Dallas-based Builders FirstSource said the large increase in net sales was driven in part by deal to buy BMC Stock Holdings, which closed earlier this year.
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Arrow Electronics’ 1Q profit totaled $206.32 million compared to $49.50 million in the same quarter a year ago.
Emerson’s underlying sales were up 2%, while acquired assets and currency translation had 1% and 3% of positive impacts on sales.
Year to date, Hillenbrand has seen sales grow 16.4% to $1.4 billion.
In the period, the company also reported a profit of $69.6 billion, up from a loss of $11.3 million in the year-ago quarter.
Veritiv’s sales for the first quarter were down 8.7% from the same quarter a year ago.
Landscape supply distributor SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc. also posted a profit of $7.4 million, up from a loss last year.
NOW Inc., which reported a loss of $10 million for the quarter, saw sales sink 40.2% in 1Q.
BlueLinx also reported a gross profit of $180 million compared to $93 million in the prior year period.
Systemax, the parent of Global Industrial, also reported first-quarter profit fell 33.7% to $5.5 million.
Building materials distributor Huttig Building Products Inc. reported first quarter net income of $8.1 million after posting a loss of $8.9 million in the first quarter of 2020.
Industrial distribution giant Grainger says its High-Touch Solutions (N.A.) segment sales were up 1.8%, and 3.4% on a daily basis versus the prior-year quarter.
Net product sales for Amazon totaled $57.5 billion in the quarter, up 27.2% from $41.8 billion in the year-ago period.
The Chicago-based MRO distributor Lawson Products also saw its average daily net sales grow 15.6% as the company began 2021 with a bang.
After sales increase in the third quarter, Applied Industrial Technologies’ CEO is predicting an even better fourth quarter.
United Rentals’ net income was up 17% year-over-year in the first quarter as the company raised its full-year guidance.
Year to date, sales increased 6.2% to $14.3 billion for the Phoenix, Arizona-based electronics distribution giant Avnet.
Despite the loss, MRC Global posts a 5% sequential revenue increase in Q1 over the previous fourth quarter.
The company also saw net income grow 120.6% compared to 2020; both revenue and profit were records for the electrical distributor.
Profit for the Swedish manufacturer Atlas Copco increased 7% over the prior year.
