MAY 2018 INFORMATION WEB RELEASE
Fastenal Company and Subsidiaries (Fastenal) (Dollar amounts in thousands)
Release date: 6/6/18
2018
2017
Change
Net sales
Business days
$ 431,369 22
383,452 12.5%
22 0.0%
Daily sales
$
Impact of currency fluctuations
19,608 0.5%
17,430 12.5%
-0.4%
Historical
5-Year
Average1
1 The 'Historical 5-year Average' includes the years 2013 to 2017.
Daily sales in January
$
17,926 16,002
Change in daily sales since January 9.4% 8.9% 6.7%Daily sales last month
$
19,493 17,188
Change in daily sales since last month 0.6% 1.4% 2.1%
Daily sales growth by geography
United States
10.3% 9.5%
Total North America Total Company
11.8% 9.7%
12.5% 9.7%
Daily sales growth by end market *
Manufacturing 11.9% 10.3%Non-residential construction
15.9% 6.1%
Daily sales growth by product line Fasteners
9.1% 6.7%Other 15.0% 11.3%
Growth metrics by customer/channel type **
Daily sales growth - national accounts 18.0% 12.0%Daily sales growth - non-national accounts
7.0% 6.0%
% of Top 100 national accounts growing 78.0% 67.0% % of public branches growing 65.5% 61.4%
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
11,966
11,530 3.8%
1,721
1,583 8.7%
13,687
13,113 4.4%
2,593
2,439 6.3%
635
586 8.4%
1,182
1,030 14.8%
4,410
4,055 8.8%
18,097
17,168 5.4%
Absolute Headcount Change-12M | Absolute Headcount Change-YTD |
2.6% 9.3% 3.3% 2.6% 9.7% 14.5% 6.0% 4.0% | 214 53 |
267 | |
-98 18 44 | |
-36 | |
231 |
Total personnel - absolute
20,796
19,996 4.0%
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, July 11, 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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