Safety products are bright spot in Fastenal's May sales
Fastenal reported May net sales of $6.6 million, a 1.5% increase over May 2023. Daily sales for the month were $2.9 million.
Daily sales improvement was led by markets outside North America with 4.8% growth, followed by the U.S. with 1.6% growth, and combined Canada/Mexico growth of 0.3%.
Safety remained the company's product line achieving highest top daily sales growth, with a 7.5 increase. Fastener sales dipped to negative 4.1%.
Fastenal's traditional end markets were underwhelming for May, with 1.5% growth in heavy manufacturing, 2.9% growth in other manufacturing, and declines of 6.2% and 6.9% in non-residential construction and reseller categories. Other end markets, however, spiked up 8.7%.
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