The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2025-06-23), Fastenal Co's share price is $41.30. Fastenal Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $3.22. Hence, Fastenal Co's PB Ratio of today is 12.84.
Warning Sign:
Fastenal Co stock PB Ratio (=12.73) is close to 10-year high of 13.34.
The historical rank and industry rank for Fastenal Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
FAST'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.8 Med: 8.54 Max: 13.34
Current: 12.83
During the past 13 years, Fastenal Co's highest PB Ratio was 13.34. The lowest was 5.80. And the median was 8.54.
FAST's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 98.68% of 152
companies
in the Industrial Distribution industry
Industry Median: 1.07
vs FAST: 12.83
During the past 12 months, Fastenal Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.40% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.10% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.80% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Fastenal Co was 36.40% per year. The lowest was 3.80% per year. And the median was 14.50% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Fastenal Co PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Fastenal Co's PB Ratio 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.
For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Fastenal Co's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry
For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, Fastenal Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Fastenal Co's PB Ratio falls into.
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
Fastenal Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
Fastenal Co PB Ratio Related Terms
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Fastenal began as an industrial retailer, expanding its product portfolio from nuts and bolts to cutting tools, safety equipment, and janitorial supplies. It transitioned into a distributor by building out a dense network of branches close to its business customers. Once a customer becomes large enough, Fastenal installs vending machines and its own personnel on-site. Today, these on-site locations exceed Fastenal's branch count and remain the firm's main focus for expansion. Fastenal acts as a one-stop outsourcing partner for its industrial customers, offering value-added services along with a wide breadth of maintenance, repair, and operations supplies.
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