secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK:        0000815556
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000815556-25-000104
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fastenal Q2 EPS $0.29 (+12.7% YoY) on sales $2.08B; cuts FMI signing guidance
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- Net sales $2.08B, +8.6% YoY; diluted EPS $0.29 vs $0.25.
- Gross margin 45.3% vs 45.1%; operating margin 21.0% vs 20.2%.
- FMI signings 6,458 MEU (-10.2% YoY); 2025 goal cut to 25K-26K MEU from 28K-30K.
- FTE headcount +2.6% YoY; branch count flat at 1,596.
- Operating cash flow $278.6M (84.4% of NI); capex guidance lowered to $250-270M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555625000104/0000815556-25-000104-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555625000104/fast-20250714.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-25-000104

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