FASTENAL CO (FAST) Key Metrics API

• cURL
• Python
• JavaScript

curl "https://financialdata.net/api/v1/key-metrics?identifier=FAST&key=API_KEY"

import requests

                                                url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/key-metrics?identifier=FAST&key=API_KEY'    
                                                response = requests.get(url)

                                                print(response.json())
                                            

const url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/key-metrics?identifier=FAST&key=API_KEY';
                                            
                                                const response = await fetch(url);
                                                const data = await response.json();

                                                console.log(data);
                                            

[
  {
    "trading_symbol": "FAST",
    "central_index_key": "0000815556",
    "registrant_name": "FASTENAL CO",
    "fiscal_year": "2025",
    "period_end_date": "2025-12-31",
    "earnings_per_share": 1.1,
    "earnings_per_share_forecast": 1.26,
    "price_to_earnings_ratio": 36.4818181818182,
    "forward_price_to_earnings_ratio": 31.8492063492064,
    "earnings_growth_rate": -45.273631840796,
    "price_earnings_to_growth_ratio": -0.805807192807193,
    "book_value_per_share": 3.43638898570931,
    "price_to_book_ratio": 11.6779561821686,
    "ebitda": 1842600000.0,
    "enterprise_value": 45926388000.0,
    "dividend_yield": 0.0218052222573603,
    "dividend_payout_ratio": 0.797997457088366,
    "debt_to_equity_ratio": 0.0380363119991886,
    "capital_expenditures": 254200000.0,
    "free_cash_flow": 1041700000.0,
    "return_on_equity": 0.319099300131859,
    "one_year_beta": 0.606205701330195,
    "three_year_beta": 0.724944086744553,
    "five_year_beta": 0.805572584881676
  },
  ...
]

The API endpoint returns key financial metrics such as price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book ratio, free cash flow, etc. This information is particularly important for value investors looking to identify undervalued stocks. Data is available for several thousand US and international companies.