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Fastenal Co (BSP:FASL34) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.28 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Fastenal Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Fastenal Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was R$485 Mil. Fastenal Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was R$1,922 Mil. Fastenal Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was R$8,659 Mil. Fastenal Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.28.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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

BSP:FASL34' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.11   Med: 0.44   Max: 0.5
Current: 0.28

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Fastenal Co was 0.50. The lowest was 0.11. And the median was 0.44.

BSP:FASL34's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
89.84% of 128 companies
in the Industrial Distribution industry
Industry Median: 2.075 vs BSP:FASL34: 0.28

Fastenal Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fastenal Co's Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Fastenal Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.49 0.50 0.46 0.49 0.31

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-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.37 0.35 0.31 0.34 0.28

Competitive Comparison of Fastenal Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Fastenal Co's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

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

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



Fastenal Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

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

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(765.349 + 1856.044) / 8379.148
=0.31

Fastenal Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(485.033 + 1922.203) / 8658.876
=0.28

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Fastenal Co  (BSP:FASL34) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

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


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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Fastenal Co (BSP:FASL34) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2001 Theurer Boulevard, Winona, MN, USA, 55987-1500
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.

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