EL DORADO, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Murphy USA Inc. (NYSE: MUSA), a leading marketer of retail motor fuel products and convenience merchandise, today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026.

Key Highlights:

• Net income was $209.1 million, or $11.27 per diluted share, in Q2 2026 compared to net income of $145.6 million, or $7.36 per diluted share, in Q2 2025.
• Total fuel contribution for Q2 2026 was 40.6 cpg, compared to 32.0 cpg in Q2 2025.
• Total retail gallons increased 3.9%, and volumes on a same store sales ("SSS") basis increased 0.5%, in Q2 2026 compared to Q2 2025.
• Merchandise contribution dollars for Q2 2026 increased 4.0% to $227.4 million on average unit margins of 20.1%, compared to Q2 2025 contribution dollars of $218.7 million on unit margins of 20.0%.
• During Q2 2026, the Company repurchased approximately 143.1 thousand common shares for $76.8 million at an average price of $536.60 per share.
• The Company paid a quarterly cash dividend of $0.64 per share, or $2.56 per share on an annualized basis, on June 1, 2026, a 28.0% year-over-year increase from June of 2025, for a total cash payment of $11.8 million.
• In May 2026, the Company issued $500 million of Senior Notes due 2034 and used the majority of the net proceeds to retire its $300 million Senior Notes due 2027 and pay down outstanding amounts on its revolver.

"Murphy USA delivered another quarter of strong financial and operational performance, demonstrating the earnings power and durability of our low-cost, high-volume business model," said President and CEO Mindy West. "Retail fuel margins were reflective of persistent volatility throughout the second quarter, as the Company delivered year-over-year and sequential improvement in both same-store and total fuel volumes, which were up 0.5% and 3.9%, respectively. Fuel results, together with merchandise contribution growth and continued expense discipline, drove meaningful growth in earnings and Adjusted EBITDA during the quarter. Given strong year-to-date results, while we remain in line with most of our guided performance metrics, market conditions remain supportive of healthy retail margins and suggest the business is on pace to deliver significantly higher Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA in 2026. If we assume second half all-in fuel margins average 35 cents per gallon, versus 37.9 cents per gallon in the first half, we expect the business to deliver Net Income of approximately $636 million and Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $1.25 billion.”

Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA for Q2 2026 significantly outperformed the prior-year quarter. Contribution for both fuel and merchandise experienced growth in the current year quarter, driven by increased total fuel contribution margins, higher total fuel volumes and improved merchandise sales and unit margins. This strong performance was partially offset by increased store and other operating expenses including payment fees, higher income taxes, increased general and administrative expenses, greater depreciation and amortization and higher interest expense. The increased retail fuel prices in Q2 2026 led to a significant increase in payment fees that accounted for two-thirds of the increase in operating expenses for the quarter.

Total fuel contribution dollars of $518.8 million increased $125.8 million, or 32.0%, in Q2 2026 compared to Q2 2025 primarily due to higher total fuel contribution margin and higher retail fuel volumes. Retail fuel contribution dollars increased $89.8 million, or 25.0%, to $448.9 million compared to Q2 2025 driven by higher retail fuel margins and increased volumes sold. Retail fuel margins were 35.1 cpg in Q2 2026, a 20.2% increase compared to the prior-year quarter, and overall retail fuel volumes were 3.9% higher. Fuel supply contribution including RINs increased $36.0 million compared to Q2 2025, primarily due to the impact of market-driven pricing and the timing of inventory activity during the period.

Total merchandise contribution increased $8.7 million, or 4.0%, to $227.4 million in Q2 2026 compared to the prior-year quarter, driven by higher merchandise sales volume and improved unit margins. Total nicotine contribution dollars increased 6.1% and non-nicotine contribution dollars increased 2.9% in Q2 2026 compared to Q2 2025. Total merchandise contribution increased 2.2% on a SSS basis in Q2 2026 compared to the prior-year quarter.

Total store and other operating expenses were $33.5 million higher in Q2 2026 versus Q2 2025 mainly due to increases in payment fees and higher employee related expenses at existing stores combined with increases in net new store operating expenses. Store OPEX excluding payment fees and rent on an APSM basis were 1.1% higher versus Q2 2025 primarily attributable to increased employee related expenses tied to the new store growth.

Total SG&A costs for Q2 2026 were $9.6 million higher than Q2 2025, primarily due to higher employee-related expenses and incentive accruals.

As of June 30, 2026, cash balances totaled $175.4 million. Long-term debt consisted of approximately $497.6 million in carrying value of 4.75% senior notes due 2029, $496.5 million in carrying value of 3.75% senior notes due 2031, $493.3 million in carrying value of 5.875% senior notes due 2034, and $580.6 million of term debt due 2032, combined with approximately $99.0 million in long-term finance leases. In addition, the revolving credit facility due 2030 was undrawn at quarter end.

During the quarter, we issued $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2034 (the "2034 Notes") pursuant to an indenture dated as of May 27, 2026 and retired $300 million 5.625% Senior Notes due 2027.

At June 30, 2026, the Company had common shares outstanding of 18,380,347. Common shares repurchased during the quarter were approximately 143.1 thousand shares for $76.8 million. As of June 30, 2026, approximately $145.1 million remained available under the existing $1.5 billion 2023 authorization. In addition, the Company had $2.0 billion of capacity available under its previously announced share repurchase 2025 authorization, which becomes effective upon completion of the 2023 authorization and expires on December 31, 2030.

The effective income tax rate was approximately 24.7% for Q2 2026 compared to 24.4% in Q2 2025.

The Company paid a quarterly cash dividend on June 1, 2026 of $0.64 per share, or $2.56 per share on an annualized basis, a 28.0% year-over-year increase from June of 2025, for a total cash payment of $11.8 million. Year-to-date, the Company has paid $23.5 million in dividends, or $1.27 per share.

Now that we have completed the first half of 2026, we have a higher level of confidence in our guidance metrics in light of the changing conditions we have experienced in relation to our original budget.

• For fuel volume, we still expect to finish 2026 within the original range of our volume guidance for the gallons per store month metric and the same-store percentage metric. The ultimate outcome within the ranges is highly dependent on the macro fuel environment over that period, therefore no estimate is provided within the ranges.
• We expect full-year merchandise margin to be towards the low end of our guided range.
• On full-year store OPEX excluding payment fees and rent, we expect to be on the low-end of the guided range.
• SG&A costs are trending lower due to lower professional fees than planned partially offset by higher incentive expenses, therefore, we expect to be on the low-end of the original range.
• Income taxes should land towards the higher end of the range.
• Lastly, our capital expenditures remain on track to hit the high-end of our original guided range. NTI additions will be closer to 45 new stores in the calendar year, with the higher end still attainable through any small tuck-in purchases we might undertake. We continue to prioritize organic growth with our capital spending, ensuring our new store team is working diligently to deliver 2026 new stores, pulling forward construction of new stores scheduled to open in 2027, increasing investment in our land pipeline, and undertaking proactive maintenance activities across the network. As such, we expect to complete 10 raze and rebuilds this year.

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Earnings Call Information

The Company will issue management commentary today, August 5, 2026 at approximately 3:30 p.m. Central Time and will host a webcasted question and answer session on August 6, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Central Time to discuss second quarter 2026 results. Both the management commentary and live Q&A session can be accessed via the Investor Relations section of the Murphy USA website at https://ir.corporate.murphyusa.com. If you are unable to attend the Q&A session via webcast, the conference call number is 1 (833) 461-5787 and the conference ID number is 407414209. The earnings and investor related materials, including reconciliations of any non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures and any other applicable disclosures, will be available on that same day in the investor section of the Murphy USA website (https://ir.corporate.murphyusa.com). Approximately one hour after the conclusion of the live session, the webcast will be available for replay. Shortly thereafter, a transcript will be available.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains certain statements or may suggest “forward-looking” information (as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to our 2026 financial and operating performance, anticipated store openings and associated capital expenditures, fuel margins, merchandise margins, sales of RINs, trends in our operations, dividends, and share repurchases. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual future results may differ materially from historical results or current expectations depending upon factors including, but not limited to: our ability to continue to maintain a good business relationship with Walmart; successful execution of our growth strategy, including our ability to realize the anticipated benefits from such growth initiatives, and the timely completion of construction associated with our newly planned stores which may be impacted by the financial health of third parties; our ability to effectively manage our inventory, manage disruptions in our supply chain and our ability to control costs; geopolitical events, such as evolving trade policies and the imposition of reciprocal tariffs and the conflicts in the Middle East, that impact the supply and demand and price of crude oil; the impact of severe weather events, such as hurricanes, floods and earthquakes; the impact of a global health pandemic and any governmental response thereto; the impact of any systems failures, cybersecurity and/or security breaches of the company or its vendor partners, including any security breach that results in theft, transfer or unauthorized disclosure of customer, employee or company information or our compliance with information security and privacy laws and regulations in the event of such an incident; successful execution of our information technology strategy; reduced demand for our products due to the implementation of more stringent fuel economy and greenhouse gas reduction requirements, or increasingly widespread adoption of electric vehicle technology; future nicotine or e-cigarette legislation and any other efforts that make purchasing nicotine products more costly or difficult could hurt our revenues and impact gross margins; our ability to successfully expand our food and beverage offerings; efficient and proper allocation of our capital resources, including the timing, declaration, amount and payment of any future dividends or levels of the Company's share repurchases, or management of operating cash; the market price of the Company's stock prevailing from time to time, the nature of other investment opportunities presented to the Company from time to time, the Company's cash flows from operations, and general economic conditions; compliance with debt covenants; availability and cost of credit; and changes in interest rates. Our SEC reports, including our most recent annual Report on Form 10-K and quarterly report on Form 10-Q, contain other information on these and other factors that could affect our financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking information we may provide. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events, new information or future circumstances.

Notes

Average Per Store Month ("APSM") metric includes all stores open through the date of the calculation, including stores acquired during the period.

Same store sales ("SSS") metric includes aggregated individual store results for all stores open throughout both periods presented. For all periods presented, the store must have been open for the entire calendar year to be included in the comparison. Remodeled stores that remained open or were closed for just a very brief time (less than a month) during the period being compared remain in the same store sales calculation. If a store is replaced either at the same location (raze-and-rebuild) or relocated to a new location, it will be excluded from the calculation during the period it is out of service. Newly constructed stores do not enter the calculation until they are open for each full calendar year for the periods being compared (open by January 1, 2025 for the stores being compared in the 2026 versus 2025 comparison). Acquired stores are not included in the calculation of same store sales for the first 12 months after the acquisition. When prior period same store sales volumes or sales are presented, they have not been revised for current year activity for raze-and-rebuilds and asset dispositions.

Supplemental Disclosure Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Information

The following table reconciles EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to Net Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025. EBITDA means net income (loss) plus net interest expense, plus income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, and Adjusted EBITDA adds back (i) other non-cash items (e.g., impairment of properties and accretion of asset retirement obligations) and (ii) other items that management does not consider to be meaningful in assessing our operating performance (e.g., (income) from discontinued operations, net settlement proceeds, (gain) loss on sale of assets, loss on early debt extinguishment, transaction and integration costs related to acquisitions, restructuring expenses, and other non-operating (income) expense). EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not measures that are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

We use Adjusted EBITDA in our operational and financial decision-making, believing that the measure is useful to eliminate certain items in order to focus on what we deem to be a more reliable indicator of ongoing operating performance and our ability to generate cash flow from operations. Adjusted EBITDA is also used by many of our investors, research analysts, investment bankers, and lenders to assess our operating performance. We believe that the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors because it allows understanding of a key measure that we evaluate internally when making operating and strategic decisions, preparing our annual plan, and evaluating our overall performance. However, non-GAAP measures are not a substitute for GAAP disclosures, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may be prepared differently by us than by other companies using similarly titled non-GAAP measures.

As noted in the earnings release quote, using all-in fuel margins of 35 cpg for the second half of 2026, combined with the actual results from the first half, management would expect the business to generate Net Income of $636 million , which would translate to expected Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $1.25 billion.

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Investor Contacts:
Christian Pikul
Vice President, Investor Relations and Financial Planning and Analysis
christian.pikul@murphyusa.com
 
Ash Aulds
Director, Investor Relations and Financial
Planning and Analysis
ash.aulds@murphyusa.com

Source: Murphy USA Inc.