All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

FAST: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

FAST real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, FAST returned +11.51% over the past year and +17.96% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 20, 1987, FAST is up +87,208.39% in real purchasing-power return, or +19.03%/yr, and is currently −5.67% below its real total-return high on Aug. 22, 2025.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Thu 1987-08-20💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
FAST
×
+17.96%
2026-07-02
+11.51%
2026-07-02
Fastenal Company NASDAQ Common Stock

Returns

Thu 1987-08-20💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
FAST
×
+87,208.39%
+19.03%/yr
+15.24%/yr
(R2=0.943)
Fastenal Company NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000

Thu 1987-08-20💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value
End
Value
FAST
×
$10,000.00
1987-08-20
$8,730,839.13
2026-07-02
Fastenal Company NASDAQ Common Stock

Annual Returns

Year FAST
2026 (YTD) +17.96%
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%

Drawdowns

Thu 1987-08-20💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
FAST
×
−5.67%
from 2025-08-22 peak
−64.11%
1998-10-07
from 1997-08-12 peak
Fastenal Company NASDAQ Common Stock

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
FAST
×
+11.51% +51.01%
+22.89%/yr
+60.73%
+17.14%/yr
+68.40%
+10.99%/yr
+299.76%
+14.86%/yr
Fastenal Company NASDAQ Common Stock