secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK:        0000815556
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000815556-25-000048
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fastenal Q4 net income down 1.6% to $262.1M; EPS flat at $0.46; operating margin contracts
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- Q4 net sales $1,824.5M (+3.7% YoY); daily sales grew 2.1% on one extra selling day.
- Q4 operating margin fell to 18.9% from 20.1% on SG&A deleverage and unfavorable mix.
- Full year 2024 EPS $2.00 vs $2.02; net income down 0.4% to $1,150.6M.
- Onsite signings 358 in 2024, below 375-400 goal; active sites up 11.5% to 2,031.
- 2025 capex guided to $265-285M; FMI device signings target 28,000-30,000 MEUs.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555625000048/0000815556-25-000048-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555625000048/fast-20250117.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-25-000048

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