7×
2025	33.9×	32.5×	42.6×
2024	33.9×	30.9×	38.8×
2023	32.3×	24.4×	32.6×
2022	24.2×	22.4×	33.5×
2021	35.4×	28.7×	35.4×
2020	32.0×	20.3×	32.9×
2019	26.5×	19.1×	26.6×
2018	19.2×	18.2×	24.0×
2017	23.6×	18.8×	27.3×
2016	26.1×	20.5×	27.4×
2015	22.2×	19.4×	27.6×
2014	27.8×	23.9×	30.5×
2013	29.4×	28.2×	34.3×
2012	30.0×	26.6×	38.7×
2011	32.1×	23.3×	32.1×
2010	28.8×	21.6×	32.0×
2009	19.7×	9.4×	19.7×
2008	11.8×	9.5×	16.4×
2007	11.6×	10.9×	15.8×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Distribution nearest Fastenal's size, closest first, today.

Company	Forward PE
FASTFastenal	37.7×
GWWW.W. Grainger	27.8×
FERGFerguson	18.9×
WCCWESCO International	n/m
WSOWatsco	n/m
AITApplied Industrial Technologies	n/m
CNMCore & Main	n/m
POOLPool	n/m
MSMMSC Industrial Direct	n/m
Peer median	23.4×

Where Fastenal ranks

#59of 67Industrial stocks with the lowest forward PE

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.