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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000815556-22-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FAST"
cik: "0000815556"
company_name: "FASTENAL CO"
filed_at: "2022-10-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T03:57:27.030683+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fastenal Q3 net sales up 16% to $1.80B, EPS $0.50 (+17.4%); margins expand

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $1,802.4M (+16.0% YoY); diluted EPS $0.50 vs $0.42 (+17.4%).
- Operating margin improved to 21.0% from 20.5%; gross margin dipped to 45.9% from 46.3%.
- Signed 86 new Onsite locations; active Onsites up 14.6% YoY to 1,567.
- Digital Footprint sales reached 49.5% of total sales, up from 43.7%.
- Operating cash flow $257.9M (+54.1%); capex guidance narrowed to $170-190M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000815556-22-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FAST
- cik: 0000815556
- company_name: FASTENAL CO
- filed_at: 2022-10-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555622000038/0000815556-22-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555622000038/fast-20221013.htm

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