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Yesway Inc Class A (YSWY) AI Stock Analysis
Yesway Inc Class A
(NASDAQ:YSWY)
The score is driven primarily by improving operating/cash performance and a broadly positive earnings outlook with raised EBITDA guidance. These positives are tempered by high and rising leverage with thin net margins, while technicals are constructive but somewhat stretched; valuation is also less supportive due to a negative P/E.
Yesway Inc Class A (YSWY) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
- Market Cap
- $772.47M
- Dividend Yield
- ―
- Average Volume (3M)
- 316.13K
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- -35.9
- Beta (1Y)
- -0.60
- Revenue Growth
- ―
- EPS Growth
- ―
- Country
- US
- Employees
- 5,662
- Sector
- General
- Sector Strength
- 55
- Industry
- Grocery Stores
Yesway Inc Class A Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Yesway, Inc. owns and operates convenience stores in the United States. The company’s store offers packaged bakery items, bottled water, salty snacks, bagged candy, jerky, chips, milk, bread, eggs, packaged beverages, meat snacks, chocolate, and nuts...
Yesway Inc Class A Earnings Call Summary
The earnings call was broadly positive: the company reported record quarterly performance with strong adjusted EBITDA growth (+35%), marked fuel margin expansion ($0.526/gallon, +27.4% YoY), inside merchandise sales growth (+4.4% YoY) and improved store contribution (+29.5%). Robust cash generation and a raised full-year EBITDA outlook support an optimistic view on growth execution and balance sheet progress. Key risks include modest same-store traffic and comp growth, rising operating expenses driven by card fees, dependence on temporarily elevated fuel margins tied to geopolitical volatility (which management expects to normalize), the pending sale of 29 stores that affects comparables, and meaningful debt outstanding ($618M) with potential short-term leverage increases for acquisitions. Overall the positives around margin expansion, cash generation, strategic diesel mix and raised guidance outweigh the headwinds but warrant monitoring of fuel margin normalization and leverage decisions.
Q2-2026 Updates
Positive Updates
Negative Updates
Company Guidance
Yesway raised full‑year 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance to $235–$245 million (from $210–$220 million), reaffirmed same‑store inside merchandise sales growth of 1.25%–3.25%, maintained capex guidance of $85–$95 million, and expects to open 6–8 new stores in 2026 (inclusive of the 2 opened in H1); the outlook assumes the planned sale of 29 Iowa/Kansas stores will close by year‑end and that second‑half fuel margins will moderate to the low ~$0.40 per gallon range (management declined to formalize a longer‑term fuel forecast), while noting July trends—mid‑$0.40 fuel margin, positive gallons and improving same‑store merchandise—could produce upside.
Yesway Inc Class A Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Revenue grew in 2025 and operating profitability was steady, with a sharp rebound in operating cash flow and positive free cash flow. Offsetting this, net margins are very thin and volatile, and leverage has risen materially (high debt-to-equity alongside declining equity), reducing financial flexibility.
Income Statement
54NeutralBalance Sheet
34NegativeCash Flow
63Positive| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 920.77M | 2.67B | 2.53B | 2.53B | 1.50B | 560.81M |
| Gross Profit | 160.68M | 581.07M | 510.44M | 481.14M | 197.48M | 39.24M |
| EBITDA | 70.05M | 159.41M | 147.30M | 156.62M | 107.54M | -6.69M |
| Net Income | -31.28M | 11.30M | 23.35M | 38.56M | 26.61M | -35.95M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 2.07B | 1.97B | 1.87B | 1.69B | 1.22B | 1.17B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 81.61M | 12.70M | 32.72M | 19.68M | 102.95M | 49.20M |
| Total Debt | 952.32M | 981.40M | 944.28M | 771.04M | 610.05M | 766.15M |
| Total Liabilities | 1.21B | 1.22B | 1.29B | 1.09B | 686.60M | 867.17M |
| Stockholders Equity | 393.81M | 335.30M | 573.65M | 601.89M | 532.58M | 306.12M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 112.45M | 45.63M | -47.52M | -101.62M | 17.75M | -33.00M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 197.09M | 147.19M | 78.71M | 70.02M | 47.19M | -20.19M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -88.70M | -96.28M | -123.88M | -85.30M | -26.59M | -835.29M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -54.77M | -47.03M | 58.20M | -34.73M | 33.16M | 892.88M |
Yesway Inc Class A Peers Comparison
Overall Rating
- YSWY63Neutral
VLGEA63Neutral
IMKTA62Neutral
WMK61Neutral
GO56Neutral
ACI54Neutral
Financial Indicators
| Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSWY | 63Neutral | $1.57B | -35.90 | -1.36% | ― | ― | ― |
| VLGEA | 63Neutral | $571.40M | 10.86 | 10.19% | 2.34% | 3.66% | -6.66% |
| IMKTA | 62Neutral | $1.56B | 15.05 | 6.30% | 0.78% | 1.02% | 84.32% |
| WMK | 61Neutral | $1.84B | 18.93 | 7.15% | 1.83% | 4.50% | -3.08% |
| GO | 56Neutral | $1.28B | -3.34 | -40.07% | ― | 5.12% | -4889.01% |
| Sector * | 55Neutral | $6.65B | 3.83 | -15.92% | 6.20% | 10.91% | 7.18% |
| ACI | 54Neutral | $6.15B | -436.00 | -2.78% | 5.05% | 2.26% | -106.73% |
* General Sector Average
Performance Comparison
| Show on chart | Ticker | Company Name | Price | Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSWY | Yesway Inc Class A | 24.77 | 3.54 | 16.67% | |
| IMKTA | Ingles Markets Inc | 84.11 | 13.09 | 18.44% | |
| VLGEA | Village Super Market | 42.77 | 11.72 | 37.76% | |
| WMK | Weis Markets | 74.41 | 11.87 | 18.98% | |
| GO | Grocery Outlet Holding | 12.93 | -1.31 | -9.20% | |
| ACI | Albertsons Companies, Inc. | 13.08 | -3.72 | -22.12% |
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Date of analysis: Aug 17, 2026