---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000815556-22-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FAST"
cik: "0000815556"
company_name: "FASTENAL CO"
filed_at: "2022-01-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T17:22:45.853246+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fastenal Q4 net sales up 12.8% to $1.53B; EPS $0.40 vs $0.34 YoY

## Summary
- Daily sales grew 14.6% in Q4; full-year net sales $6.01B (+6.4% YoY).
- Q4 diluted EPS $0.40 vs $0.34 YoY; full-year EPS $1.60 vs $1.49.
- Signed 44 Onsites in Q4 (274 in 2021); 2022 goal of 375–400 signings.
- FMI device signings goal for 2022: 23,000–25,000 weighted MEUs.
- 2022 capex guided at $180M–$200M vs $148M in 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000815556-22-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FAST
- cik: 0000815556
- company_name: FASTENAL CO
- filed_at: 2022-01-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555622000003/0000815556-22-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555622000003/fast-20220119.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-22-000003.txt

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