HARDI Distributors Report 24.5% Revenue Increase in December

Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International released its monthly TRENDS report, showing the average sales performance by HARDI distributors was an increase of 24.5% during December 2021.

The average annual sales growth for the 12 months through December 2021 is 23.6%.

“The sales growth this year has been amazing, and this month was consistent with that performance,” said HARDI Market Research & Benchmarking Analyst Brian Loftus. “The 24.5% sales growth this month was despite having one less billing day and while being compared to a very strong prior year. It has been quite a year.”

The days sales outstanding, a measure of how quickly customers pay their bills, was 44 days at the end of December 2021. “The monthly DSO this month was comparable to last year at this time,” said Loftus. “The pre-pandemic norm for December was closer to 48 days.”

“The record sales growth is a result of strong end market demand and the pass through of the extraordinary price increases,” said Loftus. “The producer price index for primary air conditioning, forced air heating and refrigeration products has increased by 14.7% through December 2021. The median PPI increase across the past 10 or 20 pre-pandemic years was only 2%.”

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