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FASTENAL CO

Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply

Listing type has not been classified. Company financial ratios are not specific to a share class. CIK 0000815556

Dividend overview

Latest reported dividend

Not available

No event collected.

Next announced payment

Not available

No future payment is present in our collected records.

Ex-dividend date

Not reported

For the next collected payment. An unreported date is not inferred from the record date.

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Cash flow & dividend coverage

Cash payout ratio

79.8%

Annual cash dividends ÷ net income.

FCF payout ratio

95.6%

Annual cash dividends ÷ (operating cash flow − PP&E expenditures).

Company-level · annual period Jan 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025. Metric date: Oct 21, 2026. Calculated: 2026-10-21T12:38:34.854Z (UTC). Underlying filing

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Cash-dividend numerator: Total cash dividends. Total cash dividends may include more than the common-share distribution.

Dividend history

No matching dividend events have been collected. This does not establish that the company pays no dividend.

Financial context

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Annual net income

20212022202320242025

Reported annual periods; USD. Negative values extend below the baseline.

Selected annual US-GAAP cash-flow and earnings facts · USD
Reporting periodMeasureUSD millionsFiling
Dec 31, 2025From Jan 1, 2025Operating cash flow1,295.9SEC filingFeb 5, 2026
Dec 31, 2025From Jan 1, 2025Net income1,258.4SEC filingFeb 5, 2026
Dec 31, 2025From Jan 1, 2025Total cash dividends1,004.2SEC filingFeb 5, 2026
Dec 31, 2025From Jan 1, 2025Capital expenditures (PP&E)245.3SEC filingFeb 5, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 1, 2024Operating cash flow1,173.3SEC filingFeb 5, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 1, 2024Net income1,150.6SEC filingFeb 5, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 1, 2024Total cash dividends893.3SEC filingFeb 5, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 1, 2024Capital expenditures (PP&E)226.5SEC filingFeb 5, 2026
Dec 31, 2023From Jan 1, 2023Operating cash flow1,432.7SEC filingFeb 5, 2026
Dec 31, 2023From Jan 1, 2023Net income1,155.0SEC filingFeb 5, 2026
Dec 31, 2023From Jan 1, 2023Total cash dividends1,016.8SEC filingFeb 5, 2026
Dec 31, 2023From Jan 1, 2023Capital expenditures (PP&E)172.8SEC filingFeb 5, 2026
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 1, 2022Operating cash flow941.0SEC filingFeb 6, 2025
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 1, 2022Net income1,086.9SEC filingFeb 6, 2025
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 1, 2022Total cash dividends711.3SEC filingFeb 6, 2025
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 1, 2022Capital expenditures (PP&E)173.8SEC filingFeb 6, 2025
Dec 31, 2021From Jan 1, 2021Operating cash flow770.1SEC filingFeb 6, 2024
Dec 31, 2021From Jan 1, 2021Net income925.0SEC filingFeb 6, 2024
Dec 31, 2021From Jan 1, 2021Total cash dividends643.7SEC filingFeb 6, 2024
Dec 31, 2021From Jan 1, 2021Capital expenditures (PP&E)156.6SEC filingFeb 6, 2024

Latest filed value per tag and exact annual period, within the last seven years. Common-stock and total cash dividends are separate measures; do not add them together. These selected facts are not a complete financial statement.

Read the numbers in context

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Sources & corrections

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