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Fastenal price to book ratio FAST

Market value divided by the book value of the company's net assets, since 2009.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
14.6×
10-year median
9.6×
Against its 10-year history
99th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
5.9× to 15.2×
Peer median
4.5×

Fastenal's price to book ratio is 14.6× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 9.6×, higher than on 99% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.9× in Oct 2016 to 15.2× in Aug 2025.

The median for 8 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 4.5×.

Price to book ratio over time

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

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far14.6×11.9×14.6×
202512.3×11.4×15.2×
202411.6×10.2×13.3×
202310.7×8.6×10.8×
20228.6×7.9×11.8×
202112.4×9.1×12.4×
20209.7×6.2×10.1×
20198.2×6.4×8.7×
20186.5×6.1×8.2×
20177.8×5.9×7.8×
20167.1×5.8×7.9×
20156.6×5.9×7.4×
20147.5×6.4×8.5×
20138.0×7.7×10.0×
20128.2×7.3×11.0×
20119.1×6.5×9.2×
20106.9×5.2×7.0×
20095.2×4.3×5.2×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPrice to book ratio
FASTFastenal14.6×
GWWW.W. Grainger15.4×
FERGFergusonn/m
WCCWESCO International3.0×
WSOWatsco4.4×
AITApplied Industrial Technologies6.2×
CNMCore & Main3.9×
POOLPool5.7×
MSMMSC Industrial Direct4.5×
Peer median4.5×

What the price to book ratio tells you

Market value divided by the accounting value of the company's net assets. Below 1 means the market values the business at less than what it owns on paper.

Book value misses brands, software and people, so asset-light companies always look expensive on it. Most useful for banks and industrials.

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