AUGUST 2018 INFORMATION WEB RELEASE
Fastenal Company and Subsidiaries (Fastenal) (Dollar amounts in thousands)
Release date: 9/07/18
Net sales
Business days
2018 $ 467,893 23
Daily sales $ 20,343
Impact of currency fluctuations -0.4%
2017 | Change |
411,486 | 13.7% |
23 | 0.0% |
17,891 | 13.7% |
0.2% |
Impact of Hurricane Harvey (est.) 0.0%
-0.4% to -0.5% | |
Historical | 1 The 'Historical 5-year Average' includes |
5-Year | the years 2013 to 2017 and excludes |
Average1 | the impact of acquisitions. |
Daily sales in January
$
17,926 16,002
Change in daily sales since January 13.5% 11.8% 8.9%Daily sales last month
$
19,601 17,498
Change in daily sales since last month 3.8% 2.2% 4.0%
Daily sales growth by geography
United States 12.4% 12.2%
Total North America 13.3% 12.6%
Total Company 13.7% 12.8%
Daily sales growth by end market
Manufacturing 13.3% 14.6%Non-residential construction
18.5% 6.4%
Daily sales growth by product line
Fasteners 10.8% 12.2%
Other 16.0% 13.3%
Growth metrics by customer/channel type *
Daily sales growth - national accounts 18.0% 17.0%Daily sales growth - non-national accounts
8.0% 5.0%
% of Top 100 national accounts growing 84.0% 74.0% % of public branches growing 67.5% 62.9%
Employee headcount at month end
2018
2017
Change
Branch and Onsite personnel - FTE Non-branch selling personnel - FTE Total selling personnel - FTE Distribution personnel - FTE Manufacturing personnel - FTE Administrative personnel - FTE Total non-selling personnel - FTE Total personnel - FTE
12,103
11,694 3.5%
1,713
1,638 4.6%
13,816
13,332 3.6%
2,721
2,541 7.1%
687
604 13.7%
1,198
1,102 8.7%
4,606
4,247 8.5%
18,422
17,579 4.8%
Absolute Headcount Change-12M | Absolute Headcount Change-YTD |
2.8% 5.2% 3.1% 7.2% 15.5% 8.1% 8.4% 4.4% | 233 42 |
275 | |
47 72 45 | |
164 | |
439 |
Total personnel - absolute **
21,004
20,111 4.4%
Comments:
* Daily sales growth rates are rounded to whole percentage rates.
** A recent acquisition added 38 full-time and 5 part-time employees to our August headcount. This transaction was otherwise immaterial to the information in this release.
Definitions in release:
Net sales - Net sales for the period indicated.
Daily sales - Net sales divided by the number of business days in the United States. FTE - Full-time equivalent headcount.
Change 12M - Twelve month change. / Change YTD - Year-to-date change.
Next monthly sales release date: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 6:00 AM (central time) Next earnings release date: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 6:00 AM (central time)
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