APRIL 2018 INFORMATION WEB RELEASE
Fastenal Company and Subsidiaries (Fastenal) (Dollar amounts in thousands)
Release date: 5/4/18
2018
2017
Change
Net sales
Business days Daily sales
$ 409,350 21
343,751 19.1%
20 5.0%
$
Impact of currency fluctuations
19,493 0.6%
17,188 13.4%
-0.4%
Historical
5-Year
Average1
1 The 'Historical 5-year Average' includes the years 2013 to 2017.
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 8.7% 7.4% 4.4% 19,029 16,822 2.4% 2.2% -0.6%
Daily sales growth by geography
United States
10.8% 9.0%
Total North America Total Company
12.5% 8.9%
13.4% 8.9%
Daily sales growth by end market * Manufacturing
14.4% 9.3%
Non-residential construction
13.1% 5.8%
Daily sales growth by product line Fasteners
10.7% 6.0%Other 15.6% 10.7%
Growth metrics by customer/channel type **
Daily sales growth - national accounts 19.0% 11.0%Daily sales growth - non-national accounts
8.0% 6.0%
% of Top 100 national accounts growing 82.0% 65.0% % of public branches growing 66.4% 60.8%
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
11,932
11,366 5.0%
1,727
1,548 11.6%
13,659
12,914 5.8%
2,585
2,452 5.4%
637
588 8.3%
1,182
1,032 14.5%
4,404
4,072 8.2%
18,063
16,986 6.3%
Absolute Headcount Change-12M | Absolute Headcount Change-YTD |
3.7% 11.2% 4.6% 4.6% 8.8% 15.8% 7.5% 5.3% | 299 61 |
360 | |
-52 15 51 | |
14 | |
374 |
Total personnel - absolute
20,939
19,883 5.3%
Comments:
* In July 2017 we reclassified certain end market designations. Data presented for periods before that date may not match previous disclosures. ** 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: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 6:00 AM (central time) Next earnings release date: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 6:00 AM (central time)
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