secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK:        0000815556
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-01-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000815556-24-000002
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555624000002/0000815556-24-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555624000002/fast-20240118.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-24-000002

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