FAST · PEAD → 22

Fastenal reported Q3 2026 EPS of $0.35 on 2026-10-14, beating the $0.34 consensus by $0.01 (+2.9%).

Print-day reaction was +1.1% versus the prior close, a modest upward move consistent with a narrow EPS beat. The overnight gap to T+1 open added a further +0.4%, suggesting no meaningful fade in after-hours trading. Over the following two sessions (T+1 through T+3), the stock drifted +1.3% from the T+1 close, though on net the total 3-day return came in at -0.8% against the T-1 close. Cumulative abnormal return of +0.7% versus SPY.US sits inside the ±3% threshold, yielding a PEAD none verdict; the drift neither confirmed nor reversed the initial reaction in a statistically meaningful way through 2027-01-11.