---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000815556-24-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FAST"
cik: "0000815556"
company_name: "FASTENAL CO"
filed_at: "2024-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T22:19:14.983304+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fastenal Q4 net earnings $266.4M ($0.46 EPS); sales up 3.7% to $1.76B

## Summary
- Net earnings $266.4M ($0.46 diluted EPS) vs $245.6M ($0.43) in Q4 2022; full-year EPS $2.02.
- Daily sales grew 3.7% in Q4; fastener DSR -2.3%, safety +9.4%, other +5.3%.
- National accounts DSR +8.5%, non-national -3.2%; Onsite active locations up 12.3% YoY to 1,822.
- Paid $0.35 regular + $0.38 special dividend in Q4; total debt reduced to $260M from $555M YoY.
- 2024 guidance: 375-400 Onsite signings, 26,000-28,000 FASTBin/FASTVend MEU signings, capex $225-245M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000815556-24-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FAST
- cik: 0000815556
- company_name: FASTENAL CO
- filed_at: 2024-01-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555624000002/0000815556-24-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555624000002/fast-20240118.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-24-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  FASTENAL CO reported the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $1,758.6, net income $266.4, EPS $0.46.
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $1,758.6
  - Net income: $266.4
  - EPS: $0.46
  - Result: reported results
  source text: contraction (negative) for the applicable period. PERFORMANCE SUMMARY Twelve-month Period Three-month Period 2023 2022 Change 2023 2022 Change Net sales $ 7,346.7 6,980.6 5.2 % $ 1,758.6 1,695.6 3.7 % Business days 253 254 62 62 Daily sales $ 29.0 27.5 5.7 % $ 28.4 27.3 3.7 % Gross profit $ 3,354.5 3,215.8 4.3 % $ 799.4 768.4 4.0 % % of net sales 45.7 % 46.1 %
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555624000002/0000815556-24-000002-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.