What is the 13F Pro Quality Score for FAST?

13F Pro ranks FASTENAL CO (FAST) on the 13F Pro Quality Score, a 0–100 composite of 32 fundamental signals including return on invested capital, free cash flow consistency, balance-sheet strength, earnings quality, growth durability, and valuation discipline. The score refreshes after each 10-K and 10-Q filing on SEC EDGAR. View FAST's current score at https://13fpro.ai/research/FAST (free sign-up required for the full ranking).

Where does 13F Pro source FAST data?

All FASTENAL CO fundamentals and ownership data come directly from SEC EDGAR. FASTENAL CO files with the SEC under CIK 815556. 13F Pro ingests XBRL financial facts from 10-K and 10-Q filings, Form 13F-HR institutional holdings, and Form 4 insider transactions, with no third-party rewrites or estimates.

What sector is FAST in?

FASTENAL CO (FAST) is classified in the Consumer Discretionary sector. 13F Pro publishes sector-level fund flow analysis and quality leaders at https://13fpro.ai/research/sector/consumer-discretionary.

What are FAST's largest expenses?

FASTENAL CO's latest 10-Q reports these as the largest expense items: Cost of sales ($1,323.3M, +16.4% YoY); SG&A expenses ($561.8M, +10.9% YoY). Sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filing text for Q2 FY2026 (quarter ended June 30, 2026).

How often is FAST research updated on 13F Pro?

FAST's fundamentals refresh within hours of each new 10-K or 10-Q filing on SEC EDGAR. Institutional ownership updates after each quarterly 13F filing window. Insider transactions update after each Form 4 filing. The 13F Pro Quality Score recalculates after every fundamentals refresh.

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13F Pro Quality Score

73.5/100

Rank #192 of 2,879 stocksTOP 10%

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Revenue Growth

48.5/100

Profitability

77.9/100

Balance Sheet

98.1/100

Earnings Quality

46.9/100

Free Cash Flow

70.9/100

Institutional Flow

66.4/100

Revenue Scale

85.2/100

Dilution Risk

88.9/100

FAST Stock Analysis & AI Quality Score

AI stock analysis and institutional research for FASTENAL CO (FAST), a Consumer Discretionary sector company. 13F Pro's AI-powered ranking engine scores FAST at 73.5/100 on a 32-signal composite quality model, placing it at rank #192 of 2,879 stocks — the top 10% of the AI-ranked universe. FAST scores in the top quartile across balance sheet strength (98.1), revenue scale (85.2), profitability (77.9). Based on the latest XBRL financial filings (Q2 2026), FASTENAL CO reports quarterly revenue of $2.4B, net income of $382.8M, an operating margin of 21.0%. Top institutional holders of FAST by reported 13-F value include BlackRock,, VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, based on the most recent SEC filings. FAST trades on the Nasdaq exchange and files with the SEC under CIK 815556. 13F Pro's AI research platform runs 10 specialized AI analysts — value, growth, momentum, macro, and activist specialists — that debate FAST daily and publish AI-generated analysis with cited SEC sources. The platform aggregates historical XBRL financial facts, 10-Q and 10-K filings, insider Form 4 transactions, and institutional 13-F holdings for FASTENAL CO directly from SEC EDGAR. FASTENAL CO's 13F Pro composite quality score has ranged between 8 and 77 since 2021, currently 73.5 — a stable long-term trajectory across 57 quarterly and live scoring snapshots.

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Fun facts about FASTENAL CO

Quirks, history, and lore behind FAST — the kind of stuff that makes a stock memorable.

1
The Basics
U.S. industrial distribution company · listed on Nasdaq · headquartered in a small city in Minnesota · operates thousands of locations across North America.
2
The Numbers
Annual revenue of roughly $7 billion, driven by selling nuts, bolts, and maintenance supplies in staggering volume to contractors and manufacturers.
3
The History
Founded in 1967 by a group of high-school classmates in Minnesota, it spent decades quietly perfecting the art of keeping job sites stocked — one vending machine at a time.
4
The Secret
Its killer app isn't a product — it's the on-site vending machine and bin-stocking model that embeds its employees directly inside customers' factories and warehouses.
5
The Lore
The company is famous for its blue-and-white color scheme and an almost obsessive focus on fasteners — yes, literally screws and bolts — as the foundation of a multi-billion-dollar empire.
6
The Giveaway
Its ticker is basically a job description: the company that built a fortune on threaded fasteners has a four-letter symbol that spells out exactly what it sells — FAST.

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What's Driving FAST's Business? Latest 10-Q Breakdown

AI-extracted from FASTENAL CO's 10-Q filed 2026-07-16 — Q2 FY2026 (quarter ended June 30, 2026). Every figure is machine-verified against the filing text on SEC EDGAR.

Net sales grew 14.7% YoY to $2.4B in Q2 2026; operating margin held flat at 21.0% despite 75bps gross margin compression from unfavorable net price/cost.

Largest Expense Items

Cost of sales$1,323.3M+16.4% YoY

Unfavorable net price/cost approximately 40bps, customer mix shift toward larger customers, higher transportation costs from fuel inflation, increased customer rebates.

SG&A expenses$561.8M+10.9% YoY

Employee-related expenses improved 70bps as % of sales via base pay leverage; occupancy improved 40bps from fixed cost leverage.

Margins: Gross margin declined 75bps to 44.6% due to unfavorable net price/cost (~40bps) and customer mix headwinds, offset partially by fastener expansion benefits. Operating margin remained flat at 21.0% as SG&A leverage of 80bps fully offset gross margin compression.

Watch Items from the Filing

Manufacturing represents 75.9% of Q2 2026 sales; heavy manufacturing alone 44.1%. Concentration risk if manufacturing end-market softens.
Contract customer sales grew 17.6% YoY vs. non-contract 7.3%; contract customer mix now 75.8% of sales vs. 73.2% prior year. Strategy depends on continued contract wins and implementation.
Gross margin pressure from unfavorable net price/cost of ~40bps and customer mix shift toward larger, lower-margin accounts continues; fastener expansion benefits largely anniversary in Q2 2026.
Digital Footprint sales (FMI + eBusiness) increased 16.2% YoY to $1.5B, now 61.6% of Q2 sales. FASTBin/FASTVend weighted signings 6,993 MEUs; FY2026 goal lowered to 27,000-29,000 from 28,000-30,000 MEUs.

AI-extracted and verified against SEC EDGAR filing text. Not investment advice.

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Revenue

Q2 2026

$2.4B

Net Income

Q2 2026

$382.8M

Free Cash Flow

Q2 2026

$201.6M

Operating Margin

Q2 2026

21.0%

D/E Ratio

Q2 2026

0.05

Revenue & Net Income

Earnings Per Share

Key Financials Over Time

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Revenue

+8.7% YoY

$8.20BFY 2025

FY22 $6.98BFY23 $7.35BFY24 $7.55BFY25 $8.20B

Net Income

+9.4% YoY

$1.26BFY 2025

FY22 $1.09BFY23 $1.16BFY24 $1.15BFY25 $1.26B

Operating Income

+9.6% YoY

$1.66BFY 2025

FY22 $1.45BFY23 $1.53BFY24 $1.51BFY25 $1.66B

EPS (Diluted)

+118.0% YoY

$1.09FY 2025

FY22 $0.94FY23 $0.51FY24 $0.50FY25 $1.09

Total Assets

+7.6% YoY

$5.05BFY 2025

FY22 $4.55BFY23 $4.46BFY24 $4.70BFY25 $5.05B

Total Debt

-45.5% YoY

$150.0MFY 2025

FY22 $756.8MFY23 $320.0MFY24 $275.0MFY25 $150.0M

Op. Cash Flow

+10.4% YoY

$1.30BFY 2025

FY22 $941.0MFY23 $1.43BFY24 $1.17BFY25 $1.30B

Metric	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020
Revenue	$8.20B +8.7%	$7.55B +2.7%	$7.35B +5.2%	$6.98B +16.1%	$6.01B +6.4%	$5.65B
Net Income	$1.26B +9.4%	$1.15B -0.4%	$1.16B +6.3%	$1.09B +17.5%	$925.0M +7.7%	$859.1M
Operating Income	$1.66B +9.6%	$1.51B -1.2%	$1.53B +5.2%	$1.45B +19.4%	$1.22B +6.6%	$1.14B
EPS (Diluted)	$1.09 +118.0%	$0.50 -1.0%	$0.51 -46.6%	$0.94 +18.1%	$0.80 +7.4%	$0.74
Total Assets	$5.05B +7.6%	$4.70B +5.3%	$4.46B -1.9%	$4.55B +5.8%	$4.30B +8.4%	$3.96B
Total Debt	$150.0M -45.5%	$275.0M -14.1%	$320.0M -57.7%	$756.8M +68.2%	$450.0M +1.1%	$445.0M
Operating Cash Flow	$1.30B +10.4%	$1.17B -18.1%	$1.43B +52.3%	$941.0M +22.2%	$770.1M -30.1%	$1.10B

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13F Pro tracks comprehensive data for FASTENAL CO including:

SEC EDGAR filings (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K)

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Insider transactions (Form 4)

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Quality rankings (32 signals)

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Historical financial trends

Peer comparison & sector analysis

Top Institutional Holders of FAST

BlackRock, Inc.
$4.9B104,753,834 sh
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
$3.5B74,558,083 sh
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC
$3.0B64,448,831 sh
STATE STREET CORP
$2.6B55,569,175 sh
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC
$1.8B39,387,932 sh
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
$1.8B38,923,111 sh
MORGAN STANLEY
$1.2B25,737,011 sh
Bank of New York Mellon Corp
$1.1B24,654,846 sh
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP
$769.9M16,592,062 sh
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/
$756.0M16,292,425 sh

Fund	Value	Shares
BlackRock, Inc.	$4.9B	104,753,834
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	$3.5B	74,558,083
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC	$3.0B	64,448,831
STATE STREET CORP	$2.6B	55,569,175
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC	$1.8B	39,387,932
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	$1.8B	38,923,111
MORGAN STANLEY	$1.2B	25,737,011
Bank of New York Mellon Corp	$1.1B	24,654,846
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP	$769.9M	16,592,062
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/	$756.0M	16,292,425

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13F Pro's AI-powered analysis of FASTENAL CO (FAST) draws on SEC EDGAR-sourced fundamentals, institutional 13F holdings, and insider Form 4 transactions in the Consumer Discretionary sector (listed on Nasdaq). The 32-signal AI Quality Score, current rank, and full bull/bear verdict for FAST are available on the FAST stock profile dashboard — with the same data, AI insights, ratios, and institutional activity refreshed after every 10-K, 10-Q, 13F, and Form 4 filing.

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