secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK:        0000815556
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000815556-22-000038
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555622000038/0000815556-22-000038-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555622000038/fast-20221013.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-22-000038

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