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Fastenal (FAST) FY2008 results: revenue $2.3 billion, up 13.5% on the year

Fastenal Co. (FAST) reported revenue of $2.3 billion for fiscal 2008, the year ended 31 December 2008, up 13.5% on the year before. Net income was $280 million, up 20.2%. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 9 February 2010.

Revenue
$2.3 billion
+13.5% on the year
FY2007FY2008
Operating margin
19.2%
18.3% a year earlier
FY2007FY2008
Net income
$280 million
+20.2% on the year
FY2007FY2008
Diluted EPS
n/a
FY2007FY2008

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The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue2,3402,062+13.5%
Cost of revenue1,1041,014+8.9%
Gross profit1,2361,048+18.0%
Gross margin52.8%50.8%
Selling, general and administrative786671+17.0%
Operating income450376+19.6%
Operating margin19.2%18.3%
Pre-tax income451378+19.4%
Income tax171145+18.0%
Effective tax rate38.0%38.4%
Net income280233+20.2%
Net margin12.0%11.3%
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow260228+14.0%
Capital expenditure95.355.8+70.9%
Free cash flow165172-4.4%
Free cash flow margin7.0%8.3%
Cash from investing-86.6-37.7
Cash from financing-143-154
Depreciation and amortisation39.337.4+5.0%
Share-based compensation3.21.9+69.6%
Buybacks26.087.3-70.3%
Dividends paid11766.2+77.4%
Dividend per share$0.10n/a
Diluted shares, weighted1,191mn/a
Shares outstanding at period end1,188mn/a

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2008FY2007On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity1,1421,010+13.1%
Other liabilities162n/a
Total liabilities and equity1,304n/a
Fixed assets324n/a
Investments1.7n/a
Cash and equivalents85.957.2+50.1%
Receivables245n/a
Inventory564n/a
Other assets83.2n/a
Total assets1,304n/a

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2008, filed 9 February 2010: the filing.