Fastenal PE ratio FAST

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 44.0×
10-year median: 30.2×
Against its 10-year history: 97th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 19.2× to 48.5×
Peer median: 27.5×

Fastenal's PE ratio is 44.0× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $51.91 against $1.18 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 30.2×, higher than on 97% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 19.2× in Oct 2018 to 48.5× in Aug 2025.

The median for 8 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 27.5×.

PE ratio over time

median 30.2×

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	44.0×	37.8×	44.7×
2025	38.8×	35.6×	48.5×
2024	36.3×	31.1×	41.6×
2023	32.6×	25.5×	32.8×
2022	25.3×	24.5×	39.1×
2021	41.3×	30.3×	41.4×
2020	33.5×	20.8×	33.9×
2019	27.1×	20.2×	27.2×
2018	20.3×	19.2×	30.7×
2017	29.1×	22.4×	30.0×
2016	27.3×	21.2×	28.5×
2015	22.9×	20.4×	29.6×
2014	29.9×	25.7×	33.8×
2013	31.4×	29.7×	37.2×
2012	33.2×	29.5×	44.4×
2011	38.3×	28.1×	38.4×
2010	36.1×	31.0×	36.1×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
FASTFastenal	44.0×
GWWW.W. Grainger	34.4×
FERGFerguson	n/m
WCCWESCO International	22.0×
WSOWatsco	27.8×
AITApplied Industrial Technologies	28.9×
CNMCore & Main	17.3×
POOLPool	18.3×
MSMMSC Industrial Direct	27.5×
Peer median	27.5×

Where Fastenal ranks

#19of 20Industrial distribution stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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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.