JULY 2018 INFORMATION WEB RELEASE
Fastenal Company and Subsidiaries (Fastenal) (Dollar amounts in thousands)
2018
2017
Change
Net sales
Business days
Daily sales
Impact of currency fluctuations
$ 411,616 21
349,966 17.6%
20 5.0%
$
19,601 -0.2%
17,498 12.0% 0.2%
Release date: 8/06/18
Historical 5-Year Average1
1 The 'Historical 5-year Average' includes the years 2013 to 2017 and excludes the impact of acquisitions.
Daily sales in January
Change in daily sales since January Daily sales last month
Change in daily sales since last month
$ $
17,926 16,002 9.3% 9.3% 4.7% 20,343 17,923 -3.6% -2.4% -3.7%
Daily sales growth by geography
United States 10.8% 11.8%
Total North America 11.6% 12.8%
Total Company 12.0% 12.9%
Daily sales growth by end market
Manufacturing 11.5% 14.2%Non-residential construction
16.4% 6.6%
Daily sales growth by product line
Fasteners 10.2% 11.3%
Other 13.7% 14.1%
Growth metrics by customer/channel type *
Daily sales growth - national accounts 16.0% 18.0%Daily sales growth - non-national accounts
7.0% 5.0%
% of Top 100 national accounts growing 75.0% 70.0% % of public branches growing 65.5% 63.0%
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
12,204
11,805 3.4%
1,701
1,623 4.8%
13,905
13,428 3.6%
2,702
2,544 6.2%
648
603 7.5%
1,186
1,097 8.1%
4,536
4,244 6.9%
18,441
17,672 4.4%
Total personnel - absolute
20,854
20,230 3.1%
Absolute Headcount Change-12M | Absolute Headcount Change-YTD |
2.3% 5.5% 2.6% 2.4% 8.6% 7.9% 4.4% 3.1% | 258 33 |
291 | |
-59 30 27 | |
-2 | |
289 |
Comments:
* Daily sales growth rates are rounded to whole percentage rates.
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: Friday, September 7th, 2018 at 6:00 AM (central time) Next earnings release date: Wednesday, October 10th, 2018 at 6:00 AM (central time)
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