Key takeaways
- Three unglamorous distributors have mastered that trick, and one of them still turned a $0.25 dividend into a decade-long wealth machine for patient owners.
- Over the past decade, Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST | FAST Price Prediction) shares rose 532.63% on an adjusted basis, and the company’s 10-year average return on invested capital was approximately 28%.
- The quarterly dividend rose from $0.22 in October 2025 to $0.24 in early 2026 and to $0.26 for the two most recent payments.
A vending machine bolted to a factory floor can lock in a customer for years. Three unglamorous distributors have mastered that trick, and one of them still turned a $0.25 dividend into a decade-long wealth machine for patient owners.
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