Casey’s, Gas Prices & the US Consumer

By Paul Sankey Published on June 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM

* BREAKING * Major fire at Marathon Petroleum’s huge 600kb/d refinery, live situation More pressure on the Trump Administration regarding oil prices, as pump prices will get squeezed higher here; California pump prices, although not a great Trump concern, are above $4.50/gallon. With that breathless start, and rather than suspend everything on media maelstrom Israel-Iran war, in this note we resolutely take a look at our favourite gas station play, Casey’s $CASY. The underlying premise …

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CASY: Winner Winner Jalapeno Pizza Dinner

By Paul Sankey Published on December 13, 2024 at 4:19 PM

With our research getting backed up this week, because of travel to Houston, this brief note covers Casey’s ($CASY). If this note’s timing is as eccentric as our covering Casey’s, and Caseys’ reporting schedule, (we are somehow in Q1 2025) then we need to publish a brief results review, now or never. We cover “energy & energy adjacent” and like to be differentiated, so we enjoy our coverage of gas station companies because no other …

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Gas Stations, Couche-Tard, and Cross Border Tacos

By Paul Sankey Published on November 29, 2024 at 10:35 AM

If you “went out for a walk with your cousin” and found yourself in a gas station yesterday on Thanksgiving, perhaps confused about what day and time it was in the blinking neon light, referring to the results of Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD CN) will not help you work out what the date is. Yes, the recurring joke in our reports on ATD earnings is their absolutely derisible reporting calendar. On Tuesday, November 26, 204, two …

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