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CrossAmerica Partners LP CAPL

$21.78 +1.21% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $831.0M

Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk

Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Net debt is 4.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
  2. Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 5 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +100.0%).
  3. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.41, up 27.0% year over year.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth60Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 28%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 32%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 25%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 25%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 31%
Quality35Weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 21%
  • Gross marginBottom 16%
  • Operating marginBottom 27%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 42%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 42%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 14%
  • Interest coverTop 42%
Value93Exceptional

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 35%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 22%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 50%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 4%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 15%
Momentum49Neutral

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 33%
  • 6-month returnTop 26%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 35%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 27%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 45%
Revisions87Strong

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 11%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 27%
Stability88Strong

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 11%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 7%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 11%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 14%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-9.4%0.3%↑
EPS growth (YoY)88.7%27.0%↓
Gross margin10.5%10.5%↑
Operating margin2.6%3.5%↑
FCF margin1.4%2.3%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)0.3%-9.4%↑Bottom 28%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)27.0%88.7%↓Top 32%
Gross margin10.5%10.5%↑Bottom 16%
Operating margin3.5%2.6%↑Bottom 27%
Net margin1.4%1.1%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin2.3%1.4%↑—
Return on invested capital12.7%—Top 21%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-9.7%—Bottom 25%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
2.19×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-6.4%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+3.5 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
4.59×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
5.6×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
9.64%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
9.64%
Share count change, 1 year
-3.1%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+0.2%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
5
Beats in the last 8 reports
7 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+100.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.1%
Positive 20 days after report
7 of 8

Analysts

Analysts with a rating
15
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
40%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 5, 2026+31.6%-1.2%+4.5%+8.3%—
May 6, 2026+262.5%-0.7%+6.4%+4.9%+6.4%
Feb 25, 2026+400.0%-2.5%+2.9%+7.4%+11.0%
Nov 5, 2025+385.7%+0.0%+3.4%+2.8%+9.9%
Aug 6, 2025+220.0%+0.1%+2.0%+3.7%+2.7%
May 7, 2025-233.3%-0.1%-2.9%-4.8%-5.6%
Feb 26, 2025+950.0%+0.1%+3.9%+4.7%-1.1%
Nov 6, 2024+8.0%+3.2%+0.4%+5.4%+12.3%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 5, 2026$0.50$0.38+31.6%$1.18B
May 6, 2026$0.26-$0.16+262.5%$841.8M
Feb 25, 2026$0.25$0.05+400.0%$866.3M
Nov 5, 2025$0.34$0.07+385.7%$971.8M
Aug 6, 2025$0.64$0.20+220.0%$961.9M
May 7, 2025-$0.20-$0.06-233.3%$862.5M
Feb 26, 2025$0.42$0.04+950.0%$944.2M
Nov 6, 2024$0.27$0.25+8.0%$2.05B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)15.4×20.4×29thTop 35%
P/E (forward)16.4×———
EV / EBITDA9.2×——Top 50%
EV / Sales0.43×——Top 4%
Free-cash-flow yield10.86%——Top 22%
Earnings yield6.47%——Top 35%

P/E over the past five years

Range 12.9× – 44.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+4.5%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+27.0%
Change in P/E multiple
-17.2%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-0.4%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+0.7%
Distance from 50-day average
-3.2%
Distance from 200-day average
-0.6%
RSI (14)
42.4
Relative volume
1.38×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
22.8%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
22th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.06
Correlation with S&P 500
0.04
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-9.5%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-22.0%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Apr 11, 2022May 22, 2023-22.3%279 days132 days (Nov 29, 2023)
Apr 2, 2025Aug 11, 2025-22.0%89 daysNot yet recovered
Jan 29, 2024Aug 5, 2024-21.7%130 days160 days (Mar 26, 2025)
Apr 30, 2021Aug 18, 2021-19.6%76 days44 days (Oct 20, 2021)
Nov 1, 2021Dec 20, 2021-18.3%34 days77 days (Apr 11, 2022)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$831.0M
P/E (TTM)
15.4
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$1.41
Revenue (TTM)
$3.86B
Dividend yield
9.64%
52-week range
$19.67 – $24.63
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$3.58B$4.97B$4.39B$4.10B$3.66B
Gross profit$277.0M$375.8M$382.3M$398.3M$336.2M
Operating income$36.1M$96.0M$88.1M$70.6M$206.2M
Net income$21.7M$62.0M$40.1M$19.9M$41.8M
EPS (diluted)$0.57$1.63$1.05$0.52$1.09
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$1.08B$944.2M$862.5M$961.9M$971.8M$866.3M$841.8M$1.18B
Net income$10.7M$14.3M-$7.8M$25.2M$13.6M$7.5M$10.7M$20.8M
EPS (diluted)$0.27$0.42-$0.20$0.62$0.36$0.25$0.28$0.52
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$95.5M$161.3M$117.1M$87.8M$91.5M
Capital expenditure-$41.9M-$30.4M-$34.6M-$26.3M-$35.7M
Free cash flow$53.6M$131.0M$82.5M$61.5M$55.8M
Dividends paid-$79.6M-$79.6M-$79.7M-$79.9M-$80.3M
Net share buybacks$0$0$0$0$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$4.9M
Total assets
$982.0M
Total liabilities
$1.06B
Total debt
$830.5M
Net debt
$825.6M
Shareholders’ equity
-$75.7M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 3, 2026$0.53Aug 13, 2026
May 4, 2026$0.53May 14, 2026
Feb 2, 2026$0.53Feb 12, 2026
Nov 3, 2025$0.53Nov 13, 2025
Aug 4, 2025$0.53Aug 14, 2025
May 5, 2025$0.53May 15, 2025
Feb 3, 2025$0.53Feb 13, 2025
Nov 4, 2024$0.53Nov 13, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
46,035
Days to cover
1.92
Change vs previous report
-16.7%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.