secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK:        0000815556
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-01-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000815556-22-000003
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555622000003/0000815556-22-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555622000003/fast-20220119.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-22-000003

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