Fastenal Co (FAST)

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Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) and the best and worst performers in the maintenance and repair distributors industry.

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Daily sales averaged $29,647, marginally higher than the $29,085 figure reported in January 2024.

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Q4 earnings season officially kicked off this week, with 21 S&P 500 companies (mostly financials) reporting earnings. 14 companies beat estimates, 6 missed, and 1 tied. The average “surprise factor” was 6.4%.

Industrial supplier Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024 as sales rose 3.7% year on year to $1.82 billion. Its GAAP profit of $0.46 per share was 3.8% below analysts’ consensus estimates.