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研究快讯:Fastenal:第一季度业绩符合预期,制造业市场正在复苏

-- 独立研究机构CFRA向提供了以下研究报告。CFRA分析师总结如下:FAST第一季度业绩基本符合预期,净销售额增长12.4%至22亿美元,这主要得益于制造业的扩张和市场份额的持续增长。合同客户的销售额增速超过非合同客户的销售额,分别为14.6%和6.7%,这反映了FAST专注于签约大客户,其中重型制造业以14.1%的增长领跑。技术赋能的客户现场继续推动业绩增长,高价值客户现场(月消费额超过5万美元)的数量达到2909个。尽管毛利率有所下降,但由于销售、管理及行政费用占销售额的比例下降70个基点至24.3%,营业利润率仍增长了20个基点至20.3%。尽管业绩符合市场预期,但FAST股价今日早盘仍出现下跌,我们认为这表明市场预期在有利的制造业环境下业绩会更加强劲。由于该股目前的远期市盈率接近 40 倍,我们认为季度业绩超出预期的空间已经不大。

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