Fastenal Company: 10-K Risk Factor Changes

2024 vs 2023  ·  SEC EDGAR  ·  2026-10-16
Other years: 2026 vs 2025 · 2025 vs 2024
⚠ AI Risk Brief Interpretation layer — deterministic data below

One credit and liquidity risk factor substantially modified; four operational and regulatory risks remain unchanged year-over-year.

Direction · Neutral
ThemesCredit and Liquidity RisksOperational RisksRegulatory & Legal
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🟡 Modified Disclosure change3/10

Credit and Liquidity Risks

high match confidence

Sentence-level differences:

  • Reworded sentence: "As of December 31, 2023, we had $260.0 of outstanding debt obligations, all in the form of senior unsecured promissory notes issued under our master note agreement (the Master Note Agreement)."
  • Reworded sentence: "This was not a material consideration in 2023."

Current (2024):

View prior text (2023)

Tight credit markets could impact our ability to obtain financing on reasonable terms or increase the cost of existing or future financing and interest rate fluctuations could adversely impact our results. As of December 31, 2022, we had $555.0 of outstanding debt obligations, of which $330.0 is in the form of senior unsecured promissory notes issued under our master note agreement (the Master Note Agreement), while $225.0 is in the form of loans outstanding under our revolving credit facility (the Credit Facility). Loans under the Credit Facility generally bear interest at a rate per annum equal to Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) and mature on September 28, 2027. The notes issued under our Master Note Agreement consist of six series and are described in further detail in Note 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-K.

We currently have the capacity under our Credit Facility and Master Note Agreement to increase borrowings in the future to finance stock purchases, dividends, capital expenditures, working capital additions, acquisitions, or other investments. Should we seek to increase our borrowings during periods of volatility and disruption in the United States credit markets, financing may become more costly and more difficult to obtain. This was not a material consideration in 2022. However, during any future periods of credit market volatility, the cost of servicing any existing balances on our Credit Facility at that time could increase due to the SOFR-based interest rate provided for under our Credit Facility.