CASYMEDIUM SIGNALOPERATIONAL10-K

Casey's completed a major acquisition of Fikes/CEFCO convenience stores, adding 198 locations across four states and expanding from 17 to 20 states of operation.

This represents Casey's largest geographic expansion in years, adding its first stores in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi while significantly strengthening its Texas presence. The acquisition also brought Casey's its first fuel terminal, providing new supply chain capabilities that could improve margins and operational flexibility.

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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

The Fikes acquisition drove substantial balance sheet expansion, with total debt increasing 56.7% to $2.4B and total assets growing 29.3% to $8.2B to fund the transaction. Operating cash flow grew notably to $1.1B, while the company dramatically reduced share buybacks from $104.9M to just $734K, likely preserving cash for acquisition financing and integration costs. Interest expense rose meaningfully due to the higher debt load, but the company maintained a solid cash position at $326.7M.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT CHANGES
Share Buybacks
Cash Flow
-99.3%
$104.9M→$734K

Buyback activity reduced 99.3% — capital being redeployed elsewhere or cash conservation underway.

Cash & Equivalents
Balance Sheet
+58.2%
$206.5M→$326.7M

Cash position surged 58.2% — strong cash generation or capital raise providing significant financial cushion.

Interest Expense
P&L
+57.1%
$53.4M→$84.0M

Interest expense surged 57.1% — significant debt increase or rising rates materially impacting earnings.

Total Debt
Balance Sheet
+56.7%
$1.5B→$2.4B

Debt increased 56.7% — substantial leverage increase; assess whether deployed for growth or covering losses.

Total Liabilities
Balance Sheet
+41%
$3.3B→$4.7B

Liabilities grew 41% — significant increase in debt or obligations, assess impact on financial flexibility.

Total Assets
Balance Sheet
+29.3%
$6.3B→$8.2B

Asset base grew 29.3% — expansion through organic growth, acquisitions, or capital deployment.

Operating Cash Flow
Cash Flow
+22.2%
$893.0M→$1.1B

Operating cash flow grew 22.2% — strong conversion of earnings to cash, healthy business fundamentals.

Current Assets
Balance Sheet
+22.1%
$829.9M→$1.0B

Current assets grew 22.1% — improving short-term liquidity or inventory/receivables build.

Stockholders Equity
Balance Sheet
+16.4%
$3.0B→$3.5B

Equity base grew 16.4% — retained earnings accumulation or equity issuance strengthening the balance sheet.

Current Liabilities
Balance Sheet
+15.5%
$953.5M→$1.1B

Current liabilities rose 15.5% — increased short-term obligations, watch current ratio.

LANGUAGE CHANGES
NEW — 2025-06-23
PRIOR — 2024-06-24
ADDED
and its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries operate convenience stores primarily under the names "Casey's" and "Casey s General Store" (collectively, with the stores below referenced as "GoodStop", "CEFCO", "Bucky's", or "Lone Star Food Store", referred to as "Casey's" or the "Company") throughout 20 states, approximately half of which are located in Iowa, Missouri and Illinois.
On November 1, 2024, the Company closed on the acquisition of Fikes Wholesale and Group Petroleum Services (collectively "Fikes"), owner of CEFCO Convenience Stores, which added 198 total stores, including 148 additional stores in Texas, as well as 50 stores in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi, which are the first stores Casey's has operated in these states.
The acquisition also included the Company's first fuel terminal, located in Waco, Texas.
As of April 30, 2025, there were a total of 2,904 stores in operation.
All convenience stores carry a broad selection of food items (which at most stores includes, but is not limited to, freshly prepared foods such as regular and breakfast pizza, donuts, hot breakfast items, and hot and cold sandwiches), beverages, tobacco and nicotine products, groceries, health and beauty aids, automotive products, and other non-food items.
As of April 30, 2025, 260 store locations offered car washes.
The Company had 63 stores operating under the "GoodStop (by Casey s)" brand, 12 stores operating under the "Lone Star Food Store" brand, and was also temporarily operating certain locations under the name "Bucky's" as of April 30, 2025.
Additionally, the majority of the stores acquired from Fikes are currently operating under the "CEFCO" brand.
Similar to most of our store footprint, the "GoodStop", "Lone Star Food Store", "Bucky's" and "CEFCO" locations offer fuel for sale on a self-serve basis, and a broad selection of snacks, beverages, tobacco products, and other essentials.
As part of the Fikes transaction, the Company expanded its wholesale network where Casey s manages fuel wholesale supply agreements to certain dealer sites and other wholesale locations.
REMOVED
and its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries operate convenience stores primarily under the names "Casey's" and "Casey s General Store" (collectively, with the stores below referenced as "GoodStop", "Bucky's", "Minit Mart", or "Lone Star Food Store" referred to as "Casey's" or the "Company") throughout 17 states, over half of which are located in Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois.
As of April 30, 2024, there were a total of 2,658 stores in operation.
All convenience stores carry a broad selection of food items (including, but not limited to, freshly prepared foods such as regular and breakfast pizza, donuts, hot breakfast items, and hot and cold sandwiches), beverages, tobacco and nicotine products, health and beauty aids, automotive products, and other nonfood items.
As of April 30, 2024, 233 store locations offered car washes.
The Company had 62 stores operating under the "GoodStop (by Casey s)" brand and 10 stores operating under the "Lone Star Food Store" brand as of April 30, 2024.
Similar to most of our store footprint, the "GoodStop" and "Lone Star Food Store" locations offer fuel for sale on a self-serve basis, and a broad selection of snacks, beverages, tobacco products, and other essentials.
The Company is also temporarily operating certain locations acquired from Buchanan Energy under the name "Bucky's" and certain locations acquired from Minit Mart LLC under the name "Minit Mart." The Company is in the process of transitioning all "Bucky's" and "Minit Mart" locations to either the "Casey's" or "GoodStop" brand.
These locations typically have similar offerings to the "Casey s" or "GoodStop" branded stores.
The Company has 73 dealer locations, where Casey s manages fuel wholesale supply agreements to these stores.
These locations are not operated by Casey's and are not included in our overall store count.
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