All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
FAST real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, FAST returned −2.31% over the past year and +11.01% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 20, 1987, FAST is up +82,062.83% in real purchasing-power return, or +18.83%/yr, and is currently −11.23% below its real total-return high on Aug. 22, 2025.
Data ending Fri Jul. 17, 2026
| Thu 1987-08-20💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAST × |
+11.01%
2026-07-17 |
−2.31%
2026-07-17 |
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| Fastenal Company NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Thu 1987-08-20💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAST × |
+82,062.83%
+18.83%/yr |
+15.23%/yr
(R2=0.943) |
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| Fastenal Company NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Thu 1987-08-20💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAST × |
$10,000.00
1987-08-20 |
$8,216,283.34
2026-07-17 |
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| Fastenal Company NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | FAST |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +11.01% |
| 2025 | +11.01% |
| 2024 | +10.35% |
| 2023 | +36.73% |
| 2022 | −28.94% |
| 2021 | +25.24% |
| 2020 | +34.77% |
| 2019 | +41.83% |
| 2018 | −3.45% |
| 2017 | +17.19% |
| 2016 | +16.13% |
| 2015 | −12.45% |
| 2014 | +1.57% |
| 2013 | +2.00% |
| 2012 | +8.18% |
| 2011 | +44.20% |
| 2010 | +45.49% |
| 2009 | +18.63% |
| 2008 | −12.18% |
| 2007 | +9.38% |
| 2006 | −9.64% |
| 2005 | +24.19% |
| 2004 | +20.70% |
| 2003 | +31.30% |
| 2002 | +10.12% |
| 2001 | +19.39% |
| 2000 | +18.33% |
| 1999 | −0.44% |
| 1998 | +13.26% |
| 1997 | −17.74% |
| 1996 | +4.87% |
| 1995 | +101.76% |
| 1994 | +28.59% |
| 1993 | +45.61% |
| 1992 | +22.86% |
| 1991 | +95.32% |
| 1990 | +2.84% |
| 1989 | +50.88% |
| 1988 | +84.88% |
| 1987 | +20.41% |
| Thu 1987-08-20💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAST × |
−11.23%
from 2025-08-22 peak |
−64.11%
1998-10-07 from 1997-08-12 peak |
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| Fastenal Company NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-07-17 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAST × | −2.31% |
+27.50% +12.92%/yr |
+55.93% +15.96%/yr |
+55.88% +9.28%/yr |
+291.85% +14.63%/yr |
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