secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK:        0000815556
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000815556-25-000116
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fastenal Q3 net sales $2.13B (+11.7% YoY); EPS $0.29 (+12.3% YoY)
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- Q3 net sales $2,133M (+11.7% YoY); diluted EPS $0.29 (+12.3% YoY).
- Gross margin 45.3% vs 44.9% YoY; operating margin 20.7% vs 20.3%.
- DSR +11.7% on pricing (+240-270 bps) and improved customer signings; contracts outperformed non-contracts.
- Weighted FASTBin/FASTVend signings 7,050 (-3.2% YoY); full-year target 25k-26k MEUs unchanged.
- Capex 2025 guided $235-255M vs $214.1M in 2024; no share repurchases; dividend payments continued.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555625000116/0000815556-25-000116-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555625000116/fast-20251013.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-25-000116

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