Fastenal Co (Fastenal Co) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.14 (As of Mar. 2024)

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Fastenal Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $97 Mil. Fastenal Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $386 Mil. Fastenal Co's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $3,429 Mil. Fastenal Co's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.14.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fastenal Co's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

FAST' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04 Med: 0.21 Max: 0.3
Current: 0.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Fastenal Co was 0.30. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 0.21.

FAST's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
78.79% of 132 companies
in the Industrial Distribution industry
Industry Median: 0.515 vs FAST: 0.14

Fastenal Co Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fastenal Co's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Fastenal Co Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

0.22

0.24

0.21

0.25

0.16

Fastenal Co Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Debt-to-Equity																0.20	0.18	0.16	0.16	0.14

Competitive Comparison

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Fastenal Co's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Fastenal Co Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, Fastenal Co's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fastenal Co's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Fastenal Co Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Fastenal Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(156.2	+	378.8)	/	3348.8
	=	0.16

Fastenal Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(97.4	+	386)	/	3429.2
	=	0.14

Fastenal Co (NAS:FAST) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Fastenal Co (Fastenal Co) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

FAS:Germany FAS:Germany FAS:Germany FASL34:Brazil FAST:Austria

Address

2001 Theurer Boulevard, Winona, MN, USA, 55987-1500

Website

https://www.fastenal.com

Fastenal opened its first fastener store in 1967 in Winona, Minnesota. Since then, Fastenal has greatly expanded its footprint as well as its products and services. Today, Fastenal serves its 400,000 active customers through approximately 1,600 branches, over 1,700 on-site locations, and 14 distribution centers. Since 1993, the company has added other product categories, but fasteners remain its largest category at about 30%-35% of sales. Fastenal also offers customers supply-chain solutions, such as vending and vendor-managed inventory.

Executives

John Lewis Soderberg	officer: Executive Vice President	1757 SNOWFLAKE PLACE, ONALASKA WI 54650
Charles S. Miller	officer: Officer-Executive Vice Preside	230 CASCADE DR., PADUCAH KY 42003
Reyne K Wisecup	director
Scott Satterlee	director	8100 MITCHELL RD, STE 200, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55344
William Joseph Drazkowski	officer: Executive Vice-President	806 OLYMPIC DRIVE, ONALASKA WI 54650
James C Jansen	officer: Executive Vice President	2001 THEURER BLVD, WINONA MN 55987
Daniel L Florness	officer: Exec. V-P and CFO	FASTENAL CO, 2001 THEURER BLVD, WINONA MN 55987
Sheryl Ann Lisowski	officer: Controller/Chief Acct. Officer	155 WILDWOOD DRIVE, WINONA MN 55987
Terry Modock Owen	officer: Executive Vice President	704 DOVE CREEK TRAIL, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Anthony Paul Broersma	officer: EVP-Operations	4730 NORTH SERVICE DRIVE, WINONA MN 55987
Michael J Ancius	director	151 COACHLITE COURT NORTH, ONALASKA WI 54650
Irene Ayeley Quarshie	director	5070 ZIRCON LANE NORTH, PLYMOUTH MN 55446
Noelle Joan Oas	officer: Executive VP-Human Resources	2001 THEURER BOULEVARD, WINONA MN 55987
Jeffery Michael Watts	officer: Executive Vice-President	48 LAUREL CR., INGERSOLL A6 N5C-3S4
Sarah N Nielsen	director	31 LIDO ROAD, CLEAR LAKE IA 50428