Insider trade

Director sold ~$156K of FAST shares in the open market

Traded Aug 10, 2026 · Filed Aug 11, 2026

FastenalFAST

~$156K
Reported value · 3,000 sh @ $52.00: 59K
Holds after · shares reported: -2.8%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +0.2%, $52.15 → $50.69 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

A board member of Fastenal sold $156K of Fastenal shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 10, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 11, 2026

Director$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$156,000

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

27 days after results of Jul 14, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $52.15 on Aug 10, 2026, at its 52-week high, after an 11% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $39.15 (Nov 20, 2025) to $52.15 (Aug 10, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $47.10 on Jun 26, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-1.5%	-0.4%	-1.1%
30 days	-5.5%	-1.1%	-4.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001454708-26-000008
Filed / recorded: Aug 11, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: FASTENAL CO
Issuer CIK: 815556
Ticker: FAST
Reporting person: Michael J Ancius
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 10, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 3,000
Price per share: $52.00
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 58,690
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The amount includes 46,668 shares held in a revocable trust over which the reporting person and his wife share voting and investment power and 12,022 shares held in the reporting person's self-directed IRA.