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The cash flow of FASTENAL CO over the past 10 years

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In fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, FASTENAL CO's operating cash flow was $1.3B and its capital expenditures $245.3M, leaving free cash flow of $1.05B. Free cash flow was above zero in all 10 years shown. It ranged from $330.4M in fiscal 2016 to $1.26B in fiscal 2023. Capital expenditures were highest in fiscal 2019, at $246.4M.

Year by year

Fiscal yearOperating cash flowCapital expendituresFree cash flow*
2025ended Dec 31, 2025$1.3B$245.3M$1.05B
2024ended Dec 31, 2024$1.17B$226.5M$946.8M
2023ended Dec 31, 2023$1.43B$172.8M$1.26B
2022ended Dec 31, 2022$941M$173.8M$767.2M
2021ended Dec 31, 2021$770.1M$156.6M$613.5M
2020ended Dec 31, 2020$1.1B$168.1M$933.7M
2019ended Dec 31, 2019$842.7M$246.4M$596.3M
2018ended Dec 31, 2018$674.2M$176.3M$497.9M
2017ended Dec 31, 2017$585.2M$119.9M$465.3M
2016ended Dec 31, 2016$519.9M$189.5M$330.4M

Fiscal years as FASTENAL CO reports them. * Calculated by us from the company's filed figures; — no figure on file. From SEC filings, updated nightly. How each line is read.

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