Global Partners Q2 2026 Earnings Report

Global Partners EPS Results

• Actual EPS: $1.86
• Consensus EPS: $1.24
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$0.62
• One Year Ago EPS: N/A

Global Partners Revenue Results

• Actual Revenue: $6.79 billion
• Expected Revenue: $7.51 billion
• Beat/Miss: Missed by -$714.53 million
• YoY Revenue Growth: N/A

Global Partners Announcement Details

• Quarter: Q2 2026
• Date: 8/7/2026
• Time: Before Market Opens
• Conference Call Date: Friday, August 7, 2026
• Conference Call Time: 10:00AM ET

Global Partners (NYSE:GLP) is a publicly traded master limited partnership engaged in the wholesale distribution and retail marketing of petroleum products. The company sources refined petroleum products from major refineries and suppliers and transports them through an integrated network of pipelines, terminals and storage facilities. Global Partners focuses on delivering fuel and related services to commercial, industrial and residential customers, positioning itself as a key midstream and downstream energy operator in its core markets.

Through its extensive terminal network in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, Global Partners supplies gasoline, diesel, home heating oil, kerosene, propane and biofuels to a broad customer base. The partnership also owns and operates a chain of branded gasoline stations and convenience stores, serving consumers under various regional banners. In addition, Global Partners’ marine division provides bunkering and marine fueling services in the Caribbean and along the East Coast, leveraging dedicated deepwater terminals and storage facilities.

Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Global Partners LP has grown its asset footprint over multiple decades to support a diverse set of customers, including municipalities, utilities, commercial fleets and end-use consumers. The partnership’s integrated model combines midstream logistics with retail marketing, enabling it to optimize supply, distribution and pricing across its operations. Global Partners continues to pursue strategic acquisitions and infrastructure investments to strengthen its presence in core markets and enhance service offerings.

Global Partners Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Key Takeaways

• Positive Sentiment: Strong second-quarter results: Net income rose to $71 million from $25.2 million, while adjusted EBITDA increased to $148.2 million from $98.2 million and adjusted distributed cash flow climbed to $92.5 million from $52.3 million.
• Positive Sentiment: Global Partners approved its quarterly distribution of $0.78 per common unit ($3.12 annualized), with coverage of 2.25 times, or 2.19 times including preferred-unit distributions.
• Positive Sentiment: Higher fuel margins drove gasoline distribution growth, while favorable gasoline wholesale and bunkering conditions also supported results; fuel margins increased to $0.50 per gallon from $0.36 a year earlier.
• Positive Sentiment: The company redeemed all outstanding Series B preferred units, citing the accretive impact of eliminating their 9.5% fixed-rate cost, and reported strong liquidity with leverage of 2.85 times and ample revolver capacity.
• Negative Sentiment: Management expects steep backwardation in forward product pricing to increase the cost of carrying hedged inventory, while higher prices are causing modestly smaller fuel fill-ups and some trading down by consumers.

Presentation

[Operator]

Good day everyone, and welcome to the Global Partners Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. 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 Romaine, 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.

[Kristin Seabrook, CLO at Global Partners]

Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Today's call will include forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities 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 Slifka. Eric?

[Eric Slifka, President and CEO at Global Partners]

Thank you, Kristin, 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. The core of our business is predictable, delivering steady cash flow regardless of the market.

[Eric Slifka, President and CEO at Global Partners]

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 exposure as conditions 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 14th to unit holders of record as of August 12th. Now let me turn the call over to Greg for the financial review. Greg?

[Gregory Hanson, CFO at Global Partners]

Thank you, Eric. 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 2026 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 2025. Adjusted EBITDA was $148.2 million compared with $98.2 million. Distributed cash flow was $92.6 million in the second quarter of 2026 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, 2.25x or 2.19x after including distributions to our preferred unit holders. Moving to our segment details, GDSO segment product margin increased $37.3 million in the quarter to $245.2 million.

[Gregory Hanson, CFO at Global Partners]

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 2026 from $0.36 in Q2 2025. 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 2026. 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.

[Gregory Hanson, CFO at Global Partners]

Product margin from distillates and other oils decreased $4.8 million to $28.1 million, primarily due to less favorable market conditions in 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. 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.

[Gregory Hanson, CFO at Global Partners]

SG&A increased $8.3 million to $83 million, primarily due to increase in discretionary incentive comp, wages and benefits, and other expenses, partially offset by a decrease in professional fees. Interest expense decreased $1.4 million to $33.1 million, probably 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 of 2026, we continue to expect maintenance CapEx in the range of $60 million-$70 million and expansion CapEx, excluding acquisitions, in the range of $75 million-$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 require additional maintenance or investment. Our balance sheet remains strong.

[Gregory Hanson, CFO at Global Partners]

As of June 30th, 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 30th, 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. Let me turn the call back to Eric for closing comments. Eric?

[Eric Slifka, President and CEO at Global Partners]

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 well for the remainder of 2026 and beyond. We are committed to delivering attractive returns for our unit holders and building value that endures over time. With that, Greg, Mark, and I will be happy to take your questions. Operator, please open the line for Q&A.

[Operator]

Thank you. We will now be conducting a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate your line is in the question queue. Press star two if you would like to remove your question from the queue. For participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up your handset before pressing the star keys. One moment please while we poll for questions. Thank you. Our first question comes from the line of Gregg Brody with Bank of America. Please proceed with your question.

[Gregg Brody, Analyst at Bank of America]

Hi. Good morning, guys.

[Eric Slifka, President and CEO at Global Partners]

Morning, Gregg.

[Gregg Brody, Analyst at Bank of America]

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?

[Mark Romaine, COO at Global Partners]

Yeah. Good morning, Gregg. 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. I wouldn't say in a material fashion, that could be 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 we're not seeing anything material.

[Gregg Brody, Analyst at Bank of America]

Yes. I don't see it in your numbers. It is interesting. That's continued through the first month of this quarter, same as 2Q.

[Mark Romaine, COO at Global Partners]

You're talking about July?

[Gregg Brody, Analyst at Bank of America]

Just customer behavior. Yeah. Customer behavior.

[Mark Romaine, COO at Global Partners]

I don't think you're seeing anything material different here 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.

[Gregg Brody, Analyst at Bank of America]

Got it. Just a decision to pay down the pref. Historically, you paid it down and refinanced it, but it sounds like that's a permanent decision. Is this just cost of capital, or is there a change in the way you're viewing your credit profile?

[Gregory Hanson, CFO at Global Partners]

Yeah, I guess it's a couple of things. One, it's very accretive. Obviously, it was at a fixed rate at 9.5%. It's a nice piece of paper. We used it for acquisitions, that equity component on acquisitions in the previous. 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. It made a lot of sense to simplify our capital structure and take it out on a very accretive basis overall. Doesn't mean we wouldn't look to the pref equity or equity markets in the future for certain acquisitions.

[Gregory Hanson, CFO at Global Partners]

Given where we stand today, we've got a lot of excess capacity under our bank facilities and a very strong balance sheet, so it made a lot of sense on an accretion basis to take it out.

[Gregg Brody, Analyst at Bank of America]

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

[Eric Slifka, President and CEO at Global Partners]

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

[Gregg Brody, Analyst at Bank of America]

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

[Eric Slifka, President and CEO at Global Partners]

Thank you, Gregg. Appreciate it.

[Operator]

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.

[Eric Slifka, President and CEO at Global Partners]

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.

[Operator]

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.

Participants

Executives

• Kristin Seabrook, CLO
• Eric Slifka, President and CEO
• Gregory Hanson, CFO
• Mark Romaine, COO

Analysts

• Gregg Brody, Analyst at Bank of America