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Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:FAST ) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript January 17, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Taylor Ranta - Accounting Manager Dan Florness - CEO Holden Lewis - CFO Conference Call Participants Ryan Merkel - William Blair David Manthey - Baird Tommy Moll - Stephens Stephen Volkmann - Jefferies Operator Greetings, and welcome to the Fastenal 2024 Annual and Q4 Earnings Results Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.

FAST's fourth-quarter 2024 results reflect the expansion of Onsite locations and increased adoption of digital platforms, which are offset by a soft manufacturing environment.

U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the S&P 500 gaining around 1% on Friday.

Shares of Fastenal Co (NASDAQ:FAST) are down 1.9% at $73.38 at last glance, after the industrial machinery name's disappointing fourth-quarter results, with earnings, revenue, and sales growth all missing estimates.

The headline numbers for Fastenal (FAST) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended December 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Shares of Fastenal (FAST) stumbled in premarket trading Friday after the industrial parts company's fourth-quarter results came in short of what analysts had expected.

Fastenal (FAST) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.46 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.48 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.46 per share a year ago.

WINONA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fastenal Company (Nasdaq:FAST) (collectively referred to as 'Fastenal' or by terms such as 'we', 'our', or 'us'), a leader in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies, today announced its financial results for the year and quarter ended December 31, 2024. Except for share and per share information, or as otherwise noted below, dollar amounts are stated in millions. Throughout this document, percentage and dollar calculations, which are b.

For Fastenal's fourth quarter, Wall Street is looking for earnings per share of 48 cents from sales of $1.8 billion.

WINONA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fastenal Company (Nasdaq:FAST) (collectively referred to as 'Fastenal' or by terms such as 'we', 'our', or 'us') reported its board of directors declared a dividend of $0.43 per share to be paid in cash on February 28, 2025 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 31, 2025. Except for share and per share information, dollar amounts are stated in millions. We began paying annual dividends in 1991, semi-annual dividends in 2003, and then expand.