Fastenal Company (FAST) quarterly cash flow statement — complete operating, investing & financing history
Fastenal Company (FAST) cash flow statement — 30-year operating, investing & financing cash flows
| Metric | Q3'26 | Q2'26 | Q1'26 | Q4'25 | Q3'25 | Q2'25 | Q1'25 | Q4'24 | Q3'24 | Q2'24 | Q1'24 | Q4'23 | Q3'23 | Q2'23 | Q1'23 | Q4'22 | Q3'22 | Q2'22 | Q1'22 | Q4'21 |
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| Cash from Operations | 421.6M | 142.3M | 378.4M | 368.1M | 386.9M | 278.6M | 262.2M | 282.8M | 296.9M | 258M | 335.6M | 354M | 388.1M | 302.1M | 388.5M | 301.9M | 257.9M | 151.2M | 230M | 156.4M |
| Operating CF Margin % | 17.12% | 5.96% | 17.19% | 18.16% | 18.14% | 13.39% | 13.38% | 15.5% | 15.54% | 13.46% | 17.71% | 20.13% | 21.02% | 16.04% | 20.9% | 17.8% | 14.31% | 8.5% | 13.5% | 10.21% |
| Operating CF Growth % | 8.97% | -48.92% | 44.32% | 30.16% | 30.31% | 7.98% | -21.87% | -20.11% | -23.5% | -14.6% | -13.62% | 17.26% | 50.48% | 99.8% | 68.91% | 93.03% | 54.06% | -11.84% | -16.3% | -51.28% |
| Net Income | 401.6M | 382.8M | 339.8M | 294.1M | 335.5M | 330.3M | 298.7M | 262.1M | 298.1M | 292.7M | 297.7M | 266.4M | 295.5M | 298M | 295.1M | 245.6M | 284.6M | 287.1M | 269.6M | 231.2M |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 44.9M | 45.5M | 44.6M | 44.5M | 45M | 45.1M | 44.7M | 44.4M | 44.4M | 43.7M | 42.9M | 43.2M | 44.7M | 44.9M | 44.5M | 44.7M | 44.1M | 43.9M | 43.9M | 43.6M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 2.6M | 2.6M | 2.6M | 2.1M | 2.1M | 2M | 2M | 2M | 2M | 2M | 2M | 1.7M | 1.8M | 1.9M | 1.9M | 2.8M | 1.4M | 1.5M | 1.5M | 1.3M |
| Deferred Taxes | 200K | 200K | -1.8M | 4.5M | -7.4M | 700K | 700K | -6.9M | 1.6M | 400K | 800K | -6.3M | -5M | 300K | 300K | -9.2M | 3.8M | -500K | 1M | -16M |
| Other Non-Cash Items | -27.7M | -122.4M | 137.2M | -386.1M | 300K | -1.2M | 1.5M | 700K | -900K | -800K | -1.5M | -800K | -300K | 1M | -2M | -1M | -2.4M | -500K | 3.2M | 1.7M |
| Working Capital Changes | 0 | -166.4M | -144M | 409M | 11.4M | -98.3M | -85.4M | -19.5M | -48.3M | -80M | -6.3M | 49.8M | 51.4M | -44M | 48.7M | 19M | -73.6M | -180.3M | -89.2M | -105.4M |
| Change in Receivables | -58.9M | -116M | -204.2M | 103M | -26.8M | -36.4M | -170M | 81.6M | 7.4M | 6.7M | -127.6M | 87.2M | -4.5M | -21.3M | -133.7M | 103.1M | -13.6M | -39.4M | -169.9M | 47M |
| Change in Inventory | -41.9M | -44.8M | 52.5M | -23M | 1.4M | -41.2M | -26.5M | -97.7M | -48.4M | -9.7M | 21.9M | -2.6M | 46.1M | 87.9M | 57.7M | -21.1M | -26.3M | -74.2M | -76.4M | -123M |
| Change in Payables | 43.4M | 37.4M | 46.6M | -24.3M | 25.6M | -20.6M | 45.3M | -12.8M | 9.6M | 15.1M | 15.6M | -13.3M | 11.8M | 1.4M | 8.5M | -22.2M | -14.6M | 1.9M | 56.8M | -23.8M |
| Cash from Investing | -72M | -62.5M | -57.6M | -57.9M | -54.8M | -64.4M | -53.8M | -57.5M | -55.9M | -52.7M | -48.4M | -33M | -43M | -54.2M | -31M | -41.4M | -44.5M | -43.9M | -33.2M | -41.5M |
| Capital Expenditures | -74M | -64.1M | -58.9M | -60M | -60.3M | -69.3M | -55.7M | -60.2M | -59.4M | -56.1M | -50.8M | -36.3M | -46.9M | -55.9M | -33.7M | -42.8M | -48M | -47.5M | -35.5M | -41.9M |
| CapEx % of Revenue | 3% | 2.69% | 2.68% | 2.96% | 2.83% | 3.33% | 2.84% | 3.3% | 3.11% | 2.93% | 2.68% | 2.06% | 2.54% | 2.97% | 1.81% | 2.52% | 2.66% | 2.67% | 2.08% | 2.74% |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Investing | 2M | 1.6M | 1.3M | 2.1M | 5.5M | 4.9M | 1.9M | 2.7M | 3.5M | 3.4M | 2.4M | 3.3M | -100K | 1.7M | 2.7M | 1.4M | 3.5M | 3.6M | 2.3M | 400K |
| Cash from Financing | -341.5M | -334.8M | -288.3M | -322.2M | -280.9M | -216.4M | -235.5M | -250.1M | -210.7M | -185.5M | -267.4M | -402.6M | -286.9M | -243.3M | -348.9M | -268.7M | -220.8M | -85.9M | -199.5M | -128.9M |
| Debt Issued (Net) | 0 | -5M | 0 | -70M | -35M | 30M | 0 | -40M | 5M | 35M | -60M | 0 | -90M | -50M | -155M | 0 | 50M | 140M | -25M | 25M |
| Equity Issued (Net) | 0 | -27.2M | -12.7M | 400K | 6.6M | 6.1M | 11.2M | 13.3M | 7.7M | 2.8M | 15.8M | 14.7M | 2.9M | 6.6M | 5.9M | -93.2M | -95.3M | -49.3M | 3.9M | 7.2M |
| Dividends Paid | -298.2M | -275.4M | -275.6M | -252.6M | -252.5M | -252.5M | -246.7M | -223.4M | -223.4M | -223.3M | -223.2M | -417.3M | -199.8M | -199.9M | -199.8M | -176.9M | -177.5M | -178.5M | -178.4M | -161.1M |
| Share Repurchases | -30.5M | -30M | -20.3M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -93.2M | -95.3M | -49.3M | 0 | 0 |
| Other Financing | -43.3M | -27.2M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4M | 2M | 1.9M | 0 | 0 |
| Net Change in Cash | 7.2M | -254.5M | 31.9M | -11.3M | 50.3M | 6M | -24M | -36.4M | 36.7M | 18.4M | 15.8M | -76.2M | 53.9M | 3.8M | 9.7M | -1.4M | -16.4M | 13.7M | -2M | -14.3M |
| Free Cash Flow | 347.6M | 78.2M | 319.5M | 308.1M | 326.6M | 209.3M | 206.5M | 222.6M | 237.5M | 201.9M | 284.8M | 317.7M | 341.2M | 246.2M | 354.8M | 259.1M | 209.9M | 103.7M | 194.5M | 114.5M |
| FCF Margin % | 14.11% | 3.28% | 14.51% | 15.2% | 15.31% | 10.06% | 10.54% | 12.2% | 12.43% | 10.54% | 15.03% | 18.07% | 18.48% | 13.07% | 19.08% | 15.28% | 11.65% | 5.83% | 11.41% | 7.47% |
| FCF Growth % | 6.43% | -62.64% | 54.72% | 38.41% | 37.52% | 3.67% | -27.49% | -29.93% | -30.39% | -17.99% | -19.73% | 22.62% | 62.55% | 137.42% | 82.42% | 126.29% | 74.92% | -24.25% | -19.66% | -58.57% |
| FCF per Share | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.10 |
| FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income) | 1.05x | 0.37x | 1.11x | 1.25x | 1.15x | 0.84x | 0.88x | 1.08x | 1.00x | 0.88x | 1.13x | 1.33x | 1.31x | 1.01x | 1.32x | 1.23x | 0.91x | 0.53x | 0.85x | 0.68x |
| Interest Paid | 0 | 0 | 700K | 900K | 1.5M | 2.7M | 1.5M | 1.8M | 1.8M | 1.8M | 2.4M | 1.9M | 2.1M | 3.1M | 5.1M | 4.1M | 4.2M | 2.7M | 2.3M | 2.3M |
| Taxes Paid | 0 | 0 | 16M | 124.4M | 89.1M | 163.4M | 21.9M | 87.1M | 87.6M | 165.8M | 15.9M | 95M | 94.3M | 184M | 9.7M | 96.8M | 81.9M | 160.2M | 15.2M | 83.3M |