Company Dossier · Industrials
Fastenal
- S&P 500
- Nasdaq-100
- Russell 1000
What Fastenal is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to September 30, 2026: $9.08 billion, up 14% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to September 30, 2026: $1.18 billion, up 22% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to September 30, 2026: $0.26 billion, up 4.0% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $1.11 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (October 14, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.70 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 0 outlook figures raised, 1 lowered, 0 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 5, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $2.5 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,465 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+40 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 4 (2 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 4 — latest OSHA inspection, Aug 21, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Fastenal is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending35th pct
- Debt raised30th pct
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings35th pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications51st pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment66th pct
- Call confidence56th pct
- Guidance changes2nd pct
- Risk factors added64th pct
- Insider open-market trades33rd pct
- − Guidance changes
- + Call sentiment
- − Insider open-market trades
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver44th pct
- Stress filings40th pct
Credit
How these are built →Fastenal's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$0.1B
- Due within a year $0.1B
- Longer term $0.1B
- Default point $0.1B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Sep 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Fastenal, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralFastenal Q3 Preview: Expecting Operational Results To Justify Rich Valuation (NASDAQ:FAST)
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 7, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Aug 21, 2026Risk event
- Jul 16, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jun 23, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jun 12, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 29, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 24, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Mar 18, 2026Risk event
- Mar 17, 2026Risk event
- Feb 5, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jan 2, 2026Risk event
- Dec 22, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Nov 3, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 25, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 25, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 10, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 6, 20258-KAuditor changeItem 4.01
- Feb 6, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 1 removed
- Jan 17, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 27, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 6, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
| Company | Revenue | Free cash flow | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core & Main CNM | $7.7B | $0.6B | Aug 2, 2026 |
| Watsco WSO | $7.3B | $0.7B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Applied Industrial Technologies AIT | $5.0B | $0.5B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| MSC Industrial Direct MSM | $3.9B | $0.2B | May 30, 2026 |
| United Rentals URI | $3.7B | — | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Ferguson Enterprises FERG | $31.2B | — | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Howmet Aerospace HWM | $9.1B | $1.8B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Xylem Inc. XYL | $9.1B | $1.0B | Jun 30, 2026 |