Casey’s General Stores, Inc. ("Casey's" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: CASY) one of the leading convenience store chains in the United States, today announced financial results for the three and six months ended October 31, 2025.

Second Quarter Key Highlights

• Diluted EPS of $5.53 up 14.0% from the same period a year ago. Net income was $206.3 million, up 14.0% from the prior year, and EBITDA¹ was $410.1 million, up 17.5%, from the same period a year ago.
• Inside same-store sales increased 3.3% compared to prior year, and 7.5% on a two-year stack basis, with an inside margin of 42.4%. Total inside gross profit increased 13.5% to $703.4 million compared to the prior year.
• Same-store fuel gallons were up 0.8% compared to prior year with a fuel margin of 41.6 cents per gallon. Total fuel gross profit increased 20.9% to $377.4 million compared to the prior year.
• The Company is updating certain metrics in its Fiscal 2026 Outlook due to strong financial performance to date.

"Casey's delivered a great second quarter highlighted by strong sales and traffic growth across the entire store,” said Darren Rebelez, Chairman, President and CEO. “Our inside same-store sales continued the strong momentum, as our prepared foods offering and value proposition are resonating with guests, while our team is delivering on the strategic plan. On the fuel side, the team did an outstanding job achieving same-store gallon growth while expanding fuel margin. Overall, the excellent financial results were a combination of strong same-store performance and robust store growth as we are operating nearly 9% more stores than the prior year."

Earnings

For the quarter, net income, diluted EPS, and EBITDA increased compared to the same period a year ago due to higher inside and fuel gross profit, partially offset by higher operating expenses, primarily due to operating 236 additional stores.

Inside

Total inside sales for the quarter were up 13.0% compared to the prior year. Same-store inside sales were driven by strong performance in the prepared food and dispensed beverage category, including whole pizzas and hot sandwiches as well as non-alcoholic beverages in the grocery and general merchandise category. Inside margin was up approximately 20 basis points compared to the same quarter a year ago, benefitting from a favorable product mix shift.

Fuel²

For the quarter, total fuel gallons sold increased 16.8% compared to the prior year due to the store count increase as well as the same-store gallons increase. The Company’s total fuel gross profit was up 20.9% versus the prior year, with an increase in gallons sold as well as fuel margin. The Company sold $7.2 million in renewable fuel credits (RINs) in the quarter, an increase of $2.3 million from the same quarter in the prior year.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses increased 16.7% during the second quarter. Operating 236 more stores than prior year accounted for approximately 10.5% of the increase. Same-store employee expense contributed to approximately 2% of the increase, due to increases in labor rates, as same-store labor hours were flat. Approximately 1% of the change is related to an increase in accrued costs for variable incentive compensation due to strong financial performance.

Expansion

Liquidity

At October 31, 2025, the Company had approximately $1.4 billion in available liquidity, consisting of approximately $492 million in cash and cash equivalents on hand and approximately $900 million in available borrowing capacity on existing lines of credit.

Share Repurchase

During the quarter, the Company repurchased approximately $31 million of shares. The Company has approximately $233 million remaining under its existing share repurchase authorization.

Dividend

At its December meeting, the Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.57 per share. The dividend is payable February 13, 2026, to shareholders of record on February 1, 2026.

Fiscal 2026 Outlook

As a result of the strong financial performance year-to-date, fiscal 2026 EBITDA is expected to increase 15% to 17%. The Company now expects inside same-store sales to increase 3% to 4% and an inside margin of 41% to 42%. The tax rate is now expected to be 24% to 25% for the fiscal year.

The Company is not updating its outlook for the following metrics. The Company expects same-store fuel gallons sold to be negative 1% to positive 1%. Total operating expenses are expected to increase approximately 8% to 10%. The Company expects to open at least 80 stores in fiscal 2026, through a mix of M&A and new store construction, bringing the three-year strategic plan period total to approximately 500 stores. Net interest expense is expected to be approximately $110 million. Depreciation and amortization is expected to be approximately $450 million and the purchase of property and equipment is expected to be approximately $600 million.

RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO EBITDA

We define EBITDA as net income before net interest expense, income taxes, and depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is not considered to be a GAAP measure, and should not be considered as a substitute for net income, cash flows from operating activities or other income or cash flow statement data. This measure has limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. We strongly encourage investors to review our financial statements and publicly filed reports in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure.

We believe EBITDA is useful to investors in evaluating our operating performance because securities analysts and other interested parties use this calculation as a measure of financial performance and debt service capabilities, and it is regularly used by management for internal purposes including our capital budgeting process, evaluating acquisition targets, assessing performance, and awarding incentive compensation.

Because non-GAAP financial measures are not standardized, EBITDA, as defined by us, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. It therefore may not be possible to compare our use of this non-GAAP financial measure with those used by other companies.

The following table contains a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA for the three and six months ended October 31, 2025 and 2024:

NOTES:

• Gross profit is defined as revenue less cost of goods sold (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)
• Inside is defined as the combination of grocery and general merchandise and prepared food and dispensed beverage

This release contains statements that may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those related to the potential impact of the Fikes transaction, expectations for future periods, possible or assumed future results of operations, financial conditions, liquidity and related sources or needs, business and/or integration strategies, plans and synergies, supply chain, growth opportunities, and performance at our stores. There are a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from any results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the execution of our strategic plan, the integration and financial performance of acquired stores, wholesale fuel, inventory and ingredient costs, distribution challenges and disruptions, the impact and duration of conflicts in oil producing regions or other geopolitical disruptions, as well as other risks, uncertainties and factors which are described in the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on our website. Any forward-looking statements contained in this release represent our current views as of the date of this release with respect to future events, and Casey’s disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements in the release whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Corporate information is available at this website: https://www.caseys.com. Earnings will be reported during a conference call on December 10, 2025. The call will be broadcast live over the Internet at 7:30 a.m. CDT. To access the call, go to the Events and Presentations section of our website at https://investor.caseys.com/events-presentations. No access code is required. A webcast replay of the call will remain available in an archived format on the Events and Presentations section of our website at https://investor.caseys.com/events-presentations for one year after the call.

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