JMP Reaffirms Whitestone After Fort Worth Deal
Earlier on Tuesday, Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) disclosed plans to purchase a Fort Worth, Texas-based, 86,907 sq. ft. shopping center, marking the retail REIT's 29th asset in Texas and 10th in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
Aerial view of a neighborhood center with many holiday shoppers.
The research firm noted that this property purchase reinforces the company's position in a market with favorable operating fundamentals. While perfectly in sync with the giant's strategies to target properties that entail notable retailers, sustained rental incomes, and mark-to-market upside, the acquisition adds to the company's existing portfolio of 56 properties across Texas and Arizona.
In addition to this aspect, JMP Securities highlighted that Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) has consistently delivered outperforming operating growth from its properties. What truly sets the company apart is its deployment strategy, which emphasizes target markets and improved portfolio quality.
Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR), headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires and operates open-air retail centers in the world's ever-evolving markets, such as Phoenix, Austin, and Dallas-Fort Worth. Incorporated in 1998, the company aims to enhance property value and thus deliver stable returns to shareholders.
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WINONA, Minn., July 14, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fastenal Company (Nasdaq:FAST) ('Fastenal', 'we', 'our', or 'us'), a leader in the wholesale distribution of industrial and construction supplies, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. Except for share and per share information, or as otherwise noted below, dollar amounts are stated in millions. All historical common stock share and per share information and stockholders' equity balances for all periods presented in this release, including the financial statements attached to this release, have been retroactively adjusted to reflect a two-for-one stock split effective at the close of business on May 21, 2025. Percentage and dollar calculations, which are based on non-rounded dollar values, may not be able to be recalculated using the dollar values included in this document due to the rounding of those dollar values. References to daily sales rate (DSR) change may reflect either growth (positive) or contraction (negative) for the applicable period. PERFORMANCE SUMMARY Six-month Period Three-month Period 2025 2024 Change 2025 2024 Change Net sales $ 4,039.7 3,811.3 6.0 % $ 2,080.3 1,916.2 8.6 % Business days 127 128 64 64 Daily sales $ 31.8 29.8 6.8 % $ 32.5 29.9 8.6 % Gross profit $ 1,826.7 1,725.1 5.9 % $ 942.8 863.5 9.2 % % of net sales 45.2 % 45.3 % 45.3 % 45.1 % Selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses $ 996.7 948.0 5.1 % $ 506.7 476.6 6.3 % % of net sales 24.7 % 24.9 % 24.4 % 24.9 % Operating income $ 830.0 777.1 6.8 % $ 436.1 386.9 12.7 % % of net sales 20.5 % 20.4 % 21.0 % 20.2 % Income before income taxes $ 829.8 776.2 6.9 % $ 436.6 386.4 13.0 % % of net sales 20.5 % 20.4 % 21.0 % 20.2 % Net income $ 628.9 590.4 6.5 % $ 330.3 292.7 12.8 % Diluted net income per share $ 0.55 0.51 6.4 % $ 0.29 0.25 12.7 % Note – Daily sales are defined as the total net sales for the period divided by the number of business days (in the U.S.) in the period. QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Sales Net sales increased $164.1, or 8.6%, in the second quarter of 2025 when compared to the second quarter of 2024. Both periods had the same number of selling days. The results largely reflect the contribution from improved customer contract signings over the past six quarters. Market conditions remained sluggish, providing minimal contribution. Changes in foreign exchange rates positively affected sales in the second quarter of 2025 by approximately 10 basis points and negatively affected sales in the second quarter of 2024 by approximately 20 basis points. We experienced an increase in unit sales in the second quarter of 2025. This was due to a growth in the number of customer sites spending $10K or more per month with Fastenal and, to a lesser degree, growth in average monthly sales per customer site across all customer spend categories. The impact of product pricing on net sales in the second quarter of 2025 was an increase of 140 to 170 basis points, in contrast to the second quarter of 2024, which experienced a decline of 30 to 60 basis points. From a product standpoint, we have three categories: fasteners, including fasteners used in original equipment manufacturing (OEM) and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO), safety supplies, and other product lines, the latter of which includes eight smaller product categories, such as tools, janitorial supplies, and cutting tools. With industrial production still sluggish in the second quarter of 2025, the performance of our fastener product line continued to lag our non-fastener product lines. The fastener category experienced improved growth in the second quarter of 2025, as compared to the second quarter of 2024. This was driven by easier comparisons, increased contribution from large customer signings, better product availability in our distribution centers, and pricing actions implemented in the second quarter of 2025. We achieved growth in our safety category reflecting the lower volatility of PPE demand, which tends to be utilized in more MRO than OEM applications, growth of our vending installed base, and success with warehousing and data center customers. Other product lines experienced higher growth from MRO-oriented lines, such as electrical and janitorial, rather than from OEM-oriented lines, such as cutting tools and welding/abrasives, reflecting continued soft manufacturing demand. The DSR change when compared to the same period in the prior year and the percent of sales in the period were as follows: DSR Change Three-month Period % of Sales Three-month Period 2025 2024 2025 2024 OEM fasteners 8.4% -2.3% 19.4% 19.5% MRO fasteners 3.4% -4.3% 11.1% 11.5% Total fasteners 6.6% -3.0% 30.5% 31.0% Safety supplies 10.7% 7.1% 22.2% 21.8% Other product lines 9.0% 3.0% 47.3% 47.2% Total non-fasteners 9.5% 4.2% 69.5% 69.0% From an end market standpoint, we have four categories: heavy manufacturing, other manufacturing, non-residential construction, and other, the latter of which includes reseller, government/education, transportation, warehousing and storage, and data centers. Our manufacturing end markets outperformed primarily due to the relative strength we are experiencing with key account customers with significant managed spend where our service model and technology are particularly impactful. This disproportionately benefits manufacturing customers. The non-residential construction end market experienced growth for the first time in ten consecutive quarters. Other end market sales were favorably impacted by growth with warehousing and storage, and data center customers, which were partially offset by declining sales with resellers. The DSR change when compared to the same period in the prior year and the percent of sales in the period were as follows: DSR Change Three-month Period % of Sales Three-month Period 2025 2024 2025 2024 Heavy manufacturing 7.5% 1.8% 42.9% 43.3% Other manufacturing 11.5% 4.0% 33.0% 32.2% Total manufacturing 9.2% 2.7% 75.9% 75.5% Non-residential construction 3.0% -5.5% 8.1% 8.5% Other end markets 8.7% 1.5% 16.0% 16.0% Total non-manufacturing 6.7% -1.0% 24.1% 24.5% From a customer standpoint, we have two categories: contracts, which include national multi-site, local and regional, and government customers with significant revenue potential, and non-contracts, which include all other customers. Sales with our contract customers continue to outperform as we realize incremental sales from implementing strong customer signings that we have achieved over the last six quarters, which was partially offset by subdued business activity. Non-contract customers tend to be smaller and utilize fewer of our tools and capabilities, providing fewer avenues for share gains and therefore more closely reflect overall business trends, which remain sluggish. The DSR change when compared to the same period in the prior year and the percent of sales in the period were as follows: DSR Change Three-month Period % of Sales Three-month Period 2025 2024 2025 2024 Contract sales 11.0% 6.9% 73.2% 71.2% Non-contract sales 2.6% -9.0% 26.8% 28.8% Supplemental Data Prior to 2025, our disclosed metrics primarily addressed development of capabilities, including branch openings, geographic expansion, growth of national accounts, growth of non-fastener products, FMI installations, and Onsite signings, to name a few. The data provided in the chart below measures the number of customer sites that are served throughout our in-market network, categorizing them by monthly customer spend categories and end market, and the sales and average sales per site. We believe this supplemental information may be useful to investors in evaluating Fastenal's business trends and whether and to what degree we are being successful. Historical end market sales have been updated in the table below to categorize by customer site and may not be able to be recalculated due to the rounding of those dollar values. Three-month Period 2025 Three-month Period 2024 Customer Sites (#) (1) (2) Sales Mo. Sales per Customer Site (3) Customer Sites (#) (1) (2) Sales Mo. Sales per Customer Site (3) Manufacturing $50K+/Mo. (4) 2,250 $937.5 $138,889 2,021 $835.8 $137,853 $10K+/Mo. 8,827 1,373.6 51,871 8,369 1,250.3 49,799 $5K-$10K/Mo. 4,456 95.9 7,174 4,434 94.9 7,134 <$5K/Mo. 29,855 103.2 1,152 32,009 104.6 1,089 Other sales (5) — 2.7 — — 11.1 — Total manufacturing 43,138 $1,575.4 $12,152 44,812 $1,460.9 $10,784 Non-manufacturing $50K+/Mo. (4) 433 $156.6 $120,554 365 $120.0 $109,589 $10K+/Mo. 3,141 320.4 34,002 2,849 267.1 31,251 $5K-$10K/Mo. 2,922 61.6 7,027 2,849 59.9 7,008 <$5K/Mo. 52,239 111.4 711 58,844 116.6 661 Other sales (5) — 11.5 — — 11.7 — Total non-manufacturing 58,302 $504.9 $2,822 64,542 $455.3 $2,290 Total $50K+/Mo. (4) 2,683 $1,094.1 $135,930 2,386 $955.8 $133,529 $10K+/Mo. 11,968 1,694.0 47,181 11,218 1,517.4 45,088 $5K-$10K/Mo. 7,378 157.5 7,116 7,283 154.8 7,085 <$5K/Mo. 82,094 214.6 871 90,853 221.2 812 Other sales (5) — 14.2 — — 22.8 — Total 101,440 $2,080.3 $6,790 109,354 $1,916.2 $5,771 (1) Customer sites represent the number of customer locations served by our in-market network. Individual customers with multiple locations across multiple in-market locations will have multiple customer sites. (2) Customer sites are an average of the number of customer sites calculated each month. (3) Monthly sales per customer site totals do not include the sales from other sales lines, as there is no customer site count associated with it. This column is not rounded to the millions and represents the exact dollar amount. (4) $50K+ customer sites are disclosed as a representation of Onsite-like customers and are also a subset of $10K+ customer sites. (5) Other sales represent impacts to sales that are not tied to a specific site or in-market location. This includes certain service fees, cash sales, direct product sales, etc. FMI Technology comprises our FASTStock℠ (scanned stocking locations), FASTBin® (infrared, RFID, and scaled bins), and FASTVend® (vending devices) offerings. FASTStock's fulfillment processing technology is not embedded, is relatively less expensive and highly flexible in application, and is delivered using our proprietary mobility technology. FASTBin and FASTVend incorporate highly efficient and powerful embedded data tracking and fulfillment processing technologies. The first statistic is a weighted FMI® measure, which combines the signings and installations of FASTBin and FASTVend in a standardized machine equivalent unit (MEU) based on the expected output of each type of device. We do not include FASTStock in this measurement because scanned stocking locations can take many forms, such as bins, shelves, cabinets, pallets, etc., that cannot be converted into a standardized MEU. The second statistic is sales through FMI Technology, which combines the sales through FASTStock, FASTBin, and FASTVend. A portion of the growth in sales experienced by FMI, particularly FASTStock and FASTBin, reflects the migration of products from less efficient non-digital stocking locations to more efficient, digital stocking locations. We signed 6,458 weighted FASTBin and FASTVend devices in the second quarter of 2025, resulting in 12,875 new FASTBin and FASTVend signings in the first six months of 2025. Our goal for weighted FASTBin and FASTVend device signings in 2025 is 25,000 to 26,000 MEU (our previous goal was 28,000 to 30,000 MEUs). The table below summarizes signings and installations of our FMI devices and sales through our FMI devices, eBusiness(1) tools, and Digital Footprint(2). Six-month Period Three-month Period 2025 2024 DSR Change (3) 2025 2024 DSR Change (3) Weighted FASTBin/FASTVend signings (MEUs) 12,875 13,914 -7.5% 6,458 7,188 -10.2% Signings per day 101 109 101 112 Weighted FASTBin/FASTVend installations (MEUs; end of period) 132,174 119,306 10.8% FASTStock sales $ 502.3 484.2 4.6% $ 263.2 244.4 7.7% % of sales 12.3% 12.5% 12.5% 12.6% FASTBin/FASTVend sales $ 1,285.2 1,123.9 15.3% $ 665.3 567.0 17.3% % of sales 31.4% 29.1% 31.6% 29.2% FMI sales $ 1,787.5 1,608.1 12.0% $ 928.5 811.4 14.4% FMI daily sales $ 14.1 12.6 $ 14.5 12.7 % of sales 43.7% 41.7% 44.1% 41.8% eBusiness sales $ 1,239.6 1,103.8 13.2% $ 631.9 557.0 13.5% % of sales 30.3% 28.6% 30.0% 28.7% Less: eBusiness and FMI sales overlap $ 534.5 426.4 26.3% $ 275.7 215.9 27.8% % of sales 13.1% 11.1% 13.1% 11.1% Digital Footprint sales $ 2,492.6 2,285.5 9.9% $ 1,284.7 1,152.5 11.5% % of sales 61.0% 59.2% 61.0% 59.4% (1) Our eBusiness includes eProcurement activities, which are integrated transactions, including electronic data interchange (EDI), and eCommerce (transactional website sales). (2) Digital Footprint is a combination of our sales through FMI (FASTStock, FASTBin, and FASTVend) plus that portion of our eBusiness sales that does not represent billings of FMI services. (3) Weighted FASTBin/FASTVend signings and installations reflects the percent change compared to the same period in the prior year. Gross Profit Our gross profit, as a percentage of net sales, increased to 45.3% in the second quarter of 2025 from 45.1% in the second quarter of 2024. Price/cost had a slightly favorable impact on our gross profit percentage. Improved margin on fastener sales relating to the fastener expansion project and other supplier-focused initiatives contributed to the increase. The aforementioned positive effects on our gross profit percentage were partly offset by a number of variables. First, customer and product mix diluted our gross profit percentage. This reflects relatively stronger growth from large customers, including Onsite-like customers, and non-fastener products, each of which tend to have a lower gross profit percentage than our business as a whole. Second, we experienced higher import duty costs and higher fleet and transportation costs due to inflation in vehicle costs as we cycle our fleet and in third-party freight costs. Third, customer and supplier incentives were a slight drag on our gross profit percentage. SG&A Expenses Our SG&A expenses, as a percentage of net sales, were 24.4% in the second quarter of 2025 versus 24.9% in the second quarter of 2024. This reflects growth in SG&A of 6.3% in the second quarter of 2025 versus net sales growth of 8.6% in the same period of 2025. Employee-related expenses, which represent 70% to 75% of total SG&A expenses, increased 10.3% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the second quarter of 2024. We experienced an increase in employee base pay, although at a rate below the growth in sales, due to higher average FTE during the period, and, to a lesser degree, higher average wages during the period. Bonuses and commissions and profit sharing increased at a rate greater than sales as a result of improved business activity and financial performance versus the year-ago period. Additionally, health insurance costs increased at a rate greater than sales. Occupancy-related expenses, which represent 15% to 20% of total SG&A expenses, increased 3.0% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the second quarter of 2024. This was primarily a result of general inflation in branch rental costs and slightly higher depreciation from an increase in the installed base of FMI hardware. Combined, all other SG&A expenses, which represent 10% to 15% of total SG&A expenses, decreased 10.6% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the second quarter of 2024. Sales-related travel and information technology (IT) expenses increased slightly. These increases were more than offset by an increase in supplier marketing credits and reductions in general insurance expense. Operating Income Our operating income, as a percentage of net sales, increased to 21.0% in the second quarter of 2025 from 20.2% in the second quarter of 2024. Net Interest We had higher interest income earned during the second quarter of 2025. We had higher interest expense as a result of higher borrowings through the second quarter of 2025. The increase in interest income relative to interest expense resulted in our generating net interest income of $0.5 in the second quarter of 2025, which compared to net interest expense $0.5 in the second quarter of 2024. Income Taxes We recorded income tax expense of $106.3 in the second quarter of 2025, or 24.4% of income before income taxes. Income tax expense was $93.7 in the second quarter of 2024, or 24.2% of income before income taxes. We believe our ongoing tax rate, absent any discrete tax items or broader changes to tax law, will be approximately 24.5%. On July 4, 2025, the U.S. enacted H.R. 1 "A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of H. Con. Res. 14", commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Changes in tax laws may affect recorded deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities and our effective tax rate in the future and we continue to evaluate the impacts the new legislation will have on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. As a result of the enactment of H.R. 1, we anticipate an impact to the deferred tax liability and the income tax payable related to the provisions for 100% bonus depreciation for assets placed in service after January 19, 2025 and full expensing of domestic research and experimental expenditures. We do not expect any material change to our ongoing tax rate as a result of this legislation. Net Income Our net income during the second quarter of 2025 was $330.3, an increase of 12.8% compared to the second quarter of 2024. Our diluted net income per share was $0.29 in the second quarter of 2025, compared to $0.25 in the second quarter of 2024. CASH FLOW AND BALANCE SHEET Net cash provided by operating activities was $278.6 in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 8.1% from the second quarter of 2024, representing 84.4% of the period's net income versus 88.1% in the second quarter of 2024. The decrease in operating cash flow, as a percent of net income, primarily reflects our operating assets and liabilities being a greater use of cash in the second quarter of 2025 as compared to the second quarter of 2024. Net cash provided by operating activities was $540.8 in the first six months of 2025, a decrease of 8.8% from the first six months of 2024, representing 86.0% of the period's net income versus 100.5% in the first six months of 2024. The decrease in operating cash flow, as a percent of net income, primarily reflects our operating assets and liabilities being a more significant use of cash in the first six months of 2025 than in the first six months of 2024. The dollar and percentage change in accounts receivable, net, inventories, and accounts payable as of June 30, 2025 when compared to June 30, 2024 were as follows: June 30 Twelve-month Dollar Change Twelve-month Percentage Change 2025 2024 2025 2025 Accounts receivable, net $ 1,324.2 1,204.8 $ 119.3 9.9 % Inventories 1,726.3 1,504.6 221.7 14.7 % Trade working capital $ 3,050.5 2,709.4 $ 341.0 12.6 % Accounts payable $ 319.3 292.6 $ 26.7 9.1 % Trade working capital, net $ 2,731.2 2,416.8 $ 314.3 13.0 % Net sales in last three months $ 2,080.3 1,916.2 $ 164.1 8.6 % Note - Amounts may not foot due to rounding difference. The increase in our accounts receivable balance in the second quarter of 2025 was primarily attributable to growth in sales with our customers, including relative growth with larger customers that tend to carry longer payment terms. The increase in our inventory balance in the second quarter of 2025 was primarily attributable to three factors. First, we added inventory to support projected growth in our business and, to a lesser extent, the anticipated impact of tariffs. Second, our inventory increased as a result of growth in sales with certain customers and the addition of stock to ensure we can support their future growth. Third, we added inventory to support our fastener expansion and optimal package quantity initiatives, which are intended to improve service to our in-market locations and generate efficiencies in our hubs. The increase in our accounts payable balance in the second quarter of 2025 was primarily attributable to an increase in our product purchases as reflected in the growth in inventories. During the second quarter of 2025, our investment in property and equipment, net of proceeds from sales, was $64.3, which was a slight increase from $52.6 in the second quarter of 2024. This was primarily related to an increase in spending for FMI hardware to support growth in our installed base, facility construction and upgrades, IT, and vehicles. For 2025, we expect our investment in property and equipment, net of proceeds from sales, to be within a range of $250.0 to $270.0, a decrease from our originally anticipated range ($265.0 to $285.0) and an increase from $214.1 in 2024. The expected growth on a year-to-year basis reflects three items. First, we expect higher distribution center spending to complete our replacement Utah hub facility, begin construction on a replacement Atlanta hub facility, and improve our picking capacity and efficiency across our hub network. Second, we expect elevated IT spending as projects that were expected in 2024 experienced delays and will occur in 2025. Third, we expect greater outlays for FMI hardware reflecting an increase in our targeted signings. During the second quarter of 2025, we returned $252.5 to our shareholders in the form of dividends, compared to the second quarter of 2024 when we returned $223.3 to our shareholders in the form of dividends. During the first six months of 2025, we returned $499.1 to our shareholders in the form of dividends, compared to the first six months of 2024 when we returned $446.5 to our shareholders in the form of dividends. We did not repurchase any of our common stock in either period. Total debt on our balance sheet was $230.0 at the end of the second quarter of 2025, or 5.7% of total capital (the sum of stockholders' equity and total debt). This compares to $235.0, or 6.3% of total capital, at the end of the second quarter of 2024. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The table below summarizes our absolute and full time equivalent (FTE; based on 40 hours per week) employee headcount, number of branch locations, number of $50K+ customer sites, and weighted FMI devices at the end of the periods presented and the percentage change compared to the end of the prior periods. Change Since: Change Since: Change Since: Q2 2025 Q1 2025 Q1 2025 Q4 2024 Q4 2024 Q2 2024 Q2 2024 Selling personnel - absolute employee headcount (1) 17,192 16,995 1.2 % 16,669 3.1 % 16,727 2.8% Selling personnel - FTE employee headcount (1) 15,660 15,236 2.8 % 15,014 4.3 % 15,341 2.1% Total personnel - absolute employee headcount 24,362 24,181 0.7 % 23,702 2.8 % 23,629 3.1% Total personnel - FTE employee headcount 21,807 21,339 2.2 % 20,958 4.1 % 21,249 2.6% Number of branch locations 1,596 1,587 0.6 % 1,597 -0.1 % 1,599 -0.2% Number of $50K+ customer sites 2,683 2,502 7.2 % 2,330 15.2 % 2,386 12.4% Weighted FMI devices (MEU installed count) 132,174 129,996 1.7 % 126,957 4.1 % 119,306 10.8% (1) In the fourth quarter of 2024, we realigned certain employees as a result of a routine review of our organizational structure. While there is no change to total absolute or total FTE headcount, it produces minor shifts between headcount categories. Historical numbers have been adjusted to reflect this realignment. During the last twelve months, we increased our total FTE employee headcount by 558. Our total FTE selling and sales support personnel increased by 319 to support growth and sales initiatives to target customer acquisition. We had an increase in our distribution and transportation FTE personnel of 133 to support increased product throughput at our distribution facilities. We had an increase in our remaining FTE personnel of 106, which related primarily to personnel investments in manufacturing, quality control, IT, and business analytics. CONFERENCE CALL TO DISCUSS QUARTERLY RESULTS As we previously disclosed, we will host a conference call today to review the quarterly results, as well as current operations. This conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet at 9:00 a.m., central time. To access the webcast, please go to our Investor Relations Website at ADDITIONAL MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY INFORMATION We publish on the 'Investor Relations' page of our website at both our monthly consolidated net sales information and the presentation for our quarterly conference call (which includes information, supplemental to that contained in our earnings announcement, regarding results for the quarter). We expect to publish the consolidated net sales information for each month, other than the third month of a quarter, at 6:00 a.m., central time, on the fourth business day of the following month. We expect to publish the consolidated net sales information for the third month of each quarter and the conference call presentation for each quarter at 6:00 a.m., central time, on the date our earnings announcement for such quarter is publicly released. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS Certain statements contained in this document do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. As such, they are considered 'forward-looking statements' that provide current expectations or forecasts of future events. These forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements can be identified by the use of terminology such as anticipate, believe, should, estimate, expect, intend, may, will, plan, goal, project, hope, trend, target, opportunity, and similar words or expressions, or by references to typical outcomes. Any statement that is not a historical fact, including estimates, projections, future trends, and the outcome of events that have not yet occurred, is a forward-looking statement. Our forward-looking statements generally relate to our expectations and beliefs regarding the business environment in which we operate, our projections of future performance, our perceived marketplace opportunities including our prospects to capture long-term value from certain warehousing customers and the related end market, our strategies, goals, mission, and vision, and our expectations about future capital expenditures, future tax rates, including anticipated tax impacts from recent legislation, future inventory levels, pricing, weighted FMI device signings, future sales attributable to our Digital Footprint, investment in property and equipment, the impact of inflation or deflation on our cost of goods, controlling SG&A expenses including FTE growth, future traditional branch closures and openings, the impact of fluctuations in freight and shipping costs, future operating results and business activity, and the impact of natural disasters on daily sales. You should understand that forward-looking statements involve a variety of risks and uncertainties, known and unknown (including risks disclosed in our most recent annual and quarterly reports), and may be affected by inaccurate assumptions. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual results may vary materially. Factors that could cause our actual results to differ from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those detailed in our most recent annual and quarterly reports. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any such statement to reflect events or circumstances arising after such date. FAST-E FASTENAL COMPANY Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Amounts in millions except share and per share information) (Unaudited) Assets June 30,2025 December 31,2024 Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 237.8 255.8 Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $4.7 and $5.2, respectively 1,324.2 1,108.6 Inventories 1,726.3 1,645.0 Prepaid income taxes 14.5 18.8 Other current assets 158.9 183.7 Total current assets 3,461.7 3,211.9 Property and equipment, net 1,101.0 1,056.6 Operating lease right-of-use assets 308.3 279.2 Other assets 145.2 150.3 Total assets $ 5,016.2 4,698.0 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Current liabilities: Current portion of debt $ 130.0 75.0 Accounts payable 319.3 287.7 Accrued expenses 257.1 225.6 Current portion of operating lease liabilities 106.1 98.8 Income taxes payable 7.8 — Total current liabilities 820.3 687.1 Long-term debt 100.0 125.0 Operating lease liabilities 209.1 186.6 Deferred income taxes 70.3 68.9 Other long-term liabilities 9.1 14.1 Stockholders' equity: Preferred stock: $0.01 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding — — Common stock: $0.01 par value, 1,600,000,000 shares authorized, 1,147,617,563 and 1,146,640,904 shares issued and outstanding, respectively 11.5 11.5 Additional paid-in capital 104.2 82.8 Retained earnings 3,743.3 3,613.5 Accumulated other comprehensive loss (51.6 ) (91.5 ) Total stockholders' equity 3,807.4 3,616.3 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 5,016.2 4,698.0 FASTENAL COMPANY Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Amounts in millions except income per share) (Unaudited) Six Months Ended June 30, Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 2024 2025 2024 Net sales $ 4,039.7 3,811.3 $ 2,080.3 1,916.2 Cost of sales 2,213.0 2,086.2 1,137.5 1,052.7 Gross profit 1,826.7 1,725.1 942.8 863.5 Selling, general, and administrative expenses 996.7 948.0 506.7 476.6 Operating income 830.0 777.1 436.1 386.9 Interest income 3.6 2.9 2.7 1.3 Interest expense (3.8 ) (3.8 ) (2.2 ) (1.8 ) Income before income taxes 829.8 776.2 436.6 386.4 Income tax expense 200.9 185.8 106.3 93.7 Net income $ 628.9 590.4 $ 330.3 292.7 Basic net income per share $ 0.55 0.52 $ 0.29 0.26 Diluted net income per share $ 0.55 0.51 $ 0.29 0.25 Basic weighted average shares outstanding 1,147.2 1,144.9 1,147.5 1,145.2 Diluted weighted average shares outstanding 1,149.8 1,148.2 1,150.1 1,148.2 FASTENAL COMPANY Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Amounts in millions) (Unaudited) Six Months Ended June 30, Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 2024 2025 2024 Cash flows from operating activities: Net income $ 628.9 590.4 $ 330.3 292.7 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation of property and equipment 84.4 81.2 42.4 41.0 Gain on sale of property and equipment (1.6 ) (1.7 ) (1.3 ) (1.1 ) Bad debt expense (recoveries) 1.9 (0.6 ) 0.2 0.3 Deferred income taxes 1.4 1.2 0.7 0.4 Stock-based compensation 4.1 4.0 2.0 2.0 Amortization of intangible assets 5.4 5.4 2.7 2.7 Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Trade accounts receivable, net (206.4 ) (120.9 ) (36.4 ) 6.7 Inventories (67.7 ) 12.2 (41.2 ) (9.7 ) Other current assets 25.6 6.5 15.5 (28.4 ) Accounts payable 24.7 30.7 (20.6 ) 15.1 Accrued expenses 30.1 (22.5 ) 38.9 9.4 Income taxes 12.5 1.0 (58.4 ) (73.5 ) Other (2.5 ) 6.7 3.8 0.4 Net cash provided by operating activities 540.8 593.6 278.6 258.0 Cash flows from investing activities: Purchases of property and equipment (125.0 ) (106.9 ) (69.3 ) (56.1 ) Proceeds from sale of property and equipment 6.9 6.0 5.0 3.5 Other (0.2 ) (0.2 ) (0.1 ) (0.1 ) Net cash used in investing activities (118.3 ) (101.1 ) (64.4 ) (52.7 ) Cash flows from financing activities: Proceeds from debt obligations 675.0 385.0 520.0 225.0 Payments against debt obligations (645.0 ) (410.0 ) (490.0 ) (190.0 ) Proceeds from exercise of stock options 17.3 18.6 6.1 2.8 Cash dividends paid (499.1 ) (446.5 ) (252.5 ) (223.3 ) Net cash used in financing activities (451.8 ) (452.9 ) (216.4 ) (185.5 ) Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 11.3 (5.4 ) 8.2 (1.4 ) Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (18.0 ) 34.2 6.0 18.4 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 255.8 221.3 231.8 237.1 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 237.8 255.5 $ 237.8 255.5 Supplemental information: Cash paid for interest $ 4.2 4.2 $ 2.7 1.8 Net cash paid for income taxes $ 185.3 181.8 $ 163.4 165.8 Operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities $ 73.2 49.4 $ 42.7 19.0 View source version on Contacts Dray SchreiberFinancial Reporting & Regulatory Compliance507.313.7324
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Castellum, Inc. Publishes Letter to Shareholders VIENNA, Va., July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Castellum, Inc. (NYSE-American: CTM) (the 'Company' and 'Castellum'), a cybersecurity, electronic warfare, and software services and solutions company focused on the federal government, releases this letter to shareholders from Chief Executive Officer ('CEO'), Glen Ives. Dear Fellow Shareholders: With this month marking the one-year anniversary of my time as your CEO, I thought it an opportune time to thank you sincerely for your support and confidence in Castellum, Inc., re-emphasize how incredibly honored I continue to be to have this opportunity to lead our CTM team, provide a very brief update on our significant progress over this past year, and explain why I continue to be encouraged, confident, and genuinely excited for all of us at CTM as we look ahead. Since I assumed my role as your CEO on July 1st of last year, CTM has quickly and strategically transitioned from our four-year Phase 1 'start-up' period, during which we were focused on acquiring and integrating seven companies and uplisting to the NYSE American LLC ('NYSE American'). Last July, we made a strategic pivot to Phase 2, focusing on strengthening our foundational platform through organic growth. As I have affirmed constantly, time and again since last summer, our Phase 2 strategy is based upon a total, 100%, uncompromising, 'all hands' commitment to organic growth. Over the past year, our CTM Team has been improving and energizing every aspect of our Company to compete in the 'full and open' arena, as defined by the government, as a 'large' business. We are completely integrated across CTM in every business function and have been laser focused on strengthening business development ('BD') and organic growth through a broadening, deepening, and quality improvement of our opportunity pipeline and significantly enhancing our prospective capabilities in the key BD areas of opportunity development, capture management, and proposal development. Here's a brief recap of what we have accomplished since July 1, 2024: Leadership team restructured and strengthened with greater industry and technology experience: Raised over $16 million through public offerings and warrant exercises; Reduced our long-term debt to less than $5 million today; Strong and healthy balance sheet – Improved cash/equity to debt ratio; Won largest prime contract in CTM history with $103.3 million, a 5.5-year contract for Special Missions support of the Naval Air Systems Command Program Office PMA 290 Special Missions; Established two mentor-protégé relationships and related joint ventures with woman-owned and native Hawaiian organizations; Established a new subsidiary to focus on advanced technology products; Consistent 'best in industry' contractor performance assessment reports ('CPARS'), which is our 'report card' from our government customers; and Significant improvement and increases in the volume and quality of our proposals ... for baseball fans, we want to get more at-bats, take more swings at the right pitches, get on base more with a good balance of singles, doubles, triples, and home runs. Today, we are an intensely competitive, leading-edge technology services and solutions team committed to national security and our warfighters. We provide relevant, timely, and world-class mission services and solutions to our defense and federal civilian customers through our government-awarded contracts. We bring unparalleled capabilities in software and systems engineering and integration, software development, and model-based systems engineering across every technology domain and mission area vital to our government mission customers. Going forward, our new advanced technology products subsidiary will complement our historic strong suit of tech-enabled services with the tech itself. Relevant, powerful, high-demand, high-value technology domains and mission capabilities: Software development, software and systems engineering, systems integration, model-based systems engineering; Electronic and information warfare; Cybersecurity, AI/ML, data analytics, digital modernization, C5ISR; Data and intelligence analysis; and Strategic mission, policy planning, and development. At the very core, we have built and are building a premier, cohesive team - I couldn't be prouder of the whole team we have built, top to bottom, left to right. We have brought together seven different companies, professionals from outside those organizations, and built an integrated and focused team that has been responsible for the many positive things that have happened, are happening, and will continue to happen. With the equity raises, we will be able to lean into investments we are already making - business development and IT for organic growth, and it will allow us to pursue growth by acquisitions; Contract wins will build success – credibility, service, and revenue; Strong CPARS speaking to the high quality of our work; Increase in proposals – improves our opportunities for winning; and With our mentor-protégé joint ventures, we grow our business and help establish two worthy companies. We are now where we wanted to be when we first uplisted to the NYSE American in October 2022. We have now raised the capital we intended to support our organic and inorganic growth strategies. Since the time of uplisting, we have honed our skills and integrated our teams to be a better, stronger company. We are committed to winning and growing contracts, as well as making strategic acquisitions, to achieve our goal of becoming a large, premier defense company. Achieving these goals will lead to enhanced shareholder value for you, our shareholders, a stronger national defense, and more opportunities for our Castellum professionals. Over the past year, you have seen part of what we can do. In the coming years, we plan to achieve much, much more. Sincerely, /s/ Glen Ives, CEO About Castellum, Inc. (NYSE-American: CTM): Castellum, Inc. (NYSE-American: CTM) is a cybersecurity, electronic warfare, and software engineering services company focused on the federal government - Forward-Looking Statements: This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, based on current expectations and assumptions concerning future events or future performance of the company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. Words such as 'will,' 'would,' 'believe,' and 'expects,' and similar language or phrasing are indicative of forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are outside of the Company's control, that could cause actual results to differ (sometimes materially) from the results expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, including, among others: statements regarding the Company's expectations for proposal, contract, and revenue growth, building value, serving our shareholders, and profitability; the Company's ability to effectively integrate and grow its acquired companies; its ability to identify additional acquisition targets and close additional acquisitions; the impact on the Company's revenue due to a delay in the U.S. Congress approving a federal budget, operating under a prolonged continuing resolution, government shutdown, or breach of the debt ceiling, as well as the imposition by the U.S. government of sequestration in the absence of an approved budget; the ability of the U.S. federal government to unilaterally cancel a contract with or without cause, and more specifically, the potential impact of the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization on government spending and terminating contracts for convenience. In evaluating such statements, prospective investors should review carefully various risks and uncertainties identified in Item 1A. 'Risk Factors' section of the Company's recently filed Form 10-Q, Item 1A. "Risk Factors' in the Company's most recent Form 10-K, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission which can be viewed at These risks and uncertainties, or not closing the described potential equity financing in this press release, could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Except to the extent required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, a change in events, conditions, circumstances or assumptions underlying such statements, or otherwise. Contact: Glen Ives President and Chief Executive Officer Phone: (703) 752-6157 info@
