Business days 20 22 -9.1%
Daily sales $ 15,498 15,184 2.1% Historical 2016 2015Daily sales in January $ 15,418 14,927
AverageChange in daily sales since January 0.5% 1.7% 10.3% Daily sales last month $ 15,866 15,864
Change in daily sales since last month -2.3% -4.3% -2.1%
Daily sales growth by age of store and currency impacts 2016 2015Stores more than 10 years old* 0.1% 3.4%
Stores more than 5 years old* 0.5% 3.1%
Stores more than 2 years old* 0.9% 2.6%
* Age measured on the last day of the respective calendar year.
All locations regardless of age 2.1% 3.2% Impact of currency fluctuations (primarily Canada) -0.3% -1.3% Impact of acquisitions 0.6% 0.1%
Daily sales growth by end market 2016 2015Manufacturing 1.0% 3.4%
Non-residential construction -0.7% -2.4%
Daily sales growth by product line 2016 2015Fasteners -2.6% -3.1%
Other 5.0% 8.2%
Number of stores opened 2016 2015Quarter-to-date 2 2
Absolute Headcount Change-12M | Absolute Headcount Change-YTD |
Employee headcount at month end 2016 2015 Change Store personnel - FTE 11,602 11,325 2.4% Non-store selling personnel - FTE 1,594 1,353 17.8% Selling personnel - FTE 13,196 12,678 4.1% Distribution personnel - FTE 2,494 2,332 6.9% Manufacturing personnel - FTE 599 657 -8.8% Administrative personnel - FTE 1,096 1,013 8.2% Non-selling personnel - FTE 4,189 4,002 4.7% Total personnel - FTE 17,385 16,680 4.2% | |
0.7% 18.2% 2.4% 6.5% -8.8% 9.1% 4.9% 3.0% | -579 72 |
-507 | |
-56 -38 69 | |
-25 | |
-532 |
Year-to-date 29 10
Total store count 2,607 2,618
Total personnel - absolute 20,214 19,625 3.0%
Comments:We added 171 FTE in October 2015 in connection with an acquisition. The majority were in store (125) or in distribution (41).
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, September 7, 2016 at 6:00 AM (central time) Next earnings release date: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 6:00 AM (central time)Fastenal Company published this content on 04 August 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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