Gasoline And Pizza Are Casey's General Stores' Secret Weapons Against The Amazon-Effect


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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has proven itself a tough competitor to retail companies while playing a large part in disappointing retail earnings over the past few quarters. Some retail companies have unique product bases that Amazon may never be able to compete with, however.

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Fresh Pizza And Gasoline

Bank of America's Daniel O'Hare initiated Casey's General Stores Inc (NASDAQ: CASY) at Buy with a $150.00 price objective after applauding Casey's relatively unique products compared to Amazon: gas and fresh pizza.

A Convenience Store Success Story

"Casey's has operated highly successful convenience stores (c-stores) for over four decades," said the analyst. The company has grown to become the ninth largest convenience store (c-store) operator and the fifth largest seller of pizza in the United States, according to O'Hare.

Fresh-made pizza accounts for about 70 percent of the company's total annual sales. The large exposure to gasoline and fresh pizza keep Casey's relatively unaffected by the Amazon invasion.


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Strong Fuel Growth

"We see support for above average fuel gross profit dollars," stated O'Hare. The analyst cited several drivers between his assumption:

  • Improving backdrop for low and middle income consumers
  • Outperformance of Casey's fuel gallon growth vs. total U.S. fuel supply
  • Higher expected miles driven per consumer
  • Successful fuel promotions including Pizza to Pump and Hy-Vee's Fuel Saver
  • Higher renewable identification numbers (RINs) prices could lead to higher fuel margins from blending renewable fuel.

Additionally, since Casey's orders are only 7 percent online vs. Domino's Pizza, Inc. (NYSE: DPZ)'s 50 percent, there's significant room for a "mix-shift benefit to higher ticket online sales," according to O'Hare.

At time of writing, Casey's was seen trading slightly up by 0.54 percent on the day at $134.24.

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27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


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