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This Week’s Featured Article

3 Reasons Casey’s General Stores Will Continue Trending Higher

Reported by Thomas Hughes. Date Posted: 12/10/2025. 

Casey's General Stores logo centered in front of Casey's storefront.

Key Takeaways

  • Casey’s General Stores had a solid fiscal Q2, providing fuel for a potential 2026 rally.
  • Cash flow and capital returns underpin CASY’s price action.
  • Broad market support, including from institutions and analysts, and a tendency toward accumulation, are driving the action.

There are three reasons Casey’s General Stores (NASDAQ: CASY) stock price will likely continue to trend higher despite valuation concerns. The stock isn’t cheap as of late 2025, trading at roughly 33 times its current-year earnings. Still, that price reflects a reliable growth trajectory, which could represent meaningful upside for long-term, buy-and-hold investors.

It is trading at about 10 times its 2035 earnings outlook, implying the potential for roughly 100% upside over the coming years. Below, we explore three reasons investors might expect the stock to trend higher in 2026—growth, cash flow and capital returns, and broad market support. 

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CASY stock chart displaying the stock price in a strong uptrend.

Reason #1: Casey’s Revealed Momentum in Its FQ2 Report

Casey’s General Stores delivered a solid fiscal second quarter (FQ2), with earnings resultsshowing strength and momentum that are expected to carry through to year-end. Net revenue of $4.51 billion rose 14.2% year-over-year (YOY), slightly ahead of consensus, driven by new-store expansion and comp-store increases. Store count was up 9% YOY and 0.6% year-to-date (YTD), helped by last year’s acquisition of Fike’s.

Strength appeared in both the inside and outside segments, with total inside sales up 13%, inside comps up 3.3%, and fuel-gallon comps up 0.8%.

Within the inside segment, both grocery and prepared foods showed meaningful improvement, including margin expansion.

The company widened its fuel margin, which helped offset higher costs elsewhere and preserve overall profitability versus the prior year. That margin strength contributed to a 17.5% increase in EBITDA, a 14% rise in net income, and GAAP EPS of $0.33.

Notably, the $0.33 EPS was about 630 basis points above MarketBeat’s reported consensus forecast. These results support a stronger full-year profitability outlook, and operating momentum is expected to continue into 2026.

Reason #2: Casey’s Generates Healthy Cash Flows and Value

While Casey’s operates with the modest margins typical of the retail sector, its operational efficiency and balance sheet strength allow it to generate substantial free cash flow. In FQ2, positive cash flow helped strengthen the balance sheet, with assets growing faster than liabilities. Total liabilities stood at about 1.25 times equity, and shareholder equity is rising.

Shareholder equity increased roughly 8% YTD even as the company continued to return capital through dividends and buybacks.

Neither the dividend nor the buybacks are aggressive; they are disciplined and consistent. The 0.4% yield as of mid-December represents only about 10% of the earnings forecast and is expected to grow over time. The company is a Dividend Aristocrat and is on track to extend its streak toward 50 years and potential Dividend King status.

Share repurchases have been modest but steady, reducing the share count incrementally each quarter. Investors should note that Casey’s share count rose YOY earlier in the year because the company preserved capital ahead of the acquisition of Fike’s. Buybacks have since resumed, lowered the share count in FQ2, and are expected to continue in 2026. 

Reason #3: Casey’s Has Broad Market Support

Beyond the earnings momentum and capital returns, broad market support has been an important tailwind for the stock’s longer-term appreciation. That support shows up in analyst coverage and institutional behavior.

Analysts who rate the stock a Moderate Buy have been nudging up their 2026 price targets, and that trend continued after the FQ2 release.

One notable update was a price-target increase from RBC to $591, above consensus and sufficient to drive a new all-time high. Institutions own roughly 85% of the shares and were net buyers in every quarter of 2026, purchasing about $2 for every $1 sold.

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