{
  "id": 7108260,
  "title": "Jim Cramer Flags Casey’s (CASY) as a Warning Sign for Consumer Spending",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/jim-cramer-flags-caseys-casy-as-a-warning-sign-for-consumer-spending",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-12T11:29:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Finance",
    "slug": "yahoo-finance",
    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/jim-cramer-flags-casey-casy-112905987.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jim Cramer highlighted Casey's General Stores (CASY) as a warning sign for declining consumer spending on September 9 during his Mad Money show. He pointed out that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve had dropped by 31% to 286 million barrels since the war began, raising concerns about rising gas prices and their impact on the economy. Cramer noted that Casey's reported strong earnings, including a 24.3% year-over-year revenue increase and a 27.7% rise in diluted EPS, but emphasized that same-store sales growth slowed from 5.5% to 3.2%. The company's fuel gross profit increased by 19.6% to $446.9 million, with fuel margin rising to 47.8 cents per gallon. Despite selling fewer same-store gallons, Casey's generated higher fuel profits. The company maintained its fiscal 2027 outlook, including 2% to 5% inside same-store sales growth and EBITDA growth of 8% to 10%. Insider Monkey reported that 48 hedge funds held Casey's in the second quarter of 2026, with Marshall Wace LLP as the top shareholder. However, the decline in inside same-store sales has raised concerns about the impact of high fuel prices on the service economy.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}