All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-02-06.
From the record
Fastenal Company's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-02-06) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+8.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.
From the record
Fastenal Company's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4.0 billion in fiscal 2016 to $8.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up 8.4% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count steady. 75% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 8 sales, 6 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Fastenal Company's diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 75% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 8 sales and 6 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $253 thousand (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 32%: 32¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 22%: owes 22¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Fastenal Company earned about 32 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 73 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 22 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.2% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 21% of 11 in its family; net margin 15.3%.
From the record
Fastenal Company's standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $8.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 45% by size; a net margin of 15.3% ranks in the top 5%; revenue growth of 5.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 5% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 24% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.
From the record
Fastenal Company's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Florness, Daniel L (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-02-09, 10.8 years (top 6% of its family); the 22 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10.2 years (top 6%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 22 people in charge now (bottom 39%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 14% of 11 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Fastenal Company's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $277 million against debt of $125 million leaves 3% of its assets as net cash, top 23% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 12.8% of revenue (top 5%); a gross margin of 45% (top 14%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 11% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Fastenal Company's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.5% a year over the last three filed years against 8.4% over all 10, slowing (top 14% of its family); the newest year grew 8.7% (top 5%); capital spending grew 12.2% a year (top 15%) (its annual reports). Fastenal Company reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Reportable Segment Aggregation Before Other at $6.8 billion (83%), All Other at $1.4 billion (17%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 26% of 11 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Fastenal Company's newest year against its own record: revenue of $8.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.5% above the $7.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 23% of its family); net income of $1.3 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.1 billion (top 23%); a net margin of 15.3% against 15.5% before (top 32%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made