Global Partners LP (GLP) 2026 Q2 法說會逐字稿

Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Global Partners Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call. (Operator Instructions)

With us from Global Partners are President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Eric Slifka, Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Gregory Hanson, Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Mark Romain, and Chief Legal Officer, Ms. Kristin Seabrook. At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Ms. Seabrook for opening remarks. Please go ahead.

Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Today's call will include forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal security laws, including projections and expectations concerning the future financial and operational performance of global partners. No assurances can be given that these projections will be attained or that these expectations will be met.

Our assumptions and future performance are subject to a wide range of business risks, uncertainties, and factors, including supply and demand, which could cause actual results to differ materially as described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Global Partners undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements. Now, it's my pleasure to turn the call over to our President and Chief Executive Officer, Eric Slisko.

Thank you, Kristen, and good morning, everyone. We delivered a strong second quarter with each of our operating segments contributing meaningfully and our teams executing at a high level across business. These results underscore the strength of Global's integrated liquid energy platform and the advantage of operating across products, markets, and customers.

That diversification is a competitive strength and allows us to capture value across changing market conditions and generate attractive returns. During the quarter, our gasoline distribution station operations segment benefited from improved fuel margins, while our wholesale and commercial segment also delivered positive year-over-year growth. These results reinforce the resiliency of our model and the value of maintaining A portfolio of assets that can perform across a variety of operating environments.

But the core of our business is predictable, delivering steady cash flow regardless of the market. On top of that foundation is our ability to capture additional value when markets are dynamic and we pursue that upside within a disciplined framework that manages our exposures conditioned shift. Against that backdrop, refined product markets remain volatile with geopolitical developments contributing to elevated price swings, increased inventory risk and tight inventory levels.

Turning briefly to our distribution, last month, our Board approved a quarterly cash distribution of $0.78 per common unit or $3.12 on an annualized basis. The distribution will be paid on August 14 to unitholders of record as of August 12. Now let me turn the call over to Gregg for the financial review. Gregg.

Thank you, Eric, and good morning, everyone.As we review the numbers, unless otherwise noted, all comparisons will be with the second quarter of 2025. Net income in the second quarter of '26 was $71 million versus $25.2 million in the prior year period. EBITDA was $146 million in the second quarter versus $95.7 million in '25 and adjusted EBITDA was $148.2 million compared with $98.2 million. Distributable cash flow was $92.6 million in the second quarter of '26 compared with $52 million and adjusted DCF was $92.5 million versus $52.3 million.

We continue to maintain healthy distribution coverage at quarter end 2.25 times or 2.19 times after including distributions to our preferred general orders. Moving to our segment details, GDSO segment, product margin increased $37.3 million in the quarter to $245.2 million. Product margin from gasoline distribution increased $37.1 million to $175 million, primarily reflecting higher fuel margins year-over-year.

On a cents per gallon basis, fuel margin increased by $0.14 to $0.50 in Q2 '26 from $0.36 in Q2 '25. Station operations product margin, which includes convenience store and prepared food sales, sundries and rental income, increased $0.2 million to $70.2 million in the second quarter of '26. Quarter end, our GDSO portfolio of fueling stations and C-stores consisted of 1,505 sites, exclusive of the 69 sites under our Spring Partners retail joint venture.

Turning to our wholesale segment, second quarter product margin increased $14.8 million to $106.5 million. Product margin from gasoline and gasoline blend stocks increased $19.6 million to $78.4 million, primarily reflecting more favorable market conditions in gasoline. Product margin from distills and other oils decreased $4.8 million to $28.1 million, primarily due to less favorable market conditions than residual oil.

In our commercial segment, product margin increased $4.4 million to $10.5 million, primarily reflecting more favorable market conditions in our bunkering group. As Eric mentioned, we are pleased with the results across our segments and our team's ability to capture value in a dynamic market environment. We continue to expect the current steep backwardation in the forward product pricing curve to increase the cost of carrying our hedged inventory in the future periods, and we remain focused on disciplined inventory management driving growth across our segments and efficient operations.

Operating expenses increased $1.1 million in the second quarter to $136.8 million, reflecting higher expenses associated with our GDSO operations, offset by lower expenses related to our terminal operations. SG&A increased $8.3 million to $83 million, primarily due to increase in discretionary incentive comp with wages and benefits and other expenses, partially offset by a decrease in professional fees.

Interest expense decreased $1.4 million to $33.1 million, partly due to lower average balances on our credit facilities. CapEx in the second quarter was $35 million, consisting of maintenance CapEx of $15.9 million and expansion CapEx of $19.1 million, primarily related to investments in our gasoline station business.

For the full year 2026, we continue to expect maintenance CapEx in the range of $60 million to $70 million and expansion CapEx excluding acquisitions in the range of $75 million to $85 million. Our current CapEx estimates depend in part on the timing of project completions, availability of equipment and labor, weather and any unforeseen events or opportunities that will require additional maintenance or investment.

Our balance sheet remains strong. As of June 30, leverage as defined in our credit agreement as funded debt to EBITDA stood at 2.85 times and we had ample excess capacity in our credit facility. We had $174.6 million outstanding on our working capital revolving credit facility and $103.5 million outstanding on our revolving credit facility.

I'd also like to highlight on July 30, we redeemed all the outstanding Series B fixed rate preferred units. This accretive act transaction further simplifies our capital structure and enhances our financial flexibility going forward. Now let me turn the call back to Eric for closing comments. Eric?

Thanks, Greg. Looking ahead, we remain focused on executing our strategy, investing thoughtfully in the business and allocating capital to the highest return opportunities. We believe the quality of our asset base, the dedication of our team and the strength of our balance sheet position global wealth for the remainder of 2026 and beyond. We are committed to delivering attractive returns for our unitholders and building value that endures overtime. With that, Greg, Mark and I will be happy to take your questions. Operator, please open the line for Q&A.

Gregg Brody, Bank of America.

Good morning, guys. Morning, Greg. Would you mind just talking a little bit about the consumer behavior, what you're seeing out there? Are higher prices affecting purchases at all?

Good morning, Greg. It's Mark. I think we're seeing a little bit of that. We're seeing a little bit of impact from inflation, higher prices. I think where that shows up is the average size of the fill-up is probably down a little bit. But I wouldn't say in a material fashion and that's trading that could be trading also trading down from 93 octane to 87 octane. From a store standpoint, our store sales are pretty good, transactions may be down a shade, but I wouldn't say anything material, we're not seeing anything material.

I don't see any numbers, it is interesting. And that's continued through the 1st month of this quarter, same as 2Q.

You're talking about July?

Yeah, customer behavior.

Yeah, I don't think you're seeing anything material different here as we enter into or as we sit in the middle of Q3. I don't think we see anything different than we've seen for the better part of the year.

Just a decision on the profit, it's just historically you paid it down and refinance it, but it sounds like that's a permanent decision is this cost of capital or is there a change in the way you're viewing your credit profile?

Yeah, I mean, I guess there's a couple of things. One, it's a very accretive. Obviously, it was at a fixed rate at 9.5%. It's a nice piece of paper. We had it for we used it for acquisitions of that equity component on acquisitions in the previous. But like the Series A, after five years when you're callable, given where our cost of capital is right now and we also produced. Significant amount of excess cash flow year to date, and so it made a lot of sense to simplify our capital structure and take it out on a very accretive basis overall. It doesn't mean we wouldn't look to the prep equity or equity markets in the future for certain acquisitions, but given where we stand today, we've got a lot of excess capacity under our bank facilities in a very strong balance sheet, so it made a lot of sense on an accretion basis to take it out.

And just the last question for me, can you just talk about the M&A environment today, what you're seeing out there and the opportunity set and the potential for you to be active?

Yeah, I think it's been busy and there's a lot that's out there. And as I've sort of always said, we're going to look for the right assets. We should be the high bid on assets that fit us and complement our existing asset base and in a position to try and execute on some deals.

All right. Thanks for the time, guys. That's it for me.

Thank you.

We have reached the end of the question-and-answer session. Mr. Slifka, I'd like to turn the floor back over to you for closing comments.

Thank you again for your time today and for your continued interest in global. We look forward to speaking with you next quarter and wish everyone a great weekend. Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen, this does conclude today's teleconference. You may disconnect your lines at this time. Thank you for your participation and have a wonderful day.